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Stepping out for Slabsides

A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 16 | Apr . 21 – 28

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NATURE

April 21, 2016

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The idea is to record the number of bird species seen and/or heard on May 7 from within a 17-foot-diameter circle anywhere in Ulster County.

The Big Sit Bird -watchathon to benefit the Shawangunk Grasslands Refuge, a rare habitat & one of the state's top areas for observing birds

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here’s a fine line to observe when it comes to preserving a natural habitat, says Mark DeDea, president of the John Burroughs Natural History Society. “You want the place to be enjoyed, but you also want the animals to have as natural an existence there as they can.” If there is too much commercialization of a site, it can ruin its beauty and threaten its existence; but as DeDea notes, “Educating people to the value of a place means that it doesn’t get developed.”

Take the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County, for example. The casual daytripper who pulls into the parking lot may just see a field, and not even realize that the former airport in Galeville – a one-time training ground for cadets from West Point – is a rare habitat. “There was a period of time there where it looked like the property

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A short-eared owl hunting over the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Ulster County recently. These owls and other raptors winter at the Refuge, which is the only National Wildlife Refuge in the mid-Hudson Valley.

was no longer going to be maintained as a grasslands, but sold off to developers to be turned into a golf course and condos,” says DeDea. “A lot of people pushed for it to be maintained as a grasslands, and

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fortunately it was transferred to the Department of the Interior, who have kept it as a unique habitat for the sake of birds and other wildlife there. They’ve also made some trails, and done some work to bring back native grass species and wildflowers, so it’s becoming quite a nice place for people interested in butterflying.”

One of the state’s top areas for observing grassland migratory birds, the Shawangunk Grasslands Refuge attracts several species that use the location as a nesting, wintering or migratory stopover.

Wildlife to look for there includes wintering raptors like short-eared owls, rough-legged hawks, the Northern Harrier and breeders like Savannah and Grasshopper Sparows, bobolinks and Eastern Meadowlarks. But there has never been a visitors’ center established there, or much signage to speak of. And while the site is beloved by birders who converge on the spot from all over the tristate area, it’s hardly known by anyone else.

So the John Burroughs Natural History Society (JBNHS) will conduct “The JBNHS Big Sit,” a 24-hour Ulster Countywide fundraiser on Saturday, May 7 from midnight to midnight, with proceeds going to support the Shawangunk Grasslands.

The JBNHS Big Sit allows birders to test their birding knowledge while seeing who can raise the most money for the Wildlife Refuge. The idea is to record the number of bird species seen and/or heard from within a 17-foot-diameter circle. (The event is modeled on the Big Sit established by Bird Watcher’s Digest, whose rules don’t explain the curiously odd number selected for the diameter of the circle; even DeDea doesn’t know where that came from.)

Participants will spend up to 24 hours in an area that has a diversity of habitat in line of sight and earshot, pledging an amount that they will donate per species

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observed. Suggested amounts range between 25 cents and a dollar. Observers can come and go in shifts or stay for the entire 24 hours. A typical sit location will likely identify between 50 and 75 species during the course of a full day. The total number of cumulative species recorded from all locations in the county will be used in calculating pledge donations.

The proceeds will go toward building a gazebo at the Shawangunk Grasslands Refuge to allow birders a break from the sun or wind, and interpretive signage will be installed so that visitors realize what a hidden treasure they’ve encountered.

Participants can choose their own site or visit one already established. There will be a drop-in site on the Lenape Trail at Kingston Point led by DeDea (e-mail forsythnature@aol.com for details) and another at the Vly on West Camp Road with JBNHS member Peter Schoenberger (e-mail pdsis@yahoo.com for this one, but only if interested in doing the full 24 hours). To choose a different location, contact Donna Seymour at dmseymour@ verizon.net for more details.

“We’re kind of hoping someone will choose to man the observation deck at the Shawangunk Grasslands,” says DeDea. “Since our fundraising efforts are for the benefit of the Refuge there, we hope maybe somebody that resides in the southern portion of Ulster County will have a team there during the course of the day.”

The Shawangunk Grasslands Refuge is never going to be a huge attraction like the ones out West, he adds – it’s a little more than 500 acres in size – “and we don’t want thousands of people visiting every day, disturbing the birds that breed there. But it’s a place of value. And we’d like to get that out there on the front burner, because each time an old farm goes under, it’s obviously shovel-ready for development. A flat habitat that doesn’t require deforestation or a lot of grading will always be desirable for developers.

And we have to keep as many of these large tracts of land, these habitats, as we can.”

– Sharyn Flanagan JBNHS Big Sit, Saturday, May 7, midnight-midnight; John Burroughs Natural History Society, www.jbnhs.org, www.facebook.com/john-burroughs-natural-history-society-251894321498197.

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a laugh. The second Massena House still stands today.

What goes and what stays on the old property seems to be a matter largely decided by practicality and the forces of nature. It lacks the pretensions of careful manicuring and remodeling, allowing relics of its history to stand side-by-side with its repurposed spaces. While the extensive carp-fishing may be a thing of the past (it’s now legally regulated), there’s no shortage of things to do on the UTS grounds. “There’s so much out here to see, and the trails give you access,” says Christopher. History geeks, architecture fiends, joggers, kayakers, tree-peepers, birdwatchers, dog-walkers and even iceyachters can all enjoy the property. And of course, if you’re feeling spiritual, there are plenty of places to meditate. It is, after all, a seminary.

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Moon walk Unification Theological Seminary campus in Barrytown offers fine hiking

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f you’ve ever driven through the Red Hook hamlet of Barrytown, there’s a chance that you’ve come across a mysterious, sprawling estate surrounding a brick edifice bearing the name “Saint Joseph’s Normal Institute” in stone above its massive doors.

And if you’re not in the know, you might have wondered what these seemingly desolate grounds were. There are typically cars in the parking lots but not always people, despite the brick building’s hundreds of windows, behind which, you begin to suspect, maybe someone is watching you.

Yet nothing but the call and response of birds can be heard at this sleepy institution. A quick look around reveals conflicting signs: Weathered marble saint statues rest near a Zen Labyrinth.

“What is this place?” you ask yourself, and as you survey the various footpaths and dirt roads snaking into the woods, “Am I allowed to be here?” The answers are, respectively: the Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) and yes, you are.

Though marked by a sign at the entrance, the vast property has no visitor center and no kiosks with maps – unlike the neighboring riverfront estates, Poets’ Walk and Montgomery Place.

In its current iteration, the property serves as a campus for UTS, a religious higher education institution founded by Sun Myung Moon.

The school is now interfaith, but many of its graduates are members of the Unification C h u r c h .

According to hospitality manager Kate Korda, the Barrytown location is primarily used for brief intensive courses (hence the unusually quiet campus).

But what of the sign above the door, and the saint statues? The property was purchased by the Unification Church in 1974 and has an extensive past. Prior to the purchase, the property was owned by the Christian Brothers, and before that by notable families including the Livingstons. So, unsurprisingly, there’s a lot to explore.

While the buildings are not open to the public, UTS formally opened its grounds in 2006, making Father’s Trail a Greenway Heritage trail, in collaboration with the Town of Red Hook and the Winnakee Land Trust. UTS is home to three named trails: Father’s Trail, Mother’s Trail and the Theodore Roosevelt Trail. The longest

Lookout point on South Tivoli Bay on Father's Trail.

of the three, Father’s Trail runs along the Hudson, coming to a serene lookout point in South Tivoli Bay. The solitude is so remarkable that you can hear every small sound, from a train in the distance to a bird flapping its wings against the water. “I think people come here for peace and privacy,” Korda speculates.

The path is dotted with benches ideal for solitary reflection and unobtrusive signs recounting the history of the trail in the era of Reverend Moon, for whom it is named. Henry Christopher, UTS’s director of Admissions and Financial Aid and a former student of Moon, remembers the trail in those days, when Moon would take groups of students down to the bay to roast potatoes and catch carp. He suspects that the wide trail was used for carriages, and that it perhaps connected to Montgomery Place in the days when the adjacent properties were both owned

by Livingston descendants.

Mother’s Trail was dreamed up by a seminarian named Susan who, along with her classmates, carved out the trail between 1979 and 1980. The trail hugs the Carp Pond and veers off into a patch of woods that, Christopher claims, “you could get lost in.” In addition to the internal trail entrance, the trail can also be accessed from East Field on River Road, a spot prominently marked by a water tower.

While the Carp Pond is a peaceful place, it has seen a lot of activity. It was expanded after the Unification Church bought the property in the 1970s. “The first or second class [at UTS] had to work in the mud,” Christopher says. “They tried to do it by hand.” After that failed, they got a crane, but “The crane broke down, and there are still pieces of it to be found back there.”

Aside from pond expansion, Moon’s early classes were also put to work catching carp from South Tivoli Bay (known by students as “the Lagoon”) and transporting them to the pond. Christopher recalls this firsthand: He once sustained a gash

While they may not be the exact paths that nine-year-old Teddy Roosevelt roamed in his 1868 visit, “You can see the Catskills and such gorgeous sunsets up there. You can feel like you’re living 100 years ago.”

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inflicted by a runaway carp that tried to escape mid-transit.

Last of the official trails is the Theodore Roosevelt Trail, which is actually comprised of overlapping trails on the northeast end of the wooded property, bordered to one side by East Field. “They weren’t really intended to be trails,” says Christopher, who added that they were cut by the Seminary’s longtime groundskeeper in 1975 so that he could access the field with a tractor. Christopher himself gave the trails their name, and while they may not be the exact paths that nine-yearold Teddy Roosevelt roamed in his 1868 visit, Christopher says, “You can see the Catskills and such gorgeous sunsets up there. You can feel like you’re living 100 years ago.”

If not for its natural charm, UTS is worth the visit just for the history.

Structures of various ages abound on the property, from barns to the remnants of old outbuildings to private homes rented out by the Seminary. There’s the UTS history, recounted in part on the Father’s Trail signs. There’s the Christian Brothers history, which accounts for the imposing late-1920s brick building that was used as a boarding school, the marble statues and a large stone altar. The space that is now home to the Unification Church’s Zen Labyrinth used to serve as a burial ground for deceased brothers. They were properly exhumed by the Christian Brothers before the property changed hands, says Korda.

There are these histories – and then there’s the tale of Massena House. The original mansion was built in 1796 for John R. Livingston. It was a massive chateau-style wooden structure that he named for one of Napoleon’s generals. In 1885, 25 years after the estate had been purchased by the Aspinwall family, the mansion burned down. The widow Jane Aspinwall purportedly told architect William A. Potter to “Build me a house that won’t burn down.” And she got her wish…sort of. The new Massena House was built out of brick and stone in the High Victorian Gothic style, and was much smaller than her former residence due to the cost of materials. “She hated it,” Korda reports. “She was stuck with it for the rest of her life,” says Christopher with

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Slabsides in West Park is the name of the cabin that John Burroughs built in 1895. It was in this building that Burroughs (shown above) wrote some of the essays that made him America’s foremost nature writer of his time, as well as entertaining such callers as Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, Thomas Edison, Walt Whitman and Henry Ford, up until his death in 1921. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968, Slabsides is preserved today much as Burroughs left it. Slabs of lumber with their bark still on cover the exterior walls, and the rustic red cedar posts that Burroughs helped set in place still uphold the porch. Inside the cabin, the furniture that Burroughs used (and much of which he made) remains as it was. Cover photos of Slabsides and Sanctuary Pond in West Park by Julie O'Connor

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hen the literary naturalist John Burroughs first began writing about Nature, as he called it, the country looked askance.

Where he saw beauty, where he found repose, the vast majority of Americans still saw an enemy who stood in the way of progress. They had their eye set firmly on a future that looked nothing like the countryside that Burroughs’ writings extolled.

Much of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was still a wilderness, especially in the West and even more especially in the minds of the people who were settling the still-new land. America was in the throes of its new Industrial Age. Once-quiet rural communities were suddenly hubs of a booming postwar economy. The embodiment of the progress that the new age promised was the railroad: the Promethean bringer of “civilization” to a countryside that had

once known only silence.

Burroughs’ writings – his first essay was published in 1865 – helped establish the notion that Nature was no enemy that needed to be overcome and destroyed, but a place and a quality that needed and deserved protection and appreciation.

His essays brought him to the attention of famous men, among them Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison and Walt Whitman, who shared his love of the outdoors and who – in Roosevelt’s case especially – were partly responsible for launching what has become over the years the conservationist tradition.

You can still hear the whistle of the railroad that runs not a mile or two from the base of the modest mountain atop which sits Slabsides, the rustic wooden retreat that John Burroughs built as a bulwark against the advance of American industrial progress. To his ears – and to the ears of countless men and women, famous and forgotten – what may sound

to us today as a romantic, lonely echo of simpler times had a more ominous ring to it. It was the sound that Burroughs sought all his life to escape. The place where he chose to take his stand, where he could provide for his many friends and visitors, was called Slabsides.

Here’s how Burroughs described the situation that he was escaping and the cure that he had found when he bought the land on which he built Slabsides, which was near his riverfront home in West Park in the Town of Esopus: “I was offered a tract of land, barely a mile from my home, that contained a secluded nook and a few acres of level, fertile land, shut off from the vain and noisy world of railroads, steamboats and yachts by a wooded, precipitous mountain. I quickly closed the bargain, and built me a rustic house there, which I called ‘Slabsides’ because its outer walls are covered with slabs.”

– from Wildlife about My Cabin A visit to Slabsides today prompts any number of questions, chief of which is: How has such a fragile-looking structure survived more than 100 Hudson Valley winters without benefit of regular human occupancy? And how was it possible for a visitor on a sunny early-spring Saturday afternoon to be happily alone with his thoughts in the shadow of the building and the memory of the man who built it, without being inundated by the crowds usually attracted to such an untouchedby-progress historic site? Put another way: is Slabsides the best-kept historyladen secret eyrie in the Hudson Valley?

Joan Burroughs is the inheritor of her

great-grandfather’s legacy. As a child, she spent summers cavorting in the woods that her ancestor quietly championed.

Today, she’s the president of the John Burroughs Association – a woman who’s more than reluctant to claim any kind of credit for enlivening that organization, but who shows no such similar reluctance to talk about the man to whom she refers simply as “John.”

Burroughs, she said, was a man whose

Is Slabsides the best-kept history-laden secret eyrie in the Hudson Valley? passionate essays extolling and explaining the ways of Nature worked its way into the bloodstream of American life much more quietly than his better-known soulmates, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Those stalwart New England Transcendentalists wrote about the importance of Nature in the third person. Burroughs wrote about his beloved Catskills in the first person. It made all the difference. Burroughs took your hand and guided you through the world that he saw and loved. His essays were personal, as easy and inspiring to read and enjoy now as they were then.

Over the years, as men and women discovered his essays in the great magazines of the day and schoolchildren

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NIGHT SKY

Aiming for the stars When does science cross over into hype?

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ome have always questioned the space program. They point to a particular mission – for example NASA’s Juno spacecraft to Jupiter that will arrive 12 weeks from now – and ask whether we should have spent a billion dollars to return to a planet we’ve already visited. You could give 100,000 deserving students full four-year college tuitions for that money, they argue. What has more value: learning a bunch of new geeky things about faraway Jupiter, or sending a lot of kids to college?

There’s no easy answer. Maybe they’re right. But as someone whose life and livelihood have revolved around astronomy (and also someone who adores innovative technology), I must confess that some of today’s most expensive headline-grabbing projects do indeed seem more designed for hype than for science. They truly may not be worth the money.

There’s room on this page for just one example, so let’s pick a story in last week’s New York Times. The headline-making proposal by some little-known billionaire is a mission to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.

Now, the project’s designers surely know that the phrase “first interstellar mission” guarantees front-page attention. The New York Times accompanied that article with a photograph showing an enormous blue star and the caption “Alpha Centauri.” Aside from the fact that the Alpha Centauri system is yellow-orange, meaning that the photo was a fake, everything else about it was iffy too.

The idea is to build an enormous mile-wide array of laser-shooting devices whose combined beam has 100 times the energy output of a nuclear power plant. They’d all focus sequentially at dozens or perhaps hundreds of tiny camera-equipped orbiting “probes,” each weighing around an ounce and each having a large fabric “sail” to catch the laser beam. In two minutes, each would attain one-sixth the speed of light, and then the laser array would focus on and accelerate the next “probe” in the armada.

Those sails would have to reflect all of the laser power. If they absorbed even 1/1000th of one percent of that energy, they’d vaporize and be useless. So a new ultra-reflective material must first be developed.

The “probes” would take 26 years to reach the two stars of the Alpha Centauri system, with no way to change course or slow down. They’d zoom past, taking photos and beaming them to Earth. If any planets were there, they’d appear as dots – just the way Jupiter and Mercury look these nights.

The question is: With at least a 20-year development, a 26-year travel time, lots of ways to fail and probably ten billion dollars in cost, is it worth it to (possibly) learn whether the nearest star has one or more planets orbiting it? (In this case, that same money could put one million kids through college.)

The point is not just to ask whether such information is really worth that cost; it’s

discovered them in their primers, he developed a devoted multigenerational following. Let other conservation-minded writers of the day pound their fists and decry what they saw and feared; Burroughs took a gentler tack. The intimacy of his work and its popularity played a huge role in laying the groundwork for the conservation movement that we take for granted today.

Over the years, and until his death in 1921, the world beat a path to John Burroughs’ hand-hewn door. Close to 7,000 people signed his guestbook. The story that his fan mail was so voluminous that he was designated West Park’s postmaster may be apocryphal, but it was also believable. His decision to build Slabsides was fired by the consequences of his popularity.

Far from being simply a retreat from which to write, Joan Burroughs said, her great-grandfather built it as a place where he could entertain his many guests. “His writings rang a bell with people, and they responded. People developed a personal relationship to him through his writing….

But he was not what we would call a Type A personality. He was a gentle soul who liked people. And he definitely was not a hermit.”

The cabin was essentially rescued from the forces of Nature through the 200acre John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary, which owns and maintains Slabsides.

In 2007, the Association, together with the federal parks service and state parks and recreation department, completed a restoration project that included repairing and restoring the building’s exterior and its foundation.

Although Joan Burroughs is loath to take any credit, she’s an undeniable sparkplug who has helped preserve the site and the naturalist's legacy. She can not only quote you chapter and verse of Burroughs’ legend, but also direct you to wherever you want to go on the pristine

site.

To that end, it will be her that she hopes you’ll be messaging in coming days when you decide to join her in her effort to help bring Slabsides into the 21st century by creating an extension of the ten trails that lace their way through the storied terrain on Saturday, April 23. It’s then that the Association has put out the call for volunteers to start putting “picks to dirt” as part of what they’re calling Spring Trail-Building Day. Extending the trail is the association’s part in joining the regional effort, especially in Ulster County, to be part of the emerging trail network whose best-known site is the Walkway over the Hudson. Volunteers will be working with members of Scenic Hudson on a segment of the planned John Burroughs Black Creek Corridor Trail; in time, the new

WRETCHSWINGS

There’s room on this page for just one example, so let’s pick a story in last week’s New York Times. The headline-making proposal by some little-known billionaire is a mission to the nearest star, Alpha Centauri.

to highlight the fact that the project’s sponsors know that they are gaining vast media attention because they’re proposing a “first” – namely, the first human technology to reach the vicinity of a star. So, in all candor, how much of this is true worthwhile science, and how much involves hype and publicity?

Increasingly, the science that gets funded by Congress and private donors is indeed driven by the potential to garner attention. By itself, that’s not a super-horrible development. But it’s something of which we taxpayers should all be aware – because, more often than was true two decades ago, we are seeing big-budget projects whose funds perhaps really could have been better spent elsewhere.

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

trail will continue along the creek to the Hudson at Scenic Hudson’s Black Creek Preserve.

As Burroughs sees it, joining the county’s trail effort is a way to bring the Burroughs legacy out of the woods of anonymity and into the world that Burroughs’ writings have helped create: a world that values Nature and even allows people to make their livings in that realm. Eventually there will be kayaking and, she hopes, trout-fishing available at Black Creek, while businesses located near the extended trails will prosper from what she calls “multimodal” recreation opportunities.

You’ll still be able to hear that lonesome train whistle blow. But you’ll also be able to hear the sound of the silence about which John Burroughs once wrote so

memorably.

Volunteers will meet on Saturday, April 23 at Slabsides' Pond Lane entrance at 9 a.m. Stay as long as you’re able. Please notify Joan Burroughs that you’re coming at joan@johnburroughsassociation.org.

For those who can stay into the afternoon, pack a lunch. Bring water and work gloves; clippers and a metal rake would also help.

– Jeremiah Horrigan Spring Trail-Building Day at John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary, Saturday, April 23, bring gear and hydration. Starts at 9 a.m. but come any time you can spare throughout the day. Meet at Pond House entrance in the morning, 261 Floyd Ackert Road, West Park; www.johnburroughsassociation.org. For info, e-mail joan@ johnburroughsassociation.org.

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This year, a brand-new TAP APP will replace the printed program. It includes a map of the festival grounds with a list of attending breweries, information and history about the festival, opportunities to win prizes (including All the Beer You

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Songs from the soil “Unsung Heroes” celebrates elder farmers to benefit RVGA this Sunday at Rondout High School It’s an exciting transitional time for agriculture. More consumers have taken an active interest in locally sourced food, and markets for “niche” farm products are burgeoning. New legislation was passed legalizing farmbased brewing, distilling and cidering in New York State. As a result, farming, though still literally a tough row to hoe, is becoming a more appealing, financially viable career option for younger scions of farm families and new entrepreneurs alike.

But even with fresh ideas permeating the agricultural community, the wisdom accumulated over centuries of experience in working the land hereabouts is a treasure still there for the mining. Startup farmers are well-advised to seek guidance from the old guard, who know the soil and the climate and the pests that make the difference between a season of profit or a season of loss. Honoring that wisdom, along with the lifelong dedication and sacrifice that make a successful small farm possible, is the theme of a concert coming up this Sunday afternoon at the Rondout Valley High School Auditorium. “Unsung Heroes: Celebrating Our Local Farmers” is the product of an intensive collaboration between the Rondout Valley Growers’ Association (RVGA) and SageArts.

Colette Ruoff of Rosendale founded the not-for-profit SageArts in 2013, inspired by a Santa Fe project called Lifesongs, which paired songwriters with community elders to preserve their oral histories in musical form. Lifesongs’ founders “wanted to see how it could be seeded in other areas, and I had a vision to bring it here,” says Ruoff. She trained in the Lifesongs methodology and then began networking with local singer/ songwriters. SageArts’ first effort was a concert honoring elders in May 2015

at the Marbletown Community Center, leading to discussions between Ruoff and RVGA Board member Maria Reidelbach about introducing “a theme, about how farmers have contributed to our quality of life.” They organized meetings between songwriters and elder farmers to develop personalized songs based on the farmers’ life experiences.

Share the magic that grew out of these collaborations this Sunday, April 23 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Rondout Valley High School Auditorium, located at 122 Kyserike Road in Accord.

Participating songwriters include Vickie Russell, Heather Masse, Tom Holland, Mark Brown and Kelleigh McKenzie.

Elder farmers to be honored include Jack Schoonmaker, Wayne Kelder, Frank Coddington, Abe Waruch, Jackie Brooks and Rima Nickell. Guest performers will be Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, the Rondout Valley High School Chorus and a cameo appearance by Happy Traum. The concert director is Ralph Legnini.

The suggested donation for general admission to “Unsung Heroes” is $15 in advance, $20 at the door; for children under age 18 and elders over age 70, the suggested donation is $5. Half of the profits will be donated to fund RVGA’s programming supporting local farmers.

To purchase tickets in advance, visit www. brownpapertickets.com/event/2532285.

For more information, call (800) 8383006 or (845) 688-1546 or visit www. sagearts.org.

Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz at Mohonk to feature Sara Moulton

In gala style, the Mohonk Mountain House hosts the Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Three days of excellent food and drink, accentuated by trade talks and demonstrations and dining and dancing, should lift the spirits of all comers. Seminars on wine – where it comes from, what goes with what, how best to enjoy your favorites – will educate aficionados and experts alike.

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

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y first garden foe, which I haven’t seen for years, recently sneaked into the greenhouse. Damping-off sounds pretty bad, but not as bad as its scientific names: probably Rhizoctonia or Pythium, which, along with a few other fungi, can cause damping-off.

My introduction to damping-off disease came before my first plants even made it out to my first adult garden. At the time, I was living in a relatively dark apartment – a converted motel room – and was eager to start seedlings. I sowed all sorts of seeds in peat pots, stood them in a little water, then crowded them together on all the shelf space that could be mustered.

Young sprouts never appeared in some of the pots. In others, seedlings emerged, then toppled over, their “ankles” reduced to a withered string of rotted cells, unable to support the small plants physically or physiologically.

Conditions created were perfect for any one of the damping-off culprits: overly wet soil, cool temperatures, low light, weak growth, stagnant air. How was I, a beginning gardener, to know? I soon learned to avoid the disease by, in addition to providing good light, providing sufficient fertility to promote strong growth that resists disease; paying careful attention to watering; and using a fan to keep air moving.

My seeds now go into a potting mix containing sufficient perlite to help drain away excess water. Sterile potting mixes, such a those sold bagged, are presumably free of damping-off culprits. But sterile mixes also lack beneficial soil microorganisms, so afford free rein to any culprits that make their way into a mix. My homemade potting mix isn’t sterilized.

A couple of other tricks also limit damping-off disease. Spreading a thin layer of dry material such as perlite, vermiculite, sand or kitty litter (calcined montmorillonite clay) on the surface of the potting mix keeps the stem area dry. And there is some evidence that chamomile tea (cooled) controls damping-off disease if sprayed on plants and the soil surface.

I’m considering this most recent damping-off incident to be a fluke, so far affecting just a single cabbage plant in a whole flat of cabbages.

That first garden – my first garden – was short-lived, not because of any horticultural trauma, but because it was begun on August 1 and, before the following year’s gardening season got underway, I had moved. My new site, home to my second adult garden, was also home to my second garden foe, which has been lurking in the wings of every garden ever since then.

That foe is and was quackgrass, also known as witchgrass, couchgrass and, botanically, Elytrigia repens. It is small consolation that quackgrass isn’t only my problem; this native of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and the Arctic is now a worldwide weed.

with producers coming in from all over the world. And imagine rubbing elbows with Peter X. Kelly, founder and owner of Xaviar’s Restaurant Group of the Hudson Valley, and Sara Moulton, founder of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance, executive chef of Gourmet magazine, food editor of ABC-TV’s Good Morning America and host of several popular Food Network programs, as they introduce their favorite dishes and cuisine methods.

Also in the lineup of celebrity presenters headlining the event are Kevin Zraly, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Michael Weiss, Steven Kolpan, Lou DiPalo, Marcus Guiliano, Mile Rupcic, Ric Orlando and others.

A Grand Tasting will give attendees the opportunity to meet the winemakers and producers and sample their wares. The high-end Red Carpet Cru Tasting will feature wines for the most discerning palate. Awards and medals for wine producers will be given out on Saturday evening at a private for-the-trade event.

And a silent auction will be held to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, so bring your checkbooks!

Organized by Yugoslavian natives Dushka and Sam Ramic of New Paltz, the third annual Wine and Food Festival

is in a class of its own. As co-owners of wine-related businesses in town, they have attracted wine professionals from all over the world to present their knowledge and products in the picturesque setting above the valley. The three-day event offers wine- and food-lovers a taste of the good life on the mountain in one of our region’s most spectacular locations.

The Mohonk Mountain House is offering festival attendees two levels of ticket access in combination with a twonight stay for two adults. Single-day visitors to the Festival can tailor their experience according to their choice of seminars and activities. Tickets to the separate events run from $30 to $135 per event. A weekend access ticket to all events costs $295. Please note that parking on Saturday is allowed only at the Ulster County Fairgrounds, where shuttle buses will take visitors up the mountain and back.

– Ann Hutton Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 22-24, Mohonk Mountain House, 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz; for event schedule and ticketing visit: www.internationalwinemasters.com or call (646) 527-9500.

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My foe is quackgrass, also known as witchgrass, couchgrass and, botanically, Elytrigia repens. It is small consolation that quackgrass isn’t only my problem; this native of Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia and the Arctic is now a worldwide weed.

Soon after turning over the soil to begin that second garden, quackgrass invaded – with a vengeance. Long story short: I had read of the benefits of mulches in smothering weeds. In Wisconsin, where I lived, lakes were becoming clogged with water weeds, which municipalities harvested; I convinced a water-weed crew to dump a truckload of water weeds on my front lawn. My quackgrass expired beneath a slurpy mulch of quackgrass laid atop the ground pitchfork by pitchfork.

Quackgrass has always stalked the edges of my gardens, waiting for a chance to slink in. It spreads mostly by underground rhizomes, which are modified stems that creep just beneath the surface of the ground. Growing tips of quackgrass rhizomes are pointed and sharp enough to penetrate a potato. Given time, quackgrass develops an underground lacework of rhizomes.

My current garden never had a quackgrass problem, mostly because I never tilled it or turned over the soil. Tilling or hand-digging it, as I did in my second garden, compounds quackgrass problems because each piece of rhizome can grow into a whole new plant.

My current hotspot of quackgrass found a fortuitous opening, creeping in amongst a planting of coral bells beneath a very thorny rosebush along the edge of my vegetable garden. Quackgrass rhizomes must be removed or the quackgrass smothered: either difficult to do among the coral bells and the rose.

My plan is to sacrifice the coral bells and pull out every rhizome that I can find. In soft soil this time of year, long pieces can be lifted with minimum breakage or soil disturbance. A mulch with a few layers of newspaper, topped with a wood-chip mulch (part of weed management, as described in my book Weedless Gardening) will suffocate any overlooked rhizome pieces trying to sprout. In the absence of other plants among which the rhizomes could sprout, mulching alone can do in quackgrass, as it did in my second garden.

Longer-term, barriers around garden edges could prevent quackgrass rhizome entry.

Barriers need to be deep or wide. A concrete strip, six inches wide and decoratively inlaid with handmade tiles, has been effective elsewhere along my garden edge.

For now, I have to stop writing and get to work on the quackgrass.

– Lee Reich Any gardening questions? E-mail Lee at garden@leereich.com and he’ll try answering them directly or in his Almanac Weekly column. To read Lee’s previous “Gardener’s Notebook” columns, visit our website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

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Kaatsbaan in Tivoli to meld Spanish dance, guitar, food & wine Informal, audience-participation music gatherings happen in many cultures. In parts of rural America, such a song-swap was once called a hootenanny; in Ireland, it’s a ceilidh if it’s a house party or a seisiún if it happens in a pub. The Spanish version is the juerga, and may include dancing, singing, palmas (hand-clapping) or simply pounding in rhythm on a table.

When a café table isn’t being taken over for an impromptu display of flamenco skills, it may also serve to hold drinks and comestibles. In the juerga spirit, the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli will build on its ongoing relationship with Carlota Santana’s Flamenco Vivo dance company by presenting an evening of performance followed by wine and dinner with classical Spanish guitar accompaniment.

The special Juerga Flamenca event will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 with a full performance by Flamenco Vivo. Then comes the Tapas Supper, prepared by chef Rei Peraza of Pan Zur restaurant in Tivoli. Dishes will include marinated olives and pippara peppers, tortilla Española, escalivada, gigante bean salad, jamón serrano, montaditos and artisan bread. David Temple, who teaches classical guitar at the Bard College Conservatory, will play during dinner.

Tickets for this memorable evening for all the senses are limited, going for $75 per person and $1,000 for a sponsor table of six. For information and reservations, call

(845) 757-5106, extension 2. Kaatsbaan is located at 120 Broadway in Tivoli.

– Frances Marion Platt

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HISTORY www.friendsofclermont.org/the-chancellors-sheep-wool-showcase-2.

Founding fiber

Rhinecliff ’s Morton Library to host Roaring Twenties benefit

Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at Clermont this Saturday

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t’s time to make your way to the modest mansion above the Hudson River in Germantown for a spring family festival celebrating historic fiber arts, culture and craft – and the fluffy animals that make it all possible, too. The Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at the Clermont State Historic Site is the perfect way to usher in spring with a great lawn party replete with kids’ crafts and activities, demonstrations by skilled artisans and craftspeople, two dozen local vendors of handmade goods, lots of food and live traditional music.

Eighteenth-century life becomes a little more imaginable with costumed reenactors wandering around the grounds, showing visitors what it was like back when Chancellor Livingston inhabited the mansion. After helping to draft the Declaration of Independence and serving his new country as foreign minister and negotiating the Louisiana Purchase and developing steamboat technology with the other “Bob” (Robert Fulton), Robert Livingston came home to farm. He

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Clermont's Robert Livingston is credited with changing the American wool industry.

especially liked animal husbandry, they say. Raising Merino sheep, a breed that he supported by mixing with his domestic stock, Livingston is credited with changing the American wool industry.

Colorful examples of this most versatile material will be on display and on sale, such as brilliantly colored yarns, handwoven scarves and items of clothing.

Volunteer demonstrators will show visitors

how to card and spin the wool and turn it into beautiful and practical products.

There will be demos of sheep-herding and -shearing, weaving, rug-hooking and lots of other textile arts. Meanwhile, the outdoor shopping course will give visitors the opportunity to support local small businesses. The Chancellor would be happy to know that his pastoral estate plays host to the annual event.

Exhibitors and vendors include Blackberry Hill Farm in Hudson, Cat’s View Farm in Germantown, the Columbia/Greene 4-H Clubs, Dashing Star Farm in Millerton, East Knoll of Torrington, Connecticut, Hahn Farm of Salt Point, Hand to Mouth Weavers in Red Hook, the Hudson Valley Sheep & Wool Company in Red Hook, Huzzah! Unique Handmade Wearables in Salisbury Mills, In a Spin Fiber Arts in Olivebridge, June Pryce Fiber Arts in West Chester, Karen Lloyd of Olivebridge, Mother Frogging Yarns in Poughkeepsie, On the Bend in Hannacroix, Pandia’s Jewels in Salt Point, Perry Hill Farm in Millbrook, Raisin’ Cane at Mt. Rutsen Studio in Rhinebeck, Sadie’s Suitcase in Grunville, Stitched by Jessalu in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Simple Creations in Wappingers Falls, Virginia Piazza Pottery in Beacon, Wooly Spruce Farmstead in Chatham and many more.

The visitor center and gift shop will be open, and tours of the mansion cost $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, Friends of Clermont members and children under age 12 get in free. As always, the nature trails, gardens and grounds are open until 8 p.m.

– Ann Hutton Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase, Saturday, April 23, 11a.m.-4 p.m., $8/$6, Clermont State Historic Site, 87 Clermont Avenue, Germantown; (518) 537-6622,

Put on a boa or a bowtie and cut loose at the Morton Memorial Library’s Roaring Twenties benefit to be held on Saturday, April 30 in its historic Rhinecliff building. The truly impressive 17-piece Big Blue Big Band, directed by Jason Clinton with chanteuse Kate Weston, will transport you back to the reign of the flapper. If you don’t know the steps, Abby Saxon’s Rhinebeck Dance Group will be on hand to show everyone how it’s done.

The festivities will also include a wine bar, non-stop hors d’oeuvres and a raffle.

Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920), the library’s namesake, was an American businessman, banker, diplomat and statesman. Born in Vermont, he rose from a Horatio Alger-style childhood to become governor of New York, congressman from New York City and the 22nd vice president of our country, serving under president Benjamin Harrison. He later declined the vice presidency in 1880, which would have put him and not Chester A. Arthur in the presidency after the assassination of James Garfield. Instead, Morton accepted a position as ambassador to France. While in France, on behalf of the US, Morton accepted Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, into which he is said to have driven the ceremonial first rivet.

This annual event raises funds to support various library programs and services, such as the community theater, afterschool and children’s programs, music and movie nights, art shows, book clubs, recreational activities, educational workshops, programs for seniors and more. Doors at 82 Kelly Street in Rhinecliff open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $50 per person, and will be sold at the door.

For reservations call (845) 876-2903.

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Capture the castle Marlboro’s Falcon to host Bannerman Island Voices fundraiser A special “Live at the Falcon” brunch presentation on Saturday, April 23 will raise funds toward the preservation of Bannerman Castle, that threatened historical treasure sited on Bannerman/Pollepel Island in the Hudson River. Attendees will not only be fed and entertained, but they’ll also learn quite a bit of lore about the island, the

Vassar College’s 2nd annual

Friday, April 29 7:00pm - 9:00pm Vassar College Student’s Building, 2nd Floor (UpC) Inside the north entrance, off Collegeview Avenue

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HISTORY

The Catskill History Conclave Local historical societies and pubic historians to gather at Catskill Interpretive Center

accessible to the present.

Often vastly underfunded when compared to their better-known national and state cousins, local historical societies, for example, rely on the dedication and commitment of volunteers, the generosity of their members and patrons and an occasional grant (when available). At times forced to worry more about paying utility bills than their primary mission, local societies are often understaffed and in need of greater support and recognition for the work that they do.

Public historians, who include those appointed by county and town governments, face a similar set of circumstances. While some (though not all) receive a small yearly stipend, most public historians utilize their own home office, their own computers and associated technologies and absorb the cost of the research that they do. In short, the basic fabric of the system that supports the field of local history is in great need of assessment, rethinking and enhanced public awareness regarding the importance that local history plays not only in our lives, but also in our local economy and our shared experience as a community. It is the intended goal of the Catskill History Conclave to begin an examination of these very elements and to help ensure that, when the question of who will write your story arises in the future, there will still be an answer.

The conference, which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, is scheduled to include remarks from Ray LaFever, Region 4 coordinator of the Association of Public Historians of New York State (APHNYS). LaFever, who also serves as archivist for the Delaware County Historical Society, will speak to the role of APHNYS and its mission “to promote and encourage a greater understanding of the history of New York State and local jurisdictions.” Local historian and author Bob Steuding will offer the keynote presentation for the conference. Steuding, who has written extensively on Catskill Mountain and Hudson River Valley history, including The Last of the Handmade Dams: The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir and Rondout: A Hudson River Port, will speak on the topic “Researching the History of the Catskills.”

Following the early presentations, those gathered will engage in small group discussions to learn more about each other’s work, examine opportunities for collaboration and discuss the possible formation of a local history alliance that would promote and advocate on behalf of local history. As the conference concludes with an overall group discussion, further attention will focus on coming together as a unified force to advocate better for the resources and assistance needed to preserve and promote the history of the Catskills.

Drawing attendees from five different counties – Ulster, Orange, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan – the recently opened Catskill Interpretive Center will serve as the gathering point for the conference. As noted by CIC coordinator Michael Drillinger, “Part of the mission of the Catskill Interpretive Center is to give visitors to the Catskills a sense of its history. It is therefore fitting that the Center, a partnership among the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Catskill Center and other Catskill nonprofits, host this first-ever gathering of Catskill historians.” Added Weston Blelock, “This is a terrific meeting space and I am looking forward to meeting and comparing notes with fellow historians.”

While invitations have gone out to a large number of local historical societies and public historians, those institutions and individuals who may have been missed or have not yet registered for the conference may still do so. To sign up for the conference, call Michael Drillinger at the Catskill Interpretive Center at (845) 586-2611. The cost for the conference is $20, which includes a light breakfast as well as lunch from the Phoenicia Diner. Payment can be made on the day of the conference.

– Richard Heppner

What is the future for the people who will tell us about our past?

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains by Winslow Homer

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n the musical Hamilton, the question is raised, “Who tells your story?”

When it comes to local history, the answer is often found in the work of your nearby historical society or your town’s public historian. Through their writing, exhibits, presentations and maintenance of extensive archives, the history of the region – our history – rests in the hands of dedicated individuals who seek to preserve and promote the history of the Catskills. And yet, while their daily work goes to sustaining our past, their efforts raise an additional question: How can we best ensure that their vital work continues?

To begin answering that and other questions, a unique gathering of those who do “tell your story” is planned for Saturday, April 30 at the Maurice Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center (CIC) in Mount Tremper. At that time, representatives of local historical societies and public historians will come together to familiarize themselves with the work of others in the field, to share thoughts and concerns and to examine the future of preserving the past. Billed as the Catskill History Conclave, the conference is believed to be one of the first ever held locally involving the various organizations and individuals responsible for securing much of our local heritage.

Organized by Catskill Interpretive Center coordinator Michael Drillinger, Woodstock Arts publisher Weston Blelock and this writer, the idea for the gathering came from the realization that those engaged in the daily pursuit of local history, many of them volunteers, find little time simply to pause and connect with those engaged in similar pursuits. To that end, it is the hope of the organizers that the conference will not only serve as a networking opportunity for those within the local history community, but also bring to the fore the important role that local historical societies and public historians play in preserving the past and making it

castle and the Bannerman family.

T h e Bannerman Castle Trust and Theatre on the Road will perform a musical theatre piece, Bannerman Island Voices: Whispers from the Castle Keep, directed

by Frank Marquette. Based on interviews from Bannerman family members and employees who lived and worked on the island, this multimedia readers’ theater play features music and lyrics by Tom Herman and additional songs by Neil Caplan. Special guest Eleanor Owen Seeland, who grew up on the island (her parents, Wayne and Marian Owen, were the assistant superintendents from 1927 to 1942), will make a cameo appearance in Bannerman Island Voices and also be on hand to answer questions afterwards.

Jazz/rock/soul band Sheila Dee and the Dazzlers will open the show. A Silent Art Auction will feature works by Hudson Valley artists, including paintings by the late Jane Campbell Bannerman. The special brunch menu will include such goodies as apple/cinnamon French toast and chicken Marsala.

The Bannerman Island Voices fundraiser

runs from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. Tickets to this gala event cost $65 and $95, with proceeds helping the Bannerman Castle Trust to save crumbling walls on Bannerman Island, to open the family residence as a visitors’ center and

Richard Heppner is the Town of Woodstock historian and one of the organizers of the History Conclave.

to promote Bannerman Island Voices as an educational presentation for schools and organizations. To book your table, call (855) 256-4007 or visit www.zerve. com/bannerman. For more information about the restoration projects, call the

Put New Paltz on Your Calendar

MUSIC www.newpaltz.edu/music (845) 257-2700 $8, $6, $3 at the door, unless otherwise noted

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COLLEGE YOUTH SYMPHONY May 1 at 7:00 p.m.

Julien J. Studley Theatre

THE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM April 24 at 3:00 p.m.

Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall

REQUIEM IN D MINOR WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART May 3 at 8:00 p.m.

St. Joseph’s Church, New Paltz $10, $6, $3 at the door

SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT April 26 at 8:00 p.m.

Julien J. Studley Theatre

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE artlectures@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

MUSIC THERAPY ENSEMBLE April 28 at 7:00 p.m.

Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall

Bannerman Castle Trust at (845) 8316346 or visit www.bannermancastle.org.

The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro.

– Frances Marion Platt

ROBERT LUGO, CERAMIST April 27 at 11:00 a.m.

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MUSIC Rhett Miller to play Daryl’s House

of his essentially romantic/melancholic Muse in all manner of production pop settings. Worked for me.

2012’s The Dreamer (recorded locally) found Miller reclaiming roots: not his broad Texas cowpunk roots, it turned out, but his adopted roots. It’s a lovely, haunted work of Ulster County country barn-rock, not too far out of step with the legacy of Levon and the historicity of the Felice Brothers. 2015’s The Traveler continues the roots reclamation and the erasure of the stylistic differences between Rhett Miller and Old 97s, but is something else entirely.

Miller’s Northwest-centric band for this outing is a bit of an aliased supergroup, Black Prairie, featuring members of the Decembrists as well as contributions from Minus 5 buddies Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck. This daring, messy, rumbustious and genuinely dark record darts between some of the biggest, ballsiest (and most despairing) rootsrock that Miller has ever committed and some ultra-exquisite parlor-roots balladry, suggesting that Miller has taken back an influence now from some of the Baroque/ folk writers whom he once must have inspired, like Sufjan Stevens or Connor Oberst. These two tendencies – the big, ballsy rock and the parlor fine – collide in the keeper, should-be hit “Escape Velocity.”

Miller is a winning solo performer possessed of a friendly punk enthusiasm and a truly daunting backlog of great songs. Catch him at Daryl’s House in Pawling on Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Belle of the Fall opens. Reserved table seating for this show is sold out, but general admission (no guaranteed seating) tickets are still available for $20.

Daryl’s House is located at 130 Route 22 in Pawling. For more information, visit www.darylshouseclub.com.

– John Burdick

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f we have begun to take Rhett Miller for granted, shame on us.

The longtime local resident and family man appears in person much as he does on record: eminently likable, leveling his obvious and multiple gifts with good-humored, unaffected selfeffacement. (Indeed, self-doubt is one of the great themes of his work.) He always seems to be up for a benefit or a school program; he is generous with the quotes and the cameos for local bands. His songs are clever but not too clever, his singing agreeable as all hell but far from virtuosic.

It is too easy just to give him his due as a fully validated, important figure in the history of roots-rock – one with plenty left to say – and then move along. It is too easy to miss what is and always has been genuinely daring and vulnerable in

Rhett Miller

his music. The Rhett Miller I admire is a writer willing to fall on his face, again and again, in the pursuit of the only things that seem to matter to him: short-lived flashes and epiphanies of emotional/romantic truth expressed with memorable pith, and the ultimately unattainable ideal of the perfect (country-rock) song.

Miller came to fame as the frontman and principal songwriter of the Old

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A Spring Concert 8pm on May 7th, 2016

Featuring our Guest Artists John A. Coleman Catholic High School Chorus —&— Kingston High School 2016 MCK Scholarship Winners

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97s, the still-cooking Dallas band that exemplified the rambunctious, poppy and unabashedly amorous side of the No Depression alt/roots movement of the ‘90s. They played yang to the yin of Uncle Tupelo and the more brooding and occluded expressions of the same musical impulse.

Two unmistakable Q factors – his great looks and insanely high likability index combined with the compulsive, prodigious productivity of a genuine ink-stained wretch – marked him as a can’t-miss prospect for a solo career. Since 2002’s The Instigator, Miller’s solo outings have roughly alternated with Old 97s releases: a record/promote/tour cycle that would send most daydreamers scurrying to accounting school.

At first, Miller’s solo work seemed overtly strategized to distance him from the alt/ roots milieu; The Instigator and 2005’s The Believer (produced by Jon Brion and George Drakoulias, respectively) presented as slick, modern singer/ songwriter affairs with anchors on both coasts but little in between. Those records, especially the latter, really attempted to authenticate the American classicism of Miller’s songcraft, testing the sturdiness

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Kairos to perform “Birds, Beasts & Bugs” Under the direction of Edward Lundergan, Kairos: A Consort of Singers presents its annual Spring Concert titled “Birds, Beasts & Bugs” on Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Grace Episcopal Church, located at 58 North Street in Middletown, and on Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m. at the Holy Cross Monastery at 1615 Broadway (Route 9W) in West Park. The program will feature a selection of a cappella choral works from the Renaissance to the present, all dealing in some way with the animal kingdom. It includes works by Josquin, Hindemith, Monteverdi, Gibbons, Tchaikovsky, Menotti and Hudson Valley composers Edward Lundergan, Shirley Warren and Peter Sipple.

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program at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theatre in Germany with Matti Raekallio. She was a Festival Fellow at the Bowdoin Music Festival and a scholar at the Banff Centre in Canada before she became a Piano Fellow at the Bard College Conservatory of Music in September 2013.

Legendary American pianist Peter Serkin needs no introduction to audiences around the world. In addition to his vast and impressive solo career, he teaches piano master classes at the Bard Conservatory. Since 2015, the two have formed a four-hands piano team. Future concerts include the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany, the Santa Fe Music Festival and concerts in Japan.

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Tickets cost $25 to $35. They are available by calling the box office at (845) 758-7900, in person at the Sosnoff Theater box office or by visiting the website at www.theorchestranow.org. Bard College is located in Annandale-on-Hudson.

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Bard’s Orchestra Now performs this weekend at Fisher Center

OPEN HOUSE IN MEMORY OF LEVON IN WOODSTOCK There will be an Open House on Saturday, April 23 at the Levon Helm Studios, in honor of the fourth anniversary of Levon’s passing. The Levon Helm Studios are located at 160 Plochmann Lane in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-2744 or visit www.levonhelm.com.

www.kairosconsort.org or by phone at (800) 838-3006. Request Event #2519946 (Grace Church) or Event #2519954 (Holy Cross). For more information, visit www. kairosconsort.org or call (845) 256-9114.

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The Hsu/Serkin Piano Duo presents a program of piano music on Saturday, April 23 at 2 p.m., the latest event in the Piano Plus concert series at the Olive Free Library, a series curated by the Bard Conservatory’s distinguished composer-in-residence George Tsontakis. The program will include Beethoven’s Adelaide, Op. 46, and Beethoven’s Fugue in D, Op.

137, as well as Brahms’s Eleven Choral Preludes, Op. 122 (arranged by Peter Serkin), Mozart’s Five Variations in G, K 501, and Bizet’s Jeux d’Enfants, Op. 22.

Originally from Taiwan, Julia Hsu received scholarships to study at the Purcell School in England for young musicians at the age of 14 with Patsy Toh, wife of renowned pianist Fou Ts’ong.

She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance with distinction. Hsu was an exchange student at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and was in the highly sought-after “Soloklasse”

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Music director Leon Botstein will conduct Bard’s Orchestra Now in a program of Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Ives and two world premieres by Bard students Tamzin Elliott and Daniel Zlatkin on April 23 and 24. The concerts conclude the Orchestra Now’s inaugural performance season in residence at Bard College – a season designed to offer adventurous programs of familiar and lesser-known works in the incomparable Sosnoff Theater.

One of Ives’s most-performed orchestral works, Three Places in New England, begins the program. Cellist Xi Yang is featured in the following set of variations for cello and orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. Bard students Daniel Zlatkin and Tamzin Elliott will each have

Irish music duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill will perform their critically acclaimed interpretations of traditional Irish music in their third Studio Red Hook appearance on Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. Hayes will also give a Fiddle Master Class at 2 p.m.

NPR called Hayes and Cahill “one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master,” respectively. Hayes and Cahill have been together for two decades.

They have performed all over the world at such venues as Lincoln Center, the Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House, as well as for President Obama and leaders of the European Union.

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Ireland’s “Grammy,” the Meteor Choice Prize, for its groundbreaking new Irish music.

The concert and master class take place at St. Paul’s Hall at 7412 South Broadway in Red Hook. Tickets cost $34 for the concert $50 for the class. Tickets, class reservations and more information are available at www.studioredhook.com.

Terrance Simien plays Bethel Woods this Saturday Two -time Grammy a w a r d winners Te r r a n c e Simien & the Zydeco Experience return to the Bethel W o o d s Center for the Arts’ i n d o o r Event Gallery for a performance on Saturday, April 23 at 7 p.m. This concert is a part of Bethel Woods’s E3 initiative, “Engage, Experience, Explore,” a program developed to bring arts experiences into local schools.

The first program in 2016 will feature Simien, an eighth-generation Louisiana Creole, and his band. They will participate in a multifaceted weeklong residency that will include performances and workshops in local high schools and a free schoolday performance for students at Bethel Woods.

Tickets for the evening concert cost $50 general admission, standing room only. Tickets are available at www. bethelwoodscenter.org, Ticketmaster or by phone at (800) 745-3000. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is located at 200 Hurds Road in Bethel.

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Sharon Katz plays Beacon’s Towne Crier this Sunday Sharon Katz, a music therapist from South Africa, initiated a project called “When Voices Meet” in the 1990s that involved 500 schoolchildren in a mixed-race choir: something unprecedented under apartheid. Sharon and her band then took 150 of these children on tour to perform across South Africa via the Peace Train, traveling by actual train due to the huge entourage. Katz is credited with help-

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When Voices Meet, a film documenting the project and the effect that it had on the participants, will be screened on Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m. at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon. There will be a dinner break, and then Katz and her band, also called the Peace Train, will take the stage to perform. The Towne Crier is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon. Admission costs $25. For more information, visit www. townecrier.com and http://sharonkatz. com.

Sax Life plays Rosendale Café this Saturday Bob Shaut formed the band Sax Life in 1986 as a vehicle to compose and arrange for saxophone quartet and rhythm section. The group soon began performing concerts at schools, jazz festivals, clubs, weddings and swing-dance parties. Sax Life took a few years off after the loss of key players Ron Finck and Ed Summerlin, but now is back with its first CD, The Saxophone and the Drum, featuring Shaut’s compositions. Sax Life’s per-

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by Shaut, including Ellingtonia, The Prez Suite and Sonny Rollins’ Saxophone Colossus on Saturday, April 23 at 8 p.m. at the Rosendale Café. Admission costs $10. The Rosendale Café is located at 434 Main Street is Rosendale. For more information, visit www.rosendalecafe.com.

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) IN ROSENDALE Love Shakespeare? Got some clueless persons in your life who still think of Shakespeare’s works as fusty, stuffy, ponderous and/or incomprehensible? Next week brings a juicy opportunity to clue them in, as the Rosendale Theatre graces its handsome new stage with a live production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). There will be three evening performances and two matinées, so you’ve got no excuse to miss it.

The Bard of Avon may have pandered somewhat to his aristocratic patrons by touting the Divine Right of Kings and tweaking history to make their ancestors look good; but his greatest gifts were crafted for the groundlings, the unlettered rabble in the cheap seats (or no seats at all). Humor of universal appeal permeates his works, and not just those classified as comedies. One of his greatest comic characters, Falstaff, comes from his chronicles of the Wars of the Roses, after all, and even über-tragic Lear had his Fool for a foil.

For the Shakespeare-resistant, exposure to his funny side can be the slickest way in; and once you’re headed down that slippery slope on a Bardian verbal banana peel, there’s no climbing back out. That’s why our school systems introduce kids to ass-eared Bottom and his “rude mechanicals” in middle school and save Romeo and Juliet for when they’re in the throes of pubescent angst in ninth grade.

Three guys from the Reduced Shakespeare Company named Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield decided to created a painless one-evening survey of all (well, nearly all) the Bard’s works that amps up the humor factor to 11 on a scale of ten. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1987 and went on to a nine-year London run. It’s breathlessly silly, with a tiny cast portraying hundreds of characters (with the help of a dangly puppet as Hamlet’s dead Dad). Titus Andronicus’ morbid pies inspire a cooking show, and all the histories merge into one hectic football game.

But the largest segment of the show is devoted to Hamlet, performed at breakneck speed both frontwards and backwards (in which the ghost puppet says “Oob!”). The audience gets drawn in as well, being invited to evoke Ophelia’s indecisiveness by chanting, “Maybe/Maybe not.” There’s plenty of arguing among the cast, with a plethora of tangents pursued that appear random but are in fact artfully choreographed. The sum of it all is a most pleasurable chaos that should make your lungs ache from laughing and beat down all resistance on the part of any anti-classicist theatergoing companions. It’s Shakespeare without tears – even during the dark stuff. What better way to prolong the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the literary giant’s demise?

The Rosendale Theatre’s new production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is directed by the formidably talented, ever-busy Christine Crawfis. It stars Jeffery Battersby, Michael Frohnhoefer, Rick Meyer and the current president of the Rosendale Theatre Collective’s Board of Directors, Brian Mathews (who may be fishing for a demotion by appearing in this farce). Shows begin at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28 through 30, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 30 and May 1. All seats are cheap seats at $15 general admission, $12 for Collective members.

The charmingly renovated, handicapped-accessible Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street (Route 213) in Rosendale, with ample parking in the rear. Tickets will be sold at the door if not already sold out, but you might want to get yours in advance via www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2511260.

Seriously – you don’t want to miss this. For more info, call (845) 658-8989 or visit www.rosendaletheatre.org.

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William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616 – which was also, as far as historians can make out, his 52 nd birthday. So the quadricentennial of his death this week supplies an excuse for all sorts of events all over the world celebrating his genius (or the genius of the person who actually wrote his works, if you’re something other than a Stratfordian). New Genesis Productions gets in on the act this Sunday in Woodstock, partnering with the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild to offer two free events at the Kleinert/James Arts Center.

From 12 noon to 4 p.m., New Genesis’ Youth Theatre will be conducting a Community Acting Class for 9-to-12year-olds, who will explore Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night through acting, dance and song. Participants will be invited to join members of New Genesis Productions’ Apprentice Acting Workshop in the evening’s performance of an adapted version of the comedy, which begins at 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 24.

To enroll in the one-day acting workshop, reserve your space in advance by calling the Woodstock Guild at (845) 679-2076 or e-mailing derin@woodstockguild.org, with “theater workshop” in the subject line. For more info about Sunday’s events or about New Genesis’ theater training programs for youth, call (845) 657-5867 or visit www.NewGenesisProductions.org.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at CIA Do Anton Chekhov’s moody plays all sort of run together in your head, their characters sighing and wringing their hands in an interchangeable Slavic fog of pre-Revolutionary aristocratic malaise? Well, that seems to have happened to Absurdist playwright Christopher Durang, bestknown for his Obie-winning Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. His career seemed to peak in the ‘80s, but he came roaring back from a long lull to cop a Best Play Tony Award in 2013 for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

By all accounts, you don’t need to remember which Chekhov play is which to enjoy Durang’s comedy, though familiarity with his tropes will help you get some of the jokes. Named by theater-loving parents, the main characters – middleaged siblings Vanya and Masha and their adopted sister Sonia – don’t correspond one-to-one with their Chekhovian namesakes. Their property in upscale Bucks County, Pennsylvania has only nine cherry trees – not quite enough to qualify as an orchard – but it is in danger of being sold. “I take Chekhov scenes and characters and put them into a blender,” Durang has said of the play.

Vanya and Sonia loaf and flail about in purposeless ennui while their psychic housecleaner Cassandra predicts disaster.

It arrives in the form of much-married movie star Masha, whose once-successful career is on a downward trajectory, and

her much-younger arm candy, Spike.

Havoc ensues when Masha tries to get everyone to dress up as characters from the Disney version of Snow White for a costume party at the home of someone she wants to impress.

A new production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Half Moon Theatre opens this Friday at the Culinary Institute of America’s Marriott Pavilion Theatre this Friday, April 22 and runs weekends through May 8. The cast consists of Amy Lemon Olson, Samantha Jones, Geoff Tarson, Peter Kendall, Deborah Coconis and Melissa Marye Lehman. Director Michael Schiralli says of his approach, “Christopher Durang’s world is absurd but deep, and grounding it in reality is paramount.”

Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, April 22, 23, 29 and 30 and May 6 and 7, with 2 p.m. Sunday matinées on May 1 and 7. Tickets cost $45 general admission, $40 for seniors and $25 for students, and may be purchased by calling (800) 838-3006 or online at http://halfmoontheatre.org. As usual for these Half Moon productions at the CIA, you can book special pre-theater dining reservations at the Bocuse Restaurant, Ristorante Caterina de’Medici, American Bounty or Pangea for $39 to $49 by calling (845) 905-4533. The Marriott Pavilion is located on the Culinary Institute campus at 1946 Campus Drive, just off Route 9 in Hyde Park.

Scottish Gaelic concert in Stone Ridge The Stone Ridge Library hosts a free spring concert on Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. James Ruff and Drew Minter will perform a recital of early Scottish Gaelic wire harp and song in the Library’s Reference Room.

Experienced in early music, concert and opera, tenor James Ruff has since 2005 worked to master the Scottish Gaelic language, traditional Gaelic Song and the early Gaelic wire harp. In Ensemble Duanlied, Ruff joins countertenor and harper Drew Minter, together bringing to life early Scottish and Irish music for harps and voices, skillfully bridging both Gaelic- and English-language song traditions.

The Stone Ridge Library is located at 3700 Main Street in Stone Ridge. For information, visit stoneridgelibrary.org.

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At the moment, cinemas all over are screening Walt Disney Pictures’ “liveaction� reboot of their 1967 animated hit The Jungle Book. The description is a bit of misnomer, in that the new movie relies so heavily on CGI-created animal characters and environments that only three of its actors loaned more than their voices to its creation – and two of those only have the teensiest of flashback scenes. Neel Sethi, the young actor who plays the feral child Mowgli, shot all of his scenes indoors in a Los Angeles studio; the magical world that surrounds him, and the friends and foes who fill it with drama, all come out of an electronic box. (It seems reasonable to expect something similar from the next

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That’s not entirely a bad thing. In creating his own Indian jungle, the intent of director Jon Favreau was reportedly to approximate the look of the wilds of the planet Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar. And to a large degree he captured it – especially in his visual incorporation of the multilayered world of a rainforest biosphere, from ground to canopy. How different species are able to travel through it even becomes a minor plot point. Unlike Pandora, there are no otherworldly phosphorescent plants populating this jungle, and I would’ve liked to see a bit more detail of its bird, insect and flower inhabitants; but it’s still rather breathtaking to look at. Like Avatar, The Jungle Book was very deliberately made to exploit the potential of modern 3-D technology, and it’s one of the few films I’ve seen lately that is absolutely worth the extra few bucks to rent those goggles.

As for verisimilitude to its forebears, the movie is an odd hybrid: truer in many respects to the original Kipling tales, and considerably darker than the animated version. Very small children will need their hands held through some rather terrifying scenes, such as one straight out of Revenant where the hero is swept by a mudslide into a raging river. But it

also recycles some of the “beloved� tropes added by Disney, including three of the songs from the 1967 flick.

That will prove an attraction to many who grew up on the earlier version, but for this reviewer’s money, I could’ve done without the song-and-dance numbers.

In fact, the scene where Baloo the bear (Bill Murray) renders Terr y Gilkyson’s “The Bare Necessities� is visually one of the weakest in the whole movie: His singing head and the belly on which Mowgli is loafing as they float down a placid stream don’t quite appear to belong to the same animal. I found Dr. John’s New Orleans version, played over the closing credits, much more enjoyable.

The other song incorporated into the narrative, the Sherman brothers’ “I Wan’na Be Like You,� also seems expendable, though at least the King Louie character (entirely fabricated by Disney; Kipling’s Bandar-log or monkey people were a definitively and absurdly anarchistic animal subculture) is more scary here than goofy. Someone at Disney

has apparently gotten the message since 1967 that there are no native orangutans in the Indian subcontinent, so they made King Louie (Christopher Walken) a gigantopithecus, who at least left some fossils behind there.

Turning an ape into a proto-hominid is an interesting choice, if you’re going to keep the character in at all; the episode in which Mowgli is carried off by a huge troop of monkeys, macaques and baboons is one of the most frightening in the books – not least because their behavior is in many ways disturbingly humanlike. That theme carries through in the scene where the boy raised by wolves approaches the “man-village� to steal fire, the “red flower.�

There’s no alluring young girl to tempt the lad in this version – only men who seem alien and dangerous. And to the pristine rainforest environment, they certainly are.

Even the ancient stone carvings on the ruined temple that is the Bandar-log’s lair depict acts of human war and oppression.

The message is subtle, but it’s there.

There are some other improvements over the 1967 movie: Most of the depictions of animals seem more naturalistic, less

This Jungle Book is an odd hybrid: truer in many respects to the original Kipling tales, and considerably darker than the animated version.

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April 21, 2016 cartoony. This is especially noticeable with the elephants, who are serene, distant, godlike terraforming beings here, rather than a ridiculous brigade of Raj-era British military types. Murray’s Baloo is a bit more developed as a character: an actively scheming skiver in the Tom Sawyer fence-painting mode rather than the simple laid-back hipster voiced by jazzman Phil Harris in the earlier version.

Kaa the snake is scarier with Scarlett Johannson’s sultry voice than he ever was with Sterling Holloway’s squeaky one, especially when she gets to sing Kaa’s hypnotic song, “Trust in Me,” over the closing credits. Ben Kingsley as Mowgli’s strict black panther guardian Bagheera, Idris Elba as the villainous tiger Shere Khan and Lupita Nyong’o as Mowgli’s valiant wolf mother Raksha are all in fine voice and round out their characters as best an actor may in such a simple fable.

All told, The Jungle Book 2016 is the sort of remake that restores one’s faith in the wisdom of doing movie remakes at all. The House of Mouse has done a fine, handsome job here. It will be very interesting to see if Andy Serkis can outdo it.

– Frances Marion Platt

Tudor takedown Shakespeare skeptics to gather for discussion in Rosendale April 23, 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of W i l l i a m Shakespeare, so it’s not surprising that all sorts of public events are being organized to commemorate the Swan of Avon and his (purported) works. Even the Oxfordians and their allies are getting in on the act, using the quadricentennial as an excuse to raise awareness of the many hypotheses about other possible authors of the plays and poems generally attributed to the Bard. Groups of authorship doubters in cities all over the world have decided to reaffirm support this year for the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt, adopted nine years ago by the Shakespeare Authorship Coalition.

Skeptics that Shakespeare actually wrote Shakespeare include many a luminary, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Orson Welles, Sir Derek Jacoby, Mark Rylance, John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia among them. And now a group of apparently sane people is forming in Rosendale, who will be more than happy to explain why they aren’t Bard believers.

If you’d like to hear more about current theories of possible alternative authorship, including such names as Edward De Vere, Christopher Marlowe and Francis Bacon, you might enjoy the discussion on Friday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m., to be hosted by the 1850 House Inn & Tavern in Rosendale. Mary Lois Adshead, a theater director and lifelong fan of the works of Shakespeare who coordinated the Rosendale Theatre’s “Shakespeare Slam” last year, and Edward Schoelwer,

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The public is invited to attend and contribute to the discussion. There’s no admission charge, but offering to buy a round of pints might not go amiss. Check it out! The 1850 House is located at 435 Main Street (Route 213) in downtown Rosendale.

Poet Claudia Rankine at Vassar’s Elizabeth Bishop Lecture Among Vassar College’s most illustrious alumnae was the great 20thcentury poet Elizabeth Bishop, whose papers are housed in Vassar’s Special Collections Library. Bishop entered Vassar in 1929; during her time there, she co-founded a “rebel” literary magazine with fellow student Mary McCarthy (The Group), interviewed T. S. Eliot and was introduced by a school librarian to poet Marianne Moore, who became her longtime friend and mentor.

Vassar honored this famous grad’s centennial in 2011 with a major conference and a campuswide art exhibition. And thanks to an endowment from Priscilla H. Rockwell and H. P. Davis Rockwell, each year the College presents a free public reading by a distinguished poet, known as the Elizabeth Bishop Lecture.

Past Bishop Lecturers have included such literary luminaries as Robert Pinsky, Seamus Heaney and Natasha Trethewey.

This year’s Elizabeth Bishop Lecture will be delivered by Claudia Rankine, whose collection Citizen: An American Lyric was nominated for National Book Critics Circle Awards in both the Poetry and Criticism categories, and won the poetry award. The book also holds the distinction of being the only poetry book to be a New York Times best-seller, and is currently shortlisted for the 2015 Forward Prize.

Rankine will read from and discuss her work in Room 203 of Taylor Hall on the Vassar campus on Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Vassar College located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie.

For more information, call the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370 or visit www.vassar.edu.

Soles4Souls benefit this Saturday at Mother Earth’s in Kingston Mother Earth’s Storehouse in Kingston will host a Soles4Souls event this Saturday, teaming up with Rachel Fikes – “Ms. Earth” of 2016 – to collect new and used shoes between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. that will help to alleviate the suffering of people living in poverty. Fikes launched a drive in February to collect 25,000 shoes to help the poor. She has collected over 2,000 pairs so far, and will continue the effort until February of 2017.

Shoes are being delivered to Soles4Souls, an international anti-poverty organization based in Nashville, Tennessee that monetizes used shoes and clothing to create sustainable jobs and fund direct relief efforts, including distribution of new

shoes and clothing. Founded in 2007, the organization has distributed more than 25 million shoes to people in well over 100 countries (https://soles4souls.org).

Clean out your closets and bring your unwanted shoes to Mother Earth’s this weekend. And between now and next February, you can take used shoes of any kind to 14 Church Street in Ruby or mail to PO Box 23, Ruby, NY 12475.

For more information, contact Fikes at rachelfikes18@gmail.com.

Kathryn Paulsen’s “Fold Everything” exhibition now on view in Catskill

The solo exhibit of Kathryn Paulsen’s unique work is on display at the Catskill Community Center now through June 4. “Fold Everything” says it all, describing the artist’s penchant for creating patterns that mimic traditional American quilts with shapes made of Japanese origami. “I like combining colors, shapes and patterns, the feeling of paper and its variety of weight and textures,” says Paulsen. “With origami, there’s always something new to fold. It’s safe to say that you may never have seen anything quite like my art.”

A lifelong maker of creative works, Paulsen was a public school art teacher in Dutchess County for 38 years, where “Folding Friday” delighted her classroom students. “It was a pleasure to teach diverse forms of art. At Ulster County Community College, I’ve taught origami semester courses for adults.” An active member of OrigamiUSA (www.origamiusa.org – who knew about this organization?) and the Hudson Valley Folders, she also teaches origami to art teachers at conferences and workshops, one being held at SUNY-New Paltz on April 30.

“Fold Everything” will be open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Fridays from 12 noon to 4 p.m.,

Saturdays beginning April 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

– Ann Hutton Kathryn Paulsen’s “Fold Everything,” through June 4, Catskill Community Center Gallery, 334 Main Street, Catskill; (518) 719-8244, www.catskillcommunitycenter.org.

“Words and Images” show at Catskill’s GCCA gallery The Greene County Council on the Arts (GCCA) gallery in Catskill presents its next group exhibit: “Words and Images: The Art of Storytelling.”

Featuring the work of over a dozen local and international artists, “Words and Images” will include animated short films, graphic novels, illustrations, sculptures, photographs and zines as well as mixed media.

At the center of the exhibit is the international debut of the graphic novel The Industrialist, with a story by Burton C. Bell, lead singer of Fear Factory, and illustrations by British illustrator Noel Guard. The novel is intended as a companion piece to Fear Factory’s latest concept album, The Industrialist.

Bell and Guard are joined in the exhibit by artists Aaron Augenblick and Mati Kütt, Abigael Puritz, Alicia Burnett, Brian Dewan, Dina Bursztyn, Joanne Van Genderen, John Akre, Joseph Reilly, Laura Loving, Matt Bua, Matthew Pleva, Paul Barton, Robert Tomlinson and Scott Keidong. “Words and Images” will be on view from April 23 through June 4, with an opening reception on Saturday, April 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the GCCA gallery, located at 398 Main Street in Catskill. For more information, visit www.greenearts. org.

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CALL HER APPLEBROOG May 21, 2:00PM @UPSTATE FILMS WOODSTOCK

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TASTE OF WOODSTOCK May 25, 6-9PM

Sample food & beverages from 20+ local eateries in the center of town.

SPIRIT OF WOODSTOCK CELEBRATION June 4, 5-8pm Honoring Ron Nyswaner & Philippe Petit

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7:30AM-8:30AM Free Zen Meditation Group.

Facilitated by Doree Lipson & Meredith Johnson, Zen practitioners & meditation teachers. Silent sitting, walking &connection. For optional begin-

ner instruction, arrive early at 7:20am. Dropin’s welcome. Cushions, back-jacks, and chairs available. Info: doreelipsonmsw@gmail.com / verderosa@gmail.com. Sanctuary, 5 Academy St, New Paltz.

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, 845-679-5906. Karma

Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. Info: www.

HudsonValleyParents.com. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

9AM-9:50AM Qi Gong with Marilyn St. John.

On-going qi gong class using gentle movement and relaxation to circulate the life energy. All ages and fitness levels. $8 donation requested. Info: 845-679-8700 or www.woodstockyogacenter.com.

Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

9:30AM-10:30AM Stretch and Flex with Diane Collelo Open to all Woodstock residents 55 & 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-11AM Gentle Yoga with Cory Smith. Focusing on the details of alignment and the development of muscular core strength at a slow pace. $8 donation requested. Info: 845-679-8700 or www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

10AM-4PM Manuscript Exhibition: The Atom Bomb. Exhibits through 4/31. Info: www.Karpeles. com or 845-569-4997. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway, Newburgh, free.

11AM-12PM Free Feldenkrais Ongoing Community Class. Ongoing. Led by Tatiana Light. Method

April 21, 2016 of international reputation helping Healing, Longevity and Improved Balance and Movement Coordination.Gentle and effortless exercise with immediate relaxation effect. Info:845-679-6299.

Mountainview Studio, Woodstock, free.

12:15PM-12:45PM 2016 Uptown Fine Arts Music Series: Kingston High School Chamber Orchestra.

Info: www.olddutchchurch.org, 845-338-6759 or info@olddutchchurch.org. Old Dutch Church, Main St, Kingston.

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.

1PM The Mid-Hudson Valley, IBM Retirees Club Meeting. Dr. Russell Tigges, Orthopedic Surgeon, will speak on “Steps to Keep You Walking After Age 65”. Info: 845-471-7607. Knights of Columbus Council Hall, 339 Rt. 82, Hopewell Junction.

1PM Classic Film Series: High Society. The series continues on the third Thursdays of each month.

Info: www.gardinerlibrary.org. or 845-255-1255.

Gardiner Library, community room, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

5PM-8PM Sketch Class. A traditional sketch class (drawing the figure) format of numerous poses which will lengthen in duration as determined by the monitor. $50/4 consecutive classes. January 21-December 15, Thursdays. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $20 /session, $50 /4 classes.

5PM-7PM Co-ed Pickup-Futbol ! Meets every Thursday after 5pm. Info: studiomyea@gmail. com. Athletic/soccer Fields at Comeau Town Park, 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock.

5:30PM-8:30PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale.

Info: 845-331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

5:30PM-7:30PM “Why Climate is a Big Deal & What Is Already Being Done About It.” Jan E. Storm, Ph.D, an environmental scientist will speak as will Mark D. Lowery, a climate policy analyst with the New York State (NYS) Department of Environmental Conservation. Info:845-586-2611. The Catskill Center, 43355 Rt 28, Arkville.

5:30PM Woodstock Ultimate Disc. Ongoing games - Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30pm; & Sundays at 3pm . A free, casual, co-ed pickup game.

See WoodstockUltimate.org for details. Athletic fields at 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock.

6PM-7:30PM Workshop. Healthy Cooking in Season. Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators will present two dishes in this hands-on cooking workshop that can be prepared with different freshly harvested local ingredients depending on the season. Info: www.midhudsonheritage.org or845- 214-1113. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, free.

6PM Word Cafe Thursday Author Series: Samantha Hunt, novelist. Hosted by author and Chronogram books editor Nina Shengold. Info: www. wordcafe.us. The Golden Notebook Bookstore, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15, free /teen.

6PM-7:30PM Loving the Earth: Healthy Cooking in Season. Poughkeepsie Farm Project educators will present two dishes in this hands-on cooking workshop that can be prepared with different freshly harvested local ingredients. Info: 845214-1113. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St., Poughkeepsie.

6PM Word Cafe Thursday Author Series: Adam LeFevre, poet/actor. Hosted by author and Chronogram books editor Nina Shengold. Info: www. wordcafe.us. The Golden Notebook Bookstore, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15, free /teen.

6PM-7:30PM Bard College’s The Orchestra Now. Performing a fantasy-themed chamber concert.

Info: 845-757-3771 or visit www.tivolilibrary.org.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Ongoing. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6PM First Thursday Book Club. Ongoing. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St,

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6:15PM Gyrotonic Tower Class. Using natural body spinal movements to decompress and strengthen the spine. It emphasizes full mobility of the joints and lengthening of the fascia and skeletal system. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.

6:30PM 2016 Phoenicia Library Board Meeting.

3rd Thursday of the month . Info: 845- 688-7811.

Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

7PM “Watershed Revolution.� The film highlights the connection between the health of the South-

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ern California Ventura River watershed and the community that relies on it. Following the film will be a discussion with local experts. Info: 845-7583241. Elmendorph Inn, 7562 North Broadway, Red Hook, free.

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 Live @ The Falcon: Connor Kennedy & Minstrel’s 3rd Thursdays (Roots Rock). Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon,

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7PM Voice Theatre’s Annual Spring Reading Series. “The Last Schwart.� A staged reading of the dramatic comedy written by Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Shauna Kanter. Info: www. voicetheatre.org or 845-679-0154. New World Home Cooking, Route 212, Saugerties, 845-2460600.

7PM The 3rd Annual Spring Reading Series.

Info: www.newworldhomecooking.com or 845-246-0900. New World Home Cooking, Rt 212, Saugerties.

Nestled in the heart of Ulster County’s Historic home town of Saugerties New York. Ivy Lodge is a unique residence that offers support for gracious living. Private apartments, and handicapped accessibility throughout. Our nurses and 24hour certified staff respectfully encourage residents to age in a place they’ll enjoy calling home.

Traditional, Memory Support and Enhanced programs available. For more information, or to schedule a tour please call 845-246-4646 or E-mail Communityliaisonnurse@Ivylodgeassisitedliving.com.

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7:15PM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

7:30PM Texas Blues with The Michael Goss Band. No cover, 21+. Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s Inc, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

7:30PM-9PM Weekly Thursday Nite EFT Healing Circle & Recovery Workshop. Bring your physical, emotional, & spiritual challenges and issues, and have them quickly, effectively resolved and healed in a safe supportive environment. Free, $5 donation welcome. All proceeds godirectly to FOW. Ongoing. Info: 845-706-2183. Family of Woodstock, 16 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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8PM “Worship Space Acoustics: The Sound of the Sacred.� Lecture by Physicist and Vassar associate professor of physics and astronomy, David T. Bradley, A dessert reception in the Chapel Tower Room will follow the presentation. Info: 845437-5370. Vassar College, Chapel, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Trio Mio. Info: www.highfallscafe.com or 845-687-2699. High Falls CafĂŠ, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

8PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, & Eric Weissberg. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM The Phoenicia Jazz Series: The Chris Pasin/ Adam Siegel Quartet with Rich Syracuse and Dave Berger. Info: 917-783-8653 or www.phoeniciamusicseries.org The Arts Upstairs Gallery, 60 Main St, Phoenicia, $15 /suggested, $10 /minimum.

8PM Circle Mirror Transformation. Play by Annie Baker. Directed by Melisa Annis with Summer Corrie, Michael Rhodes*, Lorenzo Scott*, Amie Tedesco* and Jill Van Note* * member Actors’ Equity. Info: 845- 230-7020 or tangent-arts.org.

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Awakening Joy: Living in Harmony with the Earth. A Weekend of Free Earth Day Activities, April 22-24 at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Sustainable gardening; composting; cooking for body and mind; a visit to an animal sanctuary, tree-planting; a meditation walk in nature; and film screenings.

For a detailed schedule, write to jan@kagyu.org or call 845-679-5906 x 1012.

Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (4/224/24). Peter X. Kelly and Sara Moulton will be presenting during the Festival on Saturday.Other food and wine celebrities headlining the event include: Kevin Zraly, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Michael Weiss, Steven Kolpan, Lou DiPalo, Marcus Guiliano, Mile Rupcic, Ric Orlando, & others.

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All levels welcome. Class involves Qi Gong and slow movements. Suggested donation is $5 or more. Info: www. elegantevidence.com. Name of the event: Introduction to Tai Chi Time: Saturdays - April 23th, 30th and May 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th, June 4th, 11th, July 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23th, 30th, August 6th, from 9 - 10:30 am. New Paltz Community Center,3 Veterans Drive, New Paltz. Info: 845-214-8579 Email: chinalinkus@gmail.com.

Save the Date! 2016 GOST - Gardiner Open Studio Tour(4/30 & 5/1 ,10am6pm). Visit 22 artists where they live and work in Gardiner,NY . Peer behind the studio doors in this hidden art mecca, featuring a juried group of photographers, painters, pastelists, and ceramicists. Many studios offer refreshments, and some have live demonstrations. Visit any studio between 10 -t 11am for three chances to win up to $100 off your art purchase. For info: GOST HQ - 845-255-3336 (at DM Weil Gallery) or info@GOSTartists.org or www.GOSTartists.org.

Community Education and Crime Prevention Presentation: Protecting Our Children (4/26,6:30-8:30pm).

Hosted by Marbletown Town Supervisor Michael Warren. Facilitated by the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center, the presentation is based on the work of Cory Jewell Jensen, Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention, an Oregonbased sex offender program. Warning: This program incorporates videotaped interviews with convicted sex offenders and graphic discussion about child sex crimes. Teens and children should not attend. Community Center, 1925 Lucas Ave, Cottekill. Info: email jagu@ co.ulster.ny.us or 845-334-5155. Free, registration required.

New Woodstock Story Festival (4/30 & 5/1). For anyone who believes in the power of storytelling. Celebrating Story in Arts, Education, Therapy, Business, Mythology, and Medicine. The Festival also showcases theatrical performances, myths, fables, and fairytales, and interactive workshops.Guest presenters: Mitch Ditkoff, Goia Timpanelli, Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona & eight others. $150; single day tickets are $95; meals and lodging are not included. The Mountain View Studio , 20 Mountainview Ave, Woodstock. Due to the intimate size of the venue, advanced ticket purchase is encouraged. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.woodstockstoryfestival.com or call 845-247-8839.

Upcoming Event! Annual Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association Spring Plow (4/30,10am-7pm). Music: The Roadhouse Revival Band 1-4, Metropolitan Hot Club 4-7. Saunderskill Farms, 5100 Rt 209 Accord. Info: 845- 626-2676.

Call for Artwork!The Art of Summer (5/22-8/22). Drop off: Mon. 5/16, 11am-2:30pm. One or two entries. Info: 845-679-4937. Gallery Lev Shalem.

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Sign-Up Now! 15th Hudson Valley Annual Autism Walk & Expo (4/24,9am-1pm). Rain or shine.

Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-331-2626 or www. autismwalkhv.org.

Sign Up Now! Kiwanis Kingston Classic. Race date: April 23. Details & Info: www.kiwaniskingstonclassic.com.

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The Saugerties Public Library is looking for artists interested in exhibiting their work in the Library’s Stephen Crohn Art Gallery for exhibits in 2017 and 2018. All submissions are due on 5/16, and must include a completed Art Exhibition Application and five (5) examples of the works to be exhibited (photographs or actual samples). The Art Exhibition Application is available on the Library’s website (www. saugertiespubliclibrary.org). Please submit all applications and examples to Frank Rees, Library Director, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties or director@saugertiespubliclibrary.org.

Register Now! 2016 More/Shape Women’s Half-Marathon (4/17, 8am). articipants can register online atwww. nyrr.org/races-and-events/2016/moreshape-womens-half-marathon. Central Park, New York City.

The Road Ramble (4/23) .A scavenger hunt & trivia contest all in one - a car driven escapade to challenge your mind and entice your competitive spirit. Res suggested. Info: 845-889-4683 or www. staatsburglibrary.org. Taconic Parks Auditorium, 9 Old Post Rd, Staatsburg, $20.

Call for Open Mic ***STUDENT*** Performers (4/29). All ****STUDENT*** singers, musicians, poets, comedians, magicians and other performance artists are invited to sign up for this fun evening sponsored by High Meadow School.

Performers can sign up by emailing debbie@highmeadowschool.org. Barnes & Noble, 1177 Ulster Ave, Kingston.

National Park Week! Fee Free Days in you National Parks(thru4/24). The National Park Service turns 100 years old in 2016 and wants everyone to join the party! All National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will offer free admission to everyone.For information about your local parks: www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks. htmor www.nationalparks.org/connect/ blog/2016-free-admission-days-national-parks.

Register Now! 9th Annual Saugerties High School Winter Dust Off Car Show(4/23). Benefit for the 2016 Senior Post Prom. $10 Registration Fee. For Information contact Sue Sachar @ 845-246-0705. Saugerties.

Upcoming Event! International

define opportunities for collaboration and alignment of community development efforts. Info:845519- 7838. Vassar College, Main Building, Villard Room, Poughkeepsie.

9AM-3PM Yard Sale and Bake Sale. Info: www. katsbaanchurch.org or Katsbaan Reformed Church, Hall, 1800 Old Kings Hwy, Saugerties.

9:30AM-1PM Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club: Earth Day “Celebration.” All students, teachers, and parents from the schools in Dover Plains will be visiting the displays in shifts.

Contact: Salley Decker 845-454-4206. Info: www.

MidHudsonADK.org. DoverMiddle School, Gymnasium, Dover Plains.

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. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10AM-3PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale.

Info: 845-331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

10AM-12PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Fun Fridays in April. Explore the Peter’s Kill Area of Minnewaska. Hikes may be up to a mile and a half long. Pre-registration requested. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

10:30AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

10:30 AM Little Brainstormers. Children’s Program. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Chris-

Dance Festival(4/29,7-9pm). An evening of live performances and interactive dance. Concessions available with proceeds going to Napal Earthquake Relief. Free and open to the public. Vassar College, Student’s Building, 2nd floor, Poughkeepsie. Info: Internationalservices@vassar.edu.

Register Now! Bus Trip to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA for Yidstock Concert & Tour (7/17). Lunch & Donation included. Info: 845-3388131 or www.ucjf.org. Jewish Federation of Ulster County, One Albany Ave, Kingston, $100.

Sign Up Now! 6th Annual Newburgh Volunteer Fair(4/30,11am-3pm).

The Volunteer Fair provides organizations with an opportunity to raise awareness about the special services they provide to our community.

Info: 845-562-1195 or nysparks.com.

Washington’sHeadquarters State Historic Site, New Baltimore.

The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington Events. This historic theater offers music, dance, theater, opera, movies and family programs. Info: 413-528-0100 or www.mahaiwe.org/.

Early Bird Discount & Full Scholarships available for Woodstock Youth - ages 9-12 & 13-17. Registration open: Voice Theatre’s Summer Youth Workshops July 11th–24th. A fun, supportive environment for young people to explore theatre skills. Professional instructors will lead a program of acting, theatre games, the speaking voice, movement, improv and physical theatre. Each fiveday workshop plus Saturday rehearsal finishes with an Open Presentation. In the air-conditioned Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock. Beginners are welcome.

Session 1: July 11-17. Session 2: July 18-24. Sibling discounts available. Info & registration contact Shauna Kanter: Shauna@voicetheatre.org | 845-6790154 |www. voicetheatre.org.

Audition Notice: Witch of Coos and Tatters. Casting 2 females - age 25-50 and 30-40 for Angel Intrudes and the The Stronger. 3 males- age 15-18, 30-40 for Witch of Coos and Tatters.

Performance dates are June 10-12. Call Susanne Traub 845-657-2189.STS Playhouse, Phoenicia.

Senior Writing Workshop Welcomes New Members. Writers at all levels of experience, beginner to expert, are invited to join the Writers Workshop of the Woodstock Senior Recreation Program. Whether interested in nonfiction, short stories, plays, memoir, or poetry, writers age 55 and above may join the group, which meets in the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Road,Woodstock from 10:30am-12:30 pm. on Wednesdays as follows: April 13 & 27; May 11 and 25; June 8 and 22.The workshop stresses trying out new forms and content in a supportive atmosphere. No fee is required. The workshop is led by experi-

enced writer, editor, and instructor Lew Gardner. Info: 845- 679-2880.

marathon. Info: www.newpaltzchallenge.com or 845-255-0243.

Audition Notice: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. Auditions held 5/14 at 1pm & 5/14 at 7pm.

Callbacks: 5/16 at 7pm at The Center for Performing Arts, 661 Rt 308, Rhinebeck. All roles are open. No appointment necessary. Prepare 32 bars of a song in the style of the show. Bring a copy of your sheet music for the accompanist. Be prepared to list all rehearsal conflicts. Performance dates: 7/ 29 -8/21.Further information email upinoneprod@aol.com.

Fluid Ecologies: Hispanic Caribbean Art from the Permanent Collection. an exhibition of thirteen works on paper by seven of the most celebrated Hispanic Caribbean artists of the last five decades.

Exhibts through 5/8. Info: 845-4375632 Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie.

Hudson Valley Community Dances is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization committed to sharing the joy of dancing, preserving traditional music and dance and building community through dance. Dances take place in Dutchess and Ulster counties. These events are open to the public and everyone is welcome. Info:www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 845- 454-2571.

Register Now: 2nd Annual Walkway Marathon Race(6/11 & 6/12). Races Feature Dutchess, Hudson Valley Rail Trails. Runners registering for any of the Walkway Marathon races can do so at WalkwayMarathon.org. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie.

Jurying Begins for The WoodstockNew Paltz 35th Art & Crafts Fairs.

Scheduled for Memorial (5/28-5/30) & Labor Day (9/3-9/5)Weekends. Jurying begins 1/28.Details at www.quailhollow. com or contact Scott Rubinstein at 845 -246 -3414.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Stationary Clinic for Dogs. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. $95 and up; includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, and cone collar. All surgeries performed by appointment only; Also, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Stationary Clinic for Cats. $70 per cat includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, nail trim.

All surgeries performed by appointment only. Info: 845-343-1000. taraspayneuter.org. The Animal Rights Alliance (T.A.R.A.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown.

The Mid Hudson Community Orchestra. New members needed-French Horn, Oboe, Trumpet, viola, cello and bass. Concert dates 4/27 and 5/13.

Rehearsing Wednesdays, 7:30 -9:30PM. Info: 845-876-2765. SUNY Dutchess, Dutchess Hall, Poughkeepsie.

Register Now! 2016 New Paltz Challenge Run (6/19). A half-marathon, Family 5K, and/or kid’s 1-mile run.

Proceeds will benefit the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce and its community projects. Reg reqr’d for halfmarathon. Info: www.newpaltzchallenge.com or 845-255-0243.

Register Now! Bus Trip to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA for Yidstock Concert & Tour. (7/17). Lunch & Donation included. Info: 845-3388131 or www.ucjf.org. Jewish Federation of Ulster County, One Albany Ave, Kingston, $100.

Open Call for Artwork - Envisioning Dutchess (6/3-7/2). Due Date for Artwork Drop Off: Saturday, May 21, 5pm. Info: 845-471-2550 or info@ barrettartcenter.org. Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon St, Poughkeepsie.

Call for Entries: The Artist’s New Work Forum. Artists can submit new works or works-in-progress. Choreography, Music, Sound, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Performance Art, Dance, Film, Staged readings, and Monologue. Info:/ www.rosendaletheatre.org/artists-newwork-forum/Rosendale Theatre, Main St, Rosendale.

Register Now! 2016 New Paltz Challenge Run. 6/19. A half-marathon, Family 5K, and/or kid’s 1-mile run.

Proceeds will benefit the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce and its community projects. Reg reqr’d for halfmarathon. Info: www.newpaltzchallenge.com or 845-255-0243.

Register Now! 2016 New Paltz Challenge Run (6/19). A half-marathon, Family 5K, and/or kid’s 1-mile run.

Proceeds will benefit the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce and its community projects. Reg reqr’d for half-

Word Cafe’s Writing Intensive Workshop (5/14, 10:30am). Led by Jana Martin, writer. Enrollment is limited to 12. Info: www.wordcafe.us. The Golden Notebook Bookstore, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock.

3PM-5PM Assemblymember Kevin A. Cahill (D-Ulster, Dutchess) Mobil District Office Visit.

Representatives available to answer questions, provide information and discuss any concerns that constituents may have. Info: 845-758-3241.

Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook.

6PM Kids Movie Night: Peanuts (2015). A colorful introduction for kids, and sweet nostalgia for parents. This is the final film in the Kids Movie Night series. Rated G, 92 minutes. Info: 845-6887811. Phoenicia Library, Main St, Phoenicia.

4PM-5:15PM Twilight Yoga: A Sanctuary for Yin & Restorative with Lynda Elaine Carre, E-RYT IAYT. Your weekly Rx to Relax Deeply, Recharge, and Revitalize. Info: twilightyogawoodstock@ gmail.com or 845- 684-5941. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave, Woodstock, $10 /donation.

Register Now! 9th Annual Saugerties High School Winter Dust Off Car Show to benefit 2016 Senior Post Prom (4/23). $10 Registration Fee. For Information contact Sue Sachar @ 845-246-0705. Saugerties.

Word Cafe’s Writing Intensive Workshop (5/14, 10:30am). Led by Jana Martin, writer. Enrollment is limited to 12. Info: www.wordcafe.us. The Golden Notebook Bookstore, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock.

6PM All About That Bass. Police Sergeant Patrick Hildenbrand will share his prize-winning fishing knowledge: about spooling, lures, & casting. Participants will learn all of his best tricks just in time for peak fishing season. RSVP: 845-758-3241 Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook.

4PM-7PM Brooks BBQ Fundraiser! Complete chicken $13 and rib $14 dinners. Reserve your dinner by calling 845-481-3149. Support the Kingston High School Crew Team! Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston.

Sign Up Now! 6th Annual Newburgh Volunteer Fair. April 30th, 11am until 3pm. The Volunteer Fair provides organizations with an opportunity to raise awareness about the special services they provide to our community. Info: 845-562-1195 or nysparks. com. Washington’sHeadquarters State Historic Site, New Baltimore.

Call for Open Mic Performers(4/29).

All singers, musicians, poets, comedians, magicians and other performance artists are invited to sign up for this fun evening sponsored by High Meadow School.Performers can sign up by emailing debbie@highmeadowschool. org. Barnes & Noble, 1177 Ulster Ave, Kingston.

tine 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. Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

4PM “Knit Wits” Knitting Club. Saugerties Public Library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 845-2464317.

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program is bringing hands-on learning to youth in Columbia and Greene Counties this summer. For youth in grades one through five. Programs can be scheduled by contacting Linda Tripp, 4-H Issue Leader, at518-828-3346 x203 or Lke2@cornell.edu. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Hudson.

6:30PM Shakespeare Authorship. In a reaction to the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakspere of Stratford this April, groups of authorship doubters in cities all over the world have decided to reaffirm support for the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt. Info:845-658-8989. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale.

7PM Conversations at Boughton Place. Takes place the second Friday of each month at 7 pm.

Boughton Place, Moreno Stage, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $5 /suggested donation.

7PM-10PM Blues Happy Hour - Steel featuring Steve Mulvaney. No cover, 21+. Info: 845-8538049. Uncle Willy’s Inc, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Cuboricua (Latin Dance!) Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon. com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Intermittent Woodland Pools. A presentation by Stuart Greenfield open to the public at the Marbletown Community Center, 3556 Main St, Stone Ridge, sponsored by Marbletown's ECC. Through videos and photos find out who inhabits them and why they are important. Info: 845-6877902 or sbgreeny@hvc.rr.com.

7PM Steve Mulaney and Steel. Info: 845-8538049. Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

7PM Intermittent Woodland Pools. A presentation by Stuart Greenfield open to the public.

Through videos and photos find out who inhabits them and why they are important. Info: sbgreeny@ hvc.rr.com or 845-687-7902. Marbletown Community Center, 3556 Main St, Stone Ridge.

7PM-11PM Local Talent Night. Every Friday.

Seeking bands and performers. Primo’s, 1554 Rt 44/55, Clintondale, 845-883-6112.

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4:30PM Anime Club. 2nd & 4th Fri of each month.

Tween/Teen Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

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4:30PM-5:30PM Lego Club. All ages, with parents.

Ongoing. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: BFA I. Student Thesis Exhibition. Exhibits through 5/19. Info: 845-257-3846 SUNY New Paltz, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz.

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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 Weekly Senior Citizen’s Bingo. Seniors 50 and older. Ongoing every Wednesday at 1:30pm & Friday at 7pm. Admission $1. 50/50 tickets available at 3 tickets/$2.Half-time complementary refreshments. Everyone welcome! Shawangunk Valley Senior Center, Southwyck Square, 70 Main Street, Napanoch. Info: 845-647-3902.

7:30PM UPAC Friday Film Series: The Birdcage.

Info: 845-339-6088. Ulster Performing Art Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $6.

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

8PM Circle Mirror Transformation. Play by Annie Baker. Directed by Melisa Annis with Summer Corrie, Michael Rhodes*, Lorenzo Scott*, Amie Tedesco* and Jill Van Note* * member Actors’ Equity. Info: 845- 230-7020 or tangent-arts.org.

The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli.

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

8PM Performing Arts of Woodstock presents Good People. Play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Reservations are Strongly Recommended.Info: www. performingartsofwoodstock.org or 845-679-7900.

Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, $23, $20 /senior/student.

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Awakening Joy: Living in Harmony with the Earth. A Weekend of Free Earth Day Activities, April 22-24 at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Sustainable gardening; composting; cooking for body and mind; a visit to an animal sanctuary, tree-planting; a meditation walk in nature; and film screenings.

For a detailed schedule, write to jan@kagyu.org or call 845-679-5906 x 1012.

Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (4/224/24). Peter X. Kelly and Sara Moulton will be presenting during the Festival on Saturday.Other food and wine celebrities headlining the event include: Kevin Zraly, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Michael Weiss, Steven Kolpan, Lou DiPalo, Marcus Guiliano, Mile Rupcic, Ric Orlando, & others.

Info: www.internationalwinemasters.com or call 646-527-9500.

Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club: Family Hike. Contact Leader: Ginny Fauci gefauci@gmail. com or 845-399-2170. Info: www.MidHudsonADK. org. Minnewaska State Park, Gardiner.

Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Bontecou Swamp. Call: Chet @ 845-452-3716 for time and meeting place. Info: www.watermanbirdclub.org.

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8AM John Burroughs Natural History Society Open Discovery with the John Burroughs Association. Following the walk participants can explore Slabsides. Trip leader: Joe Bridges (jtpontes@aol. com ). Info: www.jbnhs.org/ Trailhead, Burroughs Dr, West Park.

8AM-4PM American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider Course(4/23 & 4/24). A scenario-based, team approach to teach pediatric emergency respiratory and cardiac arrest management. Prereg and payment reqr’d. Info: 845-475-9742.Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, $225.

8:30AM-1PM The Road Ramble. A scavenger hunt & trivia contest all in one - a car driven escapade to

challenge your mind and entice your competitive spirit. Res suggested. Info: 845-889-4683 or www. staatsburglibrary.org. Taconic Parks Auditorium, 9 Old Post Rd, Staatsburg, $20 /per person, $70 /car of 4.

9AM-3PM Yard Sale and Bake Sale. Info: www. katsbaanchurch.org or Katsbaan Reformed Church, Hall, 1800 Old Kings Hwy, Saugerties.

9AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-6582239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

9AM-10:30PM Introduction to Tai Chi with certified instructor Jing Shuai . All levels welcome.

Class involves Qi Gong and slow movements.

Saturdays (4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 from 9-10:30am) Suggested donation is $5 ormore.

Info: www.elegantevidence.com or 845-214-8579 or chinalinkus@gmail.com. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz.

9AM-1PM American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider Certification. This course is designed to provide the ability to recognize life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an automated defibrillator, relieve choking in a safe, effective manner.For ages 16 to adult. Prereg and payment reqr’d. Info: 845-475-9742. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, $65.

9AM-1PM Green-Up Day Events. To Commemorate Earth Day. Roadside and Trail Clean-Up. Remove invasive plants. Volunteers must wear long-sleeve shirts, long pants, waterproof boots and extra-sturdy gloves. Info at www.highfallscivic.org/ or 845-687-3473. 2nd Street and Rt213 to register (near Depuy Canal House) to register and pick up supplies. Recommended: wear sturdy waterproof footwear and gloves. Info: highfallscivic.org.

9AM-1PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam’s Point. Earth Day Clipping Party on the Verkeerderkill Falls Trail. Wear sturdy footwear and bring snacks, water, and loppers or hedge shears if you have them. Pre-registration is required by calling Sam’s Point at845-647-7989.

Sam’s Point Area, Cragsmoor.

9AM-4PM Volunteers Needed! If you are able to volunteer, please RSVP to lcline@hrmm.org.

Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston.

9AM SUNY Ulster Holds Spring Open House.

Workshops, information sessions and activities in a “one-stop” shop format. Advance reservations are encouraged. Info: 1-800-724-0833 or www. sunyulster.edu/. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge.

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

9AM-12PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale.

Info: 845-331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

9AM John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary and Gordon Property. Volunteers Needed! for to help with our Spring Trail Building! Bring water and work gloves—clippers and a metal rake would also help. Sign up by emailing Joan@JohnBurroughsAssociation.org. John Burroughs NatureSanctuary, Pond Ln entrance, West Park.

9AM-1PM 13th Annual Miles of Hope Family Fun Run/Walk. Music, raffles, and Miles of Hope merchandise. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.milesofhope. org or 845-264-2005. Tymor Park, Lagrangeville.

9:30AM-11AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going. Everyone welcome. Info: 845-679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rt 212, Woodstock.

9:30AM-4PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Hike to Gertrude’s Nose. 8-miles round trip. Come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food and water. Pre-reg reqr’d. Info: 845-255-0752

Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 845-687-7023.

10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

Ongoing. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston.

10AM-4PM Brigade of the American Revolution. Revolutionary War historians, dressed in period clothing, perform military drill and firing demonstrations at 2pm. evolutionary War historians, dressed in period clothing, perform military drill and firing demonstrations.Info: 845-5611765. Knox’s Headquarters, 289 Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate.

10AM CPR & First Aid @ Grinnell Library. A hands-on-course of CPR & First Aid. Class meets most job related requirements. This course covers adult, child and infant CPR for the lay rescuer. Info: 845-297-3428. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls, $45.

10AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

10AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market.

Offering fruits and vegetables, organic and natural meats, a wide assortment of cheeses, wine, breads and other baked goods & honey. Info: www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Old Dutch Church, Kingston.

10AM-11:30AM Teddy Bear Picnic. Bring your favorite teddy bear to a party celebrating our beloved stuffed buddies. Includes snacks, crafts, music. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, Main St, Phoenicia.

10 AM 4th Annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival. Featuring Authors of Recently Published Books on Hudson Valley History. Info: www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Henry A. Wallace Center, Hyde Park, free.

10AM-4PM Columbia County Habitat’s ReStore’s EcoFair: Making It Easier To Be Green. Will feature eco-friendly vendors - local green companies and environmental organizations - with the latest and greatest ways to be green. Music by Abby Lappen, from 10am to1pm and Sweet Life Music Collective from 1pm to 4pm. Info: 518-828-00892 or ReStore, 829 Route 66, Hudson.

April 21, 2016 lation, "Constellation" by Melissa McGill.The Falcon, 1348 Rt 9W, Marlboro,845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com.For Reservations:Go to https://www.zerve.com/Bannerman or call Zerve for at 855-256-4007.Tier One Ticket: $65/Tier Two Ticket: $95.

12PM-1PM Free Yoga Pizza Party. Ongoing. 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, 322Main St, Poughkeepsie.

12:45PM-1:30PM New Paltz Women in Black Vigil for Peace. Held in front of the Elting Library, corner of Main and North Front Streets. We are now in our 15th year of standing for peace and justice. New Paltz.

1PM-3PM Green Streets. A documentary on community gardening in New York City’s five boroughs during the 1970s and 1980s. Info: 845-679-8111 or wblelock@woodstockarts.com.

Upstate Films/Woodstock, 132 Tinker St, Woodstock, $10.

1PM TAP New York Craft Beer Festival. (4/23 & 24) Over 120 NYS Craft Breweries! New York’s Largest & Longest-Running Craft Beer and Food Fest. Info: www.huntermtn.com/ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, $87, $72, $30 /designated driver.

2PM Piano Plus! Concert Series: Piano team of Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu will play works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart. Info: 845-6572482, or programs@olivefreelibrary.org. Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, Shokan, $12 /suggested donation.

2PM-4PM Cinderella Costume Matinee. Dress in your princess or prince finery and watch the new live-action Cinderella movie. Rated PG, 1 hour and 45 minutes.Wicked stepmothers and stepsisters also welcome! Info: : 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. SaugertiesPublic Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going.

Held in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience.

For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

2PM-3PM “Can U Dig This?” Town talk with Professor Christopher Lindner, followed by a tour of the Parsonage Dig site. Info: 518-537-5800.

Germantown Library, Hover Room, 31 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown.

10AM Teddy Bear Picnic. Bring your favorite teddy bear to a party celebrating our beloved stuffed buddies. Includes snacks, crafts, and music. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

2PM Piano Plus Concert Series: Julia Hsu& Peter Serkin. es: Rami Sarieddine. Info: 845-6572482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. $2/suggested donation. Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan.

10AM-2PM Open House.Levon Helm Studios In honor of the 4th anniversary of Levon’s passing.

Info: www.levonhelm.com. Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock.

3PM 24-Hour Drone: Experiments in Sound and Music. Saturday, April 23 at 3PM - Sunday, April 24 at 3PM. In collaboration with Second Ward Foundation and Wave Farm / WGXC. $24 early bird tickets are now on sale at basilicahudson. org. Basilica Hudson, 110 South Front St, Beacon.

10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Info: 845-399-2805. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston, 845-339-0637.

3:30PM-7PM Afternoon Rock and R&B. Info:

10:30AM-2PM 9th Annual Saugerties High School Winter Dust Off Car Show. Benefit for 2016 Senior Post Prom. $10 Registration Fee. For Information contact Sue Sachar @ 845-246-0705.

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11AM-12PM The Buzz about Bees. A special morning of family activities about bees and beekeeping. Info: 845-757-3771. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.

11AM Saturday Morning Family Series: Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Performed by Kids on Stage. Info: 845-876-3080. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

11AM-4PM Woodstock Farm Sanctuary Weekend Tour. 150-acre life-long sanctuary for rescued farm animals. Learn about vegan living. A new Visitors Center and Cafe, open to the public for tours on weekends from 11am-4pm through October, $10/ adults, $5/kids;group tours & private vegan events (including weddings) during the week. Info:845247-5700 or www.woodstocksanctuary.org. Woodstock Animal Sanctuary, 2 Rescue Rd (formerly Epworth Lane), High Falls.

11AM- 2PM Rabies Clinic. The Barnyard, Rt. 28, Kingston. Info: 845-339-CATS.Cost- $10/per pet.

Cash only. Dr. Barbara MacMullen of Pets Reward Veterinary House Call Practice.Bring Rabies History, if you have it. Info: 845-246-9337.

11AM-4PM The Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase. Family festival that celebrates historic fiber arts, culture, and craft. We host a shopping concourse featuring over 30 skilled artisans and local craftspeople. Herding and sheep shearing—using three different historic techniques! ...

The price for entry is just $8 per vehicle ($6 for Friends of Clermont) The Clermont, 87 Clermont Ave, Germantown.Info: 518-537-6622 11:30AM Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club: How to Get Started Kayaking. Contact: Don Urmston: Mrurmston@gmail.com or 845-4574552. Don will tell you how to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, free.

12PM-3PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam’s Point Area - Solar and Terrestrial Viewing. Members of the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association will set up telescopes along the Loop Road. Some will be specialized telescopes made to safely view the sun. Info:845-647-7989.

Sam’s Point Area, Cragsmoor, $10 /per car.

12PM -3PM Bannerman Island Fundraiser Brunch, Silent Art Auction & Performances!

Featuring Hudson Valley artists, including works by the late Jane Bannerman.

Silent Auction proceeds benefit both Bannerman Island and the extraordinary public art instal-

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845-679-3484. Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

4PM-6PM Stitch and Sip: Beading on Fabric. Ages 21 and up. This program mixes needlework with socializing. Starting simple and always leaving with a project you can continue to work on at home, this program is a mix of 19th century needle skill work and social fun.Info: www.olana.org. Olana, Wagon House Education Center, Hudson, $25.

4PM-7PM Warrior Fest. The MS Warriors are hosting a fundraising event to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Unlimited beer, wine, wings, pasta and salad. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. Info: 845-229-6662. Darby O’Gills, 3969 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

4PM Author Readings by Stephen O'Connor and Helen Benedict. Hosted by Nelly Reifler.Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8000.

4PM-6PM Skyscape Series: Lyriod Meteor Shower with Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association. Ages 6 and up. Join Dr. Willie Yee, president, and Joe Macagne, vice president of the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association for a presentation and 21st Century explorationof the night sky at Olana. Info: www.olana.org. Olana, Wagon House Education Center, Hudson, $5.

5PM Roast Beef Dinner. Seatings at 5 & 6:30 p.m. Takeouts are available. Info: 845-246-7802.

Saugerties United Methodist Church, Saugerties, $13, $6 /5-12, free /under 5.

5PM-7PM Happy Medium: Kenneth Polinskie Exhibition Opening Reception . Show runs thru 5/29.Info: 518-822-1438 or caroline@hudsonoperahouse.org. The Hudson Opera House, Hudson.

5 PM-7 PM Opening Reception: “Words and Images: the Art of Storytelling.� Exhibits through 6/4. Info: www.greenearts.org, 518-943-3400.

Greene County Council on the Arts’, Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St, Catskill, free.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: 13th Annual Athens Cultural Center Members Exhibition.

Interpretations of “Greene� or “Green�. celebrate beautiful Greene County, the color green, or “going green� with recycled art. Exhibits through 5/28. Info: www.athensculturalcenter.org. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St, Athens.

7PM-10PM AmaZen Beauty Launch Party. Info: Amazenbeauty@gmail.com. Seven21 Media Center, 721 Broadway, Kingston, free.

7PM-9:30PM Live Music & Noodles. Saints of Swing Quartet, Swing Classics, Hot and Cool jazz, R&B, Gospel. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.

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

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Derelicts (Rock & Soul). Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Saturday Night Jazz! NYC saxophonist Al Guart leads ensemble. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in withthe band. Info: 518-678-3101.

Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville.

7PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles. 2nd set at 8:30pm.No cover, $5 donations to musicians recommended. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.

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

7:30PM Annual Spring Concert:“Birds, Beasts & Bugs.�Kairos: A Consort of Singers, under the direction of Edward Lundergan, will perform. Info: www.kairosconsort.org or 845-256-9114. Grace Episcopal Church, 58 North St, Middletown, $20, $15 /senoir, $5 /child/student.

7:30PM NYCA Caberet Theatre presents The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf. Nursery Rhyme innocence meets the wacky and wild world of everyday society.

Info: 845-679-6900. Woodstock Playhouse, Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $12, $10 /senior/student.

8PM Performing Arts of Woodstock presents Good People. Play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Reservations are Strongly Recommended. Info: www. performingartsofwoodstock.org or 845-679-7900.

Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, $23, $20 /senior/student.

8PM Circle Mirror Transformation. Play by Annie Baker. Directed by Melisa Annis with Summer Corrie, Michael Rhodes*, Lorenzo Scott*, Amie Tedesco* and Jill Van Note* * member Actors’ Equity. Info: 845- 230-7020 or tangent-arts.org.

The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 8PM The Orchestra Now. Music Director Leon Botstein will conduct. Program Features Two World Premieres by Bard Students. Info: www. theorchestranow.org or 845-758-7900. Bard College, Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $35, $25.

8:30PM Soul City Motown Revue. Info: www. highfallscafe.com or 845-687-2699. High Falls CafĂŠ, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

9:30PM Butchers Blind. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

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Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (4/224/24). Peter X. Kelly and Sara Moulton will be presenting during the Festival on Saturday.Other food and wine celebrities headlining the event include: Kevin Zraly, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Michael Weiss, Steven Kolpan, Lou DiPalo, Marcus Guiliano, Mile Rupcic, Ric Orlando, & others.

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Earth. A Weekend of Free Earth Day Activities, April 22-24 at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Sustainable gardening; composting; cooking for body and mind; a visit to an animal sanctuary, tree-planting; a meditation walk in nature; and film screenings.

For a detailed schedule, write to jan@kagyu.org or call 845-679-5906 x 1012.

8AM-11AM High Falls Fire Company Spring Breakfast Buffet. Children under 5 are free.

Omelets, french toast, pancakes, bacon, sausage, home fries. Takeout available. High Falls Firehouse, High Falls, $9, $8 /senior, $7 /5-12.

8AM-10AM Relay For Life Pancake Breakfast.

All proceeds to support Relay for Life. Reformed Church of Saugertie, 173 Main St, Saugerties, $8, $5 /child, free /under 5.

8AM-11AM Rombout Fire Company Pancake Breakfast. On the menu: pancakes, eggs, omelets, sausage, bacon, orange juice, tea, and coffee. Under 5 free. Rombout Fire Company, 901 Main St, Fishkill, $10, $9 /senior, $7 /child.

9AM-1PM 15th Hudson Valley Annual Autism Walk & Expo. Rain or shine. Info: 845-331-2626 or www.autismwalkhv.org. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck.

9:30AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

10AM-1PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Morning Hike around the Lake and along Beacon Hill. Three mile hike. Pre-reg reqr’d. Info: 845-2550752 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

10AM-12PM Sunday Concert featuring Jay Clayton Trio. “Singing the Jazz Standards�: 1st set/Lisa Ornest, Hilary Carr, Julie Rose, Maiko Hata, 2nd set/Jay Clayton-vocals, Vinnie Martuccipiano, John Menegon-bass. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com. Gomen-KudasaiNoodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

10AM Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club: Storm King Mtn via the Esty & Hellie Stowell Trailhead. Moderate Hike, about 4 milesLeader: John Ragusa: 917- 692-1159; john.ragusa@bnymellon. com. Bring lunch. Heavy rain cancels. Info: www.

MidHudsonADK.org. Esty & Hellie Stowell Trailhead, Parking lot, Route 218, Gardiner.

10AM-2PM Annual Family Fun Bowl-a-Rama! $10 admission includes 2 games and shoe rental. This event is hosted by the Hudson Valley Sudbury School. Info: 845- 679-1002, office@ sudburyschool.com.. Saugerties Bowler’s Club, Simmons Plz, Saugerties.

10AM-4PM Brigade of the American Revolution Revolutionary War historians, dressed in period clothing, perform military drill and firing demonstrations at 2PM. Info: 845-561-1765. New Windsor Cantonment, 374 Temple Hill Rd, Vails Gate.

10AM-12PM Japanese Calligraphy Workshop with Midori Shinye. Reservation required by Friday 12 noon. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz, $20.10AM-2PM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon. The Saints of Swing (Swing Standards). Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

10AM-12PM Sunday Art Studios: 3D Paper Olana Model Making. Drop-in. Location subject to change at Olana based on weather and project.

Info: www.olana.org. Olana, Hudson, free.

10:30AM-12:30PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Ongoing.

Sitting and walking meditation with short teaching and discussion from Pema Chodron books or video.

Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-6588556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. SkyLake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

11AM-4PM Woodstock Farm Sanctuary Weekend Tour. 150-acre life-long sanctuary for rescued farm animals. Learn about vegan living. A new Visitors Center and Cafe, open to the public for tours on weekends from 11am-4pm through October, $10/

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adults, $5/kids;group tours & private vegan events (including weddings) during the week. Info:845247-5700 or www.woodstocksanctuary.org. Woodstock Animal Sanctuary, 2 Rescue Rd (formerly Epworth Lane), High Falls.

11AM Saugerties Columbiettes Penny Social.

Calling starts at 1PM Sharp. special table, 50/50 Raffle, Food Basket Raffle, Door Prizes. Lunch and light refreshments. Proceeds go to benefit local charities. Knights of Columbus Hall, 19 Barclay St, Saugerties.

12PM TAP New York Craft Beer Festival. (4/23 & 24) Over 120 NYS Craft Breweries! New York’s Largest & Longest-Running Craft Beer and Food Fest. Info: www.huntermtn.com/ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, $87, $72, $30 /designated driver.

12PM Co-ed Pickup-Futbol ! Meets every Sunday at noon. Info: studiomyea@gmail.com. Athletic Fields at Comeau Town Park, 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock.

12PM-4PM Free Community Acting Class. A one day workshop, open to 9-12 year olds. Participants from this workshop will be invited to join in a special evening performance also at the Kleinert.

Res reqr’d. Info: 845-679-2076. Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock.

12PM-4PM WIM’s Third Annual Catskills Book Festival. Meet the Authors. Info: 845-594-3548 or writersinthemountains@gmail.com. Union Grove Distillery, 43311 State Hwy 28, Arkville.

12PM-2PM "FLoat the Boat." Clearwater Benefit with Betty & The Baby Boomers, Fiona FraserGross, Judi Jaeger & Bob Reid, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Roger the Jester and more. Please see www.clearwater.org/clearwater-concert-series/ earthdayconcert/ ;for details and get your tickets at www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/ id/50028/chk/071b. Rosendale Community Center, Rosendale.

1PM-4PM Sketch Class. A traditional sketch class (drawing the figure) format of numerous poses which will lengthen in duration as determined by the monitor. $50/4 consecutive classes. Sundays, January 17 - December 4. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $20 /session, $50 /4 classes.

1PM-3PM Deep Air: Interdisciplinary Arts Reading Series. Ages 10 & up. Joan Retallack & Xaviera Simmons. Tea and cake will be served and a healthy Q&A follows artist talks. Info: www. olana.org. Olana, Wagon House Education Center, Hudson, $10.

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1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Info: 845-679-7148 or rizka@ hvc.rr.com. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock.

1:30PM Performing Arts of Woodstock presents Good People. Play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Reservations are Strongly Recommended. Info: www. performingartsofwoodstock.org or 845-679-7900.

Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, $23, $20 /senior/student.

2PM SUNY New Paltz will sponsor its Annual Color Run. The proceeds from the event will be donated to the Center. Registration for Community members will be on April 18 and will be $15. Day of registration will be accepted, but to ensure your spot, please pre-register. The event has sold out in the past. Call Christina Cordier at 845-257-2342 for more information.Thank you, SUNY New Paltz.

2PM Musical Society of Kingston Spring Benefit Concert. Proceeds will fund the further education for a Kingston High music student. Refreshments will be served. Donations welcome. Info: 845-3401010. Church of the Holy Cross, 30 Pine Grove Ave, Kingston.

2PM NYCA Caberet Theatre presents The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf. Nursery Rhyme innocence meets the wacky and wild world of everyday society.

Info: 845-679-6900. Woodstock Playhouse, Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $12, $10 /senior/student.

3PM-6PM Unsung Heroes: Songs of Our Elder Farmers. A musical celebration of our farming heritage!Featuring songwriters Heather Masse, Mark Brown, Kelleigh McKenzie, Tom Holland and Vickie Russell. Rondout High School Auditorium, 122 Kyserike Rd, Accord.

3PM Woodstock Ultimate Disc. Ongoing games - Sundays at 3pm; & Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30pm. A free, casual, co-ed pickup game. See WoodstockUltimate.org for details. Athletic fields at 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock.

3PM The Faure Requiem, by Gabriel Faure will be performed by the Helen Baldwin choir, under the direction of Mary Ann Osgood. Desserts will be served. Child care will be available. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 South Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, $10.

3PM Poetry Reading & Party. Featuring Julie Fogliano, author of "When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems For All Seasons."The Golden Notebook,29 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-

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3PM-7PM Woodstock Live Afternoon Blues & Folk Rock & Funk Show! Featuring Billy Mitchel, George Henry, Ray Pollard, Journey Blue Heaven & friends. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

3PM Circle Mirror Transformation. Play by Annie Baker. Directed by Melisa Annis with Summer Corrie, Michael Rhodes*, Lorenzo Scott*, Amie Tedesco* and Jill Van Note* * member Actors’ Equity. Info: 845- 230-7020 or tangent-arts.org.

The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli.

3PM The Orchestra Now. Music Director Leon Botstein will conduct. Program Features Two World Premieres by Bard Students. Info: www. theorchestranow.org or 845-758-7900. Bard College, Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $35, $25.

3:30PM-7PM Journey w The Woodstockers. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

4PM Book Signing by Howard Massey, author of "Roadie. " A tale of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.

Friendship and betrayal. Journey and redemption.

legal notices LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO RESPONDERS: Sealed proposals for RFP-UC16-045 PUBLIC SAFETY RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM will be received on or before Thursday May 19, 2016 at 4:00 PM at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www.co.ulster.ny.us/purchasing.

Marc Rider, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, publicly opened and read at the Ulster County Purchasing Department,244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401 on Thursday, May5, 2016 at 2:00PMfora Temporary Bridge Rental, BID #RFB-UC16-146C. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www. co.ulster.ny.us/purchasing.

Marc Rider, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, publicly opened and read at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY on Thursday, April 28th, 2016 at 3:00 PM for UCAT BUS #41 REPLACEMENT ENGINE BID # RFB-UC2016-053. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www.co.ulster.ny.us/ purchasing.

Marc Rider, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on March 15, 2016 and approved by the County Executive on March 23, 2016, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution.

Dated: April 21, 2016 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 161 March 15, 2016 Authorizing The Reconstruction Of Various Parking Lots, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $150,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $150,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney) Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 160 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 474 for the reconstruction of various parking lots for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges); and WHEREAS, the capital project hereinafter described, as proposed, has been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which regulations state that Type II Actions will not have a significant impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize

ALMANAC WEEKLY Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock.

Info: 845-679-8000.

4PM Poerty Reading: Roger Roloff. He will present his new poetry collection, Heartwood in honor of Earth Day. Info: 845-255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

4 PM-7 PM Ulster County Italian American Foundation Pasta Fundraiser. Live jazz band: Dialogue. All you can eat. Cash bar. Info: 845-8538049. Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen, 31 North Front St, Kingston, $14.95.

4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle.

Hosted by Birds of a Feather and Timekeeper Drums invite all to drum and dance. Free, donations appreciated. On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm.

Meets in the end room in the back of the building.

Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, 4PM Annual Spring Concert: “Birds, Beasts & Bugs.” Kairos: A Consort of Singers, under the direction of Edward Lundergan, will perform.

Info: www.kairosconsort.org or 845-256-9114.

Holy Cross Monastery, 1615 Broadway, West Park, $20, $15 /senoir, $5 /child/student.

5PM-7PM Thirty-first Death Café. Coffee, cake

the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. The reconstruction of various parking lots at County facilities, including incidental improvements and expenses, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $150,000.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $150,000 of bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is ten years, pursuant to subdivision 20(f ) of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on March 15, 2016 and approved by the County Executive on March 23, 2016, and

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and conversation about dying and death in all its ramifications in a safe and caring environment. No fee, no registration needed, all are welcome. The Sunnbrook, Community Room, Toc Dr, Highland.

com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

5PM William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Staged by members of New Genesis Productions’ Apprentice Acting Workshop with song and dance as created by Miranda Hayden. Info: 845-657-5867 or www.NewGenesisProductions.org. Kleinert/ James Arts Center, Woodstock.

8PM Sean Rowe Band. Info: helsinkihudson.com or 518/-828-4800 Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

5:30PM-7PM Restorative Yoga with Kate Hagerman. A gentle, completely supportive practice that is designed to bring stillness to the body and the mind. The perfect way to wrap up the weekend. $16. Info: 845-679-8700 or www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6Deming St, Woodstock.

6PM Sunday Master Class with Janet Grillo, filmmaker. Hosted by author and Chronogram books editor Nina Shengold. Info: www.wordcafe. us. The Golden Notebook Bookstore, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15, free /teen.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Mazzstock Allstars (Rock). Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.

the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution.

Dated: April 21, 2016 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 159 March 15, 2016 Authorizing The Cost Of Reconstruction Of Various Road Shoulders Throughout And In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $250,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $250,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney) Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 158 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 473 for the reconstruction of various road shoulders for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges); and WHEREAS, the capital project hereinafter described, as proposed, has been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which regulations state that Type II Actions will not have any significant adverse impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. Reconstruction of various road shoulders throughout and in and for the County of Ulster, New York, including incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $250,000.00 Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of not exceeding $250,000.00 serial bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes, is fifteen years, pursuant to subdivision 20(c) of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations,

8PM The Sunshine Cult. Info: 845-853-8049.

Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

9:30PM Rick Altman Trio. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

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Mid-Hudson Adirondack Mountain Club: Combined paddle and hike - Chodikee, John Burroughs. Leader: Shari Aber: 914-489-0654; shnaber@yahoo.com.Hike will be 3-4 easy miles, paddle 3-4 miles. Equipment and PFD Required!

Contact leader for time and other details. Info:www.

MidHudsonADK.org. Chodikee Lake, Highland.

8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Medita-

maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on March 15, 2016 and approved by the County Executive on March 23, 2016, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution.

Dated: April 21, 2016 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 154 March 15, 2016 Authorizing The Replacement Of The Carmine Liberta Bridge, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $2,337,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $1,847,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney) Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 153 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has amended Capital Project No. 458 for the replacement of the Carmine Liberta Bridge for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges); and WHEREAS, the capital project hereinafter described, as proposed, has been determined to be an Unlisted Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which as proposed has been determined to not have any significant adverse impact on the environment; and

April 21, 2016 tion. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 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.

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, 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 or 845-399-2805. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

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12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

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

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

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

Museum. Runs Mondays: April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23. After School Program for K through 2nd Grade. Habitat Detectives! Find out what animals are awake or returning to New York. Reg reqr’d.

Info: hhnm.org or call 845-534-5506. HudsonHighlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $75.

4PM Backgammon Club. Learn the game, pick up new moves, meet new people. Free, open to the public. Ongoing. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis Rosato. From kindergarten to calculus. Ongoing. Info: 845-6887811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

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.

3:30PM-5:30PM Tail Waggin Tutors Reading Help! Read to trained TDI dogs to build confidence and have fun. Recommended for early readers, reluctant readers, anyone ! Free, Drop-In. Ongoing. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

5:15PM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

12PM Gyrokinesis. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulst-

3:45 PM -5 PM Hudson Highlands Nature

5:30PM-7PM Rockin’ Rooks: Morton Youth

WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. The replacement of the Carmine Liberta Bridge on State Route 299, over the Wallkill River, in the Town of New Paltz, including incidental site and other improvements and expenses in connection therewith, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $2,337,000.00.

Section 2. The plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost shall consist of: a) the issuance of $1,847,000.00 bonds of said County hereby authorized to be issued therefor, pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law; and b) the appropriation of $490,000.00 State aid monies, hereby authorized to be expended therefor.

Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose is twenty years, pursuant to subdivision 10 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on March 15, 2016 and approved by the County Executive on March 23, 2016, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution.

Dated: April 21, 2016 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 165 March 15, 2016 Authorizing The Replacement Of Bridges, Throughout And In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $673,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $673,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney) Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 164 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project Nos. 467-478 for the 2016 Bridge Replacement Program for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges); and WHEREAS, the capital project hereinafter described, as proposed, has been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which regulations state that Type II Actions will not have any significant adverse impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. The replacement of bridges throughout and in and for the County of Ulster, New York, including incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $673,000.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $673,000 of bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is twenty years, pursuant to subdivision 10 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed

by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

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.

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on March 15, 2016 and approved by the County Executive on March 23, 2016, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution.

Dated: April 21, 2016 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 163 March 15, 2016 Authorizing Slope Stabilization Of Various County Roads, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $780,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $780,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney) Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 162 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 475 for slope stabilization on various County roads for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges); and WHEREAS, the capital project hereinafter described, as proposed, has been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to

23 Chess Club. Every Monday. Students in grades K - 12 are welcome. Info: 845-876-5810or email racersplace@hotmail.com. Morton Memoraial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff, free.

6PM-8PM Meeting of ENJAN. (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) Dedicated to fighting racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”). Info: 845-4758781 or www.enjan.org. New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St, Kingston.

6PM-9PM Monday Night Games & Noodles. A night of friendly gaming with a group of both novice and avid board gamers. Organizer: Sapana Panday. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

6PM-8PM The Vegan Cooking Demonstration, Potluck, and Book Signing. Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Poet Gold presents Poelodies: Poetry, Spoken Word, Melodies, & Song. Info: 845-236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which regulations state that Type II Actions will not have any significant adverse impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. Slope stabilization on various County roads, including incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $780,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $780,000.00 of bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is five years, pursuant to subdivision 35 of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable.

Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein.

Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

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7PM-9PM Solarize Saugerties Community Workshop For residential and commercial electric customers in Ulster and Greene counties. Learn how going solar can be easy and affordable. Meet installers and register for a free site assessment.

Info:www.Solarize-HudsonValley.org. Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market St, Saugerties.

7PM Cocoon Theatre presents My Simone Staged reading brings Simone de Beauvoir, the mother of modern feminism, to the stage. Play by Bonnie Zindel. Info: www.cocoontheatre.org/ CunneenHacket Arts Center, 9 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie, $10 /suggested donation.

8PM Open Mic Poetry w/ Katrinka Moole. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Joseph with Special Guest: Liza Anne.

Info: helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

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7:30AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

8AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Early Morning Birders Tuesday. Designed for birding enthusiasts or those just looking to learn the basics.

Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Main Entrance, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

8:30AM Waterman Bird Club. Field Trip: Sharpe Reservation. Call: Adrienne @ 845-264-2015.

Info: www.watermanbirdclub.org. Fishkill parking lot, 436 Van Wyck Lake Rd, Fishkill.

8:45AM-4PM Safe Sitter Program for Adolescents. The Safe Sitter Program gives young adolescents the skills to provide safe, nurturing care for children and to respond appropriately to medical emergencies. Reg reqr’d. Info: reg.cce.cornell.edu/ sittersafety_210 or call518-828-3346. Extension Education Center, 479 Rt. 66, Hudson, $60.

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. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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

10AM-11AM Gentle Yoga with Jess Lunt. Slowerpaced, simplified class using modified and supported poses to gently stretch and strengthen. Perfect for those wanting a gentle, relaxing experience. $8 donation requested. Info: 845-679-8700 or www. woodstockyogacenter.com.Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

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-3PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Tuesday Trek- Jenny Lane Loop Hike. This five mile long hike includes some hilly sections, two stream crossings and lots of walking on exposed bedrock. Pre-registration reqr’d. Info: 845-2550752. Minnewaska StatePark Preserve, Awosting Parking Area, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

10:30AM Together Tuesdays with Francesca for kids birth through preschool. Ongoing. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

10:30AM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

11:30AM-1PM Yin Yoga with Roxie Newberry.

A slow, steady class that stimulates connective tissues to make them healthier and stronger, at the same time cultivating equanimity, mindfulness and awareness. $16. Info: 845-679-8700 or www. woodstockyogacenter.com. WoodstockYoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

11:30AM Cuddletime. 0-2 yrs. Children’s Program.

Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

1PM Esopus Artist Group. [Adult Program]. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

Commerce. Refreshments included. Online prepaid registration is required atnewpaltzchamber.org or 845-255-0243. Historic Huguenot Street, Deyo Hall, New Paltz, $10, $25 /more than 1 seminar.

5PM Barrett Salons on Tuesday Nights. Engaging conversations about art and creativity, process and product. Info: 845-471-2550. Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon St, Poughkeepsie.

5:30PM Woodstock Ultimate Disc. Ongoing games - Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30pm; & Sundays at 3pm . A free, casual, co-ed pickup game.

See WoodstockUltimate.org for details. Athletic fields at 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock.

6PM-8PM Kingston’s Meeting - End the New Jim Crow Action Network, a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). 475-8781 or www.enjan.org. New Progressive Baptist Church 8 6PM-7PM Community Yoga Class with Selena Reynolds, An informative drop-in class, open to all levels. $8 donation requested. Info: 845-679-8700 or www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Ongoing. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6 PM -8 PM Phoenicia Community Chorus.

On-going every Tuesday, 6-8pm. An opportunity to join with friends and sing. No need to read music!

Info: 845-688-2169. Phoenicia Festival Office, 90 Main at Bridge, Phoenicia.

6PM Annual Elizabeth Bishop Lecture. Awardwinning poet Claudia Rankine will read from and discuss her work at this event. Open to the public.

Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Spitzer Auditorium, Room 203, Poughkeepsie, free.

6:30PM-7:30PM Poetry Night! Saugerties Public Library,91 Washington Ave,Saugerties. Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org.

6:30PM-8:30PM Community Education and Crime Prevention Presentation: Protecting Our Children. This program incorporates videotaped interviews with convicted sex offenders and graphic discussion about child sex crimes. Teens and children should not attend. Reg reqr’d. Info:jagu@ co.ulster.ny.us or 845-334-5155. Community Center, 1925 Lucas Ave, Cottekill, free.

7PM Starr Book Club. Reading Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free. by Hector Tobar. Info: 845-876-4030. Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck.

7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop .

Ongoing. 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 Screening: Where to Invade Next by Academy Award . Directed by Michael Moore.

Info: facebook.com/events/338027642988306/ . SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center LC100, New Paltz, free.

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 “Life After Trauma: Helping Your Rescue Dog Bring Out Her Best Self.” Presented By: Maria Huntoon, Maria G. Huntoon Canine Consulting Services. Info: 845-236-7272. Marlboro Free Library, 1251 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Open Mic. On-going. Info:845-6795906 or jan@kagyu.org. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 845-246-5775.

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

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

7:30PM Life Drawing at Unison. On-going. Offering professional artists and students an opportunity to work with experienced models under controlled lighting. $15.Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

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

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

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1PM-3PM Art Workshop with Susan Togut. 16 weeks of guided projects. Program runs on Tuesdays thru 6/14. Open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older for a voluntary materials fee. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

8:30AM Waterman Bird Club. Field Trip: Buttercup Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (West) . Call: Adrienne @ 845-264-2015. Info: www.watermanbirdclub.org. Buttercup Sanctuary, west parking lot, Stissing Ln, Stanford.

1:30PM-3PM Israeli Folk Dancing.1:30PM-3PM Meets every Tuesday Beginner material offered.

Each class is geared towards the experience of the participants. No partner necessary. Donation suggested. Come share in the enthusiasm and great exercise. 845-255-9627. Unison, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

8:30AM-12PM UlsterCorps’ Seventh Annual Service Summit. Focused on hunger, food insecurity and poor nutrition in our region. presentations and a panel discussion on best practices for engaging growers, food pantries and volunteers to optimize the growing anddistribution of food. Reg reqr’d. Info :845-481-0331 or www.ulstercorps.org/ events/ SUNY New Paltz, The Terrace, New Paltz.

1:30PM The Why! "“Part of the Free Spinal Health Workshop Series” led by Dr. David Lester. Bring a friend and spend a half-hour learning new ways to improve and enhance your health and quality of life.

Lester Chiropractic, 3 Paradies Lane, New Paltz.

3PM-5PM Marketing Strategy Seminar: Digital Marketing: Websites, Conversion Funnels, Social Marketing. Taught by Luminary Media of Kingston. Hosted by New Paltz Regional Chamber of

9AM-10AM Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. Gentle yoga class with each student encouraged to move and stretch at his or her own pace. Includes warmups, poses for strength and balance and breath work for relaxation. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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10AM-12PM Art in the Morning for Preschoolers. Land & Found Objects as Canvas. Ages 3-5.

Last Wednesday of every month, drop-in anytime and stay as long as you wish. Info: www.olana.org.

Olana, Wagon House Education Center, Hudson, $10 /child.

4:30PM-5:30PM Art Hour with Francesca: ages 3 to 103! Frannie will cook up something creative to do each week. She is known for her work with natural, found objects as well as jewelry.Ongoing.

Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

10AM-12PM Art in the Morning for Preschoolers: Ages 3-5. Land & Found Objects as Canvas. Info: www.olana.org. Olana, Wagon House Education Center, Hudson, $10 /child.

5:15PM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

10:30AM-12:30PM Senior Writing Workshop Welcomes New Members. Led by Lew Gardner, writer, editor & instructor. Writers at all levels of experience, beginner to expert, are invited to join.

Whether interested in non-fiction, short stories, plays, memoir, or poetry, writers age55 and above may join the group. Info: 845-679-2880. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10:30AM-11:30AM Senior Strength Class with Linda Sirkin. Learn to use hand weights and stretch bands to improve muscle tone and protect bones. Open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

11AM-12PM Time Travel at the Library - A Stroll Into the Past. A guided tour of the Local History and Genealogy collection. Info: www.poklib.org or 845-485-3445. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

11:30AM-1PM Free Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Practice Group in New Paltz. Meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month, 11:30am1pm. NVC is the work of Marshall Rosenberg and is also known as Compassionate Communication.

Please register www.PracticingPeace-NewPaltz. com. New Paltz.

12PM Rotary Club of Kingston Meeting. Fellowship, lunch, and an informative and interesting presentation from a guest speaker. Meets every Wed at 12noon. Web: www.kingstonnyrotary.org.

Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston.

12PM-1PM Yoga Rolla with Terry Fister. A series of SOFT foam rolling exercises designed to addressthe excessive tension and soreness in connective tissues. Ending with a vinyasa flow, this lunchtime class will leave you feeling less chronic pain, morestretched out and walking taller than before. $16. Info: 845-679-8700 or www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

1PM Esopus Stitchers. Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

1:30PM Weekly Senior Citizen’s Bingo. Seniors 50 and older. Ongoing every Wednesday at 1:30pm & Friday at 7pm. Admission $1. 50/50 tickets available at 3 tickets/$2.Half-time complementary refreshments. Everyone welcome! Shawangunk Valley Senior Center, Southwyck Square, 70 Main Street, Napanoch. Info: 845-647-3902.

1:30PM-2:30PM Singing Circle Wednesday.

Info:845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan.

2PM The Roosevelt Circle: A Closer Perspective.

He Rose From His Wheelchair To Lift The Nation From Its Knees. Tea and light refreshments will be served. Info: Wilderstein Historic Site, 330 Morton Rd, Rhinebeck.

2PM Dutchess County Before the Dutch. Using songs, stories, flute music, drumming and his groundbreaking new map of Dutchess/Putnam before 1609, Evan Pritchard will bring history to life. Reg reqr’d. 845-905-8000. The Fountains at Millbrook, Millbrook.

2PM-6PM Free Computer Help. Every Wed. Bring your laptop, personal device, or just use one of our 5 patron computers, to seek the help you need and get the questions answered that you just can’t quite figure out! Info: www.mountaintoplibrary.org.

Mountain TopLibrary, 6093 Main St, Tannersville, free.

2PM-3PM Senior Sing-Along with Nina Sheldon.

Gather around the keyboard and belt out your favorites from the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s & beyond, or just listen, or maybe dance. Open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested.

Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

2PM-6PM Free Computer Help. Every Wed. Bring your laptop, personal device, or just use one of our 5 patron computers, to seek the help you need and get the questions answered that you just can’t quite figure out! Info: www.mountaintoplibrary.org. Mountain TopLibrary, 6093 Main St, Tannersville, free.

5:30PM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going. Everyone welcome.

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

6PM-8PM Catskill Ukulele Group. If you do not have a ukulele but would like to participate, you can check one out from the library. This group stays connected to other players through Meetup. com under the name Catskill Ukulele Group.

Info:845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan.

6PM-8PM Meeting of ENJAN. (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) Dedicated to fighting racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”). Info: 845-475-8781 or www.enjan.org. Family Partnership Center, African Roots Library, 29 N Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.

6PM Teen Night. Young Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

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

6PM-8PM Woodstock Community Chorale.

On-going. An opportunity to join with friends to sing both great works and songs for fun. No need to read music. Info: 845-688-2169. Kleinert/James Gallery, Tinker St, Woodstock.

6:15PM Pilates Springboard - Reformer Class.

A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Info: 845-658-2239 or www.ulsterpilates.com. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston.

6:30PM-8PM Yin Yoga with Diane Davis. A slow, steady class that gently stimulates connective tissues to make them healthier and stronger, at the same time cultivating equanimity, mindfulness and awareness. $16. Info: 845-679-8700 or www. woodstockyogacenter.com. WoodstockYoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

6:30PM-7:05AM Learn Remembrance. Remembrance. A very holy and deep form of prayer (with roots in the Old Testament”Remember my name in the night”) which connects you with the Divine within. All are welcome, RSVP please, Meetup.flowingspirit.com or 845-679- 8989.

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

6:30PM Let’s Cook the Books: Cookbook Club.

This time “spring greens” will be our chosen ingredient. Think spinach, ramps, chard, artichokes or asparagus. Make a dish that includes one of the “spring greens” and bring it or a delicious dinner.

Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-876-4030. Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck.

7PM Where To Invade Next. Michael Moore’s documentary. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/ SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center, LC 100, New Paltz.

7PM Tango. On-going. Join Nina Jirka every Wednesday night for tango. Tango basics will be taught from 7-8 pm and intermediate tango follows from 8-9 pm. A $10 donation is suggested. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

7PM “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class.

On-going. Free 90-minute program includes 30 min of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by 1 of 8 lectures on the history, practices & principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 8/ wk curriculum. Info:845-679-5906or jan@kagyu. org. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free.

7PM-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admissionno dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

3:30PM Math Regents Prep. Every Wed. @ 3:30pm Certified Math Teacher - Don’t fail Algebra, Geometry, and Trig. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St, Ellenville, 877-576-9931.

7:15PM-8PM Silent Spiritual Practice. For people who would like to do spiritual practice together to increase the potency of the practice. For those who would like to learn Remembrance, come to a teaching at 6:30pm. All are welcome RSVP please, Meetup.flowingspirit.com or845-679- 8989.

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

3:45PM-5PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Runs Wednesdays: April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18: After School Program for 3rd through 5th Grade Students: Gone Fishin! learn the safety and casting techniques of rod and reel. Reg reqr’d. Info: hhnm. org or call 845-534-5506. HudsonHighlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $75.

7:30PM The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. The Newyorkers Chorus is a male a cappella group that sings in the uniquely American “Barbershop Style” of close four-part harmony.

Guests are always welcome. Sight-reading not required.Meets every Wednesdays at 7:30pm.

Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. Crown Heights Clubhouse, 34 Nassau Rd, Poughkeepsie.

4PM-5:30PM Woodstock’s Golden Notebook hosts Improv Classes. Kids aged 7 years & up can participate in drop-in improv classes with the Ovenbird Theatre Company. Info: ovenbirdtheatre@gmail.com or visit www.ovenbirdproductions.com .The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15 /per class, $12 /each for 3 classes.

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.

4 PM -6 PM Homework Club at Woodstock Library. For 1st-6th graders. The Children’s Room becomes a study hall with snacks and homework help. This is a drop-off program. On Wednesdays.

Info: 845+-679-2213. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

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

3:30PM After School Tweens. Info: 845-3385580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

9PM-11PM Stargazing at Vassar Observatory.

Weather permitting. Contact Maria Garcia atmargarcia@vassar.edu or 845- 437-7435 Vassar College, Observatory, Poughkeepsie.

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We have Jobs at Mohonk Mountain House, both Seasonal and Year Round Please look on-line and apply at MOHONKJOBS.com MODEL/TALENT SEARCH. Babies, Kids, Teens, 20’s. Sign Up On Line Now. covergirlworld.com Call 201-820-2173. New music at www.reverbnation.com/cliffadam SAVE THIS AD!!!!

HOME ATTENDANT NEEDED FT/PT. Weekdays. $11.30/hour. Disabled 50-yr. old female looking for female home attendant to help w/basic needs. Reliable, caring + live within 30 minutes of Woodstock. Must have car. 845-688-3052. No calls before 9 a.m. or after 8 p.m. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++ + + + + ++

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MY MARKET NOW HIRING for Deli Department. Must have Experience. Also, Cashier Needed.

Full- or part-time. Apply in person, 140 Rt. 32, New Paltz, ask for Said.

Woodstock/Lake Hill: Part-Time Office Assistant Wanted for home based business. 3 afternoons/week. Preferred skills include MS Access, Excel, Word, Mail Chimp, general office duties, excellent phone manner. Resume to: homestayny@msn.com LANDSCAPERS, GARDENERS WANTED. Experience necessary. 16 to 40 hours per week. Trustworthy, reliable, strong with endurance. Own transportation. Would

primarily work in Woodstock area. Email experience to hire12498@gmail.com (put landscaper/gardener in subject line) or call 845-679-7377.

Drivers: CDL – A 1 yr. exp., Earn $1,250 + per week, Great Weekend Hometime, Excellent Benefits & Bonuses, 100% No Touch/70% D & H.888-406-9046 Concession Vendor Wanted for Field of Dreams. The Town of New Paltz is accepting proposals for a Concession Vendor utilizing a mobile unit at the Field of Dreams Park, across from the Ulster County Fairgrounds on Libertyville Road in New Paltz.

The term of the rental agreement is from May 1-August 31 with operating hours 5-8 p.m. weeknights and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturdays. The rental rate is negotiable and electric is provided at the site. Appropriate County permit and liability insurance are required at the time of appointment. Interested parties are requested to forward a related resume and letter of interest as well as three references that reflect past vending service to the Town Supervisor’s Office, PO Box 550 New Paltz, N.Y. 12561 or assistant@townofnewpaltz.org. Proposal deadline is April 25. For further information, contact Chuck Bordino, Recreation Director at (845-255-2512) or recreation@ townofnewpaltz.org LAUNDRY DEPT. We’re looking for someone to be Head of our Laundry Dept. (fulltime), however, you will be cross-trained in Housekeeping as well! Must be dependable, reliable, honest, and hardworking. Must be able to work weekends. No experience is necessary but is considered a plus. If interested please apply in person at Americas Best Value Inn 7 Terwilliger Ln. New Paltz, NY 12561

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Ricci’s Barber Shop in New Paltz is looking for PART-TIME, possibly FULL-TIME help. Must know how to do flat tops and skin fades. Must be a responsible reliable worker. Call Ricci 845-849-4501.

POOL COMPANY SEEKS HELP w/experience in any related swimming pool service, repair or installation tasks. Will train right person. 845-657-9976 Job Fair April 27 & 28 2016 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Ulster County Regional Chamber, 214 Fair St Kingston NY. SHORT-ORDER COOK & DISHWASHERS. Diner experience. Part-time/Fulltime. Apply in person at College Diner, 500 Main Street, New Paltz.

Office Assistant. Bright office assistant needed for sustainable meat company.

Managing retail, telephone, delivery routes.

Paperwork filing and document prep, some research. Solutions-oriented, creative quickthinker, team player. Call 845-626-4444.

WAITERS/WAITRESSES. Experience preferred but will train. Part-time, full-time.

Apply in person: College Diner, 500 Main St., New Paltz.

Executive Director. Maverick Concerts, the oldest continuous professional summer chamber music festival in the United States, seeks a hands on, part-time Executive Director to manage the Administrative, Marketing and day to day needs of the organization. The position will report to the Board of Directors. Bachelor’s degree, minimum 3-5 years non-profit management experience required. Ability to work within a collaborative small team. Refer to maverickconcerts.org for more details. E-mail resume and cover letter to resumes@maverickconcerts.org. No phone calls please.

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Historic Huguenot Street is hiring a Maintenance/Security Assistant in support of general building and grounds maintenance and security for our 10-acre site. Some oncall duty and must live within 15 minutes of the site. Full-time, health benefits. Call 845255-1660 x 104 or see www.huguenotstreet. org for the full job description to apply.

Server/Bartender. Experienced individual, w/a strong commitment to a high standard of hospitality, excellent communication and

organizational skills, possessing leadership potential. Great pay, pleasant work environment. Resume to: Bacchus462@aol.com Farm startup looking for Help. Farmworker & Property Maintenance position available: startup organic farm looking for a full-time farmworker/property maintenance person to help work the fields, install and maintain fencing, irrigation, drainage etc. Must be familiar with operating farm machinery, tractors etc. Weekend work required but with time off during the week in lieu. Must have own transportation - located outside Gardiner. Good compensation.

Please email resume to frogshollowny@ gmail.com Looking for Part-Time (10-20 hours) Office Help and Bookkeeper for a busy author and speaker. Must be knowledgeable in Microsoft Office and Quickbooks, very organized and friendly. Flexible hours and days. Please call 845-255-1456 for more information.

EXPERIENCED SERVER WANTED. Black-Eyed Suzie’s is hiring servers for our new cafe in Saugerties. Shifts are 3-9 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday & 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. We’d allow a schedule of even 1 shift per week. Culinary knowledge preferred.

Located: 230 Partition Street. E-mail qualifications to: info@blackeyedsuziesupstate. com or stop into the cafe.

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Search all the MLS properties in our region at www.WinMorrisonRealty.com HISTORY AND ART! This house has Location, Location, Location, the historic Byrdliffe Arts Colony (cir. 1902) in Woodstock. In 1977, the 100-year-old barn was deconstructed, cataloged and relocated to the current location and rebuilt into a new home. This home is located in between the Byrdcliffe Barn and the Byrdclyffe Theater and is a truly impressive one of a kind timber-frame Post and Beam KRPH 7KLV KRPH KDV WKUHH VSDFLRXV OHYHOV DQ XQ¿QLVKHG ZDON RXW EDVHPHQW D ¿UVW ÀRRU ZLWK WZR EHGURRPV DQ RSHQ UHDGLQJ URRP RU RI¿FH DUHD DQG D IXOO EDWK 7KH VHFRQG ÀRRU KDV DQ LQYLWLQJ RSHQ OD\RXW 7KH QXPHURXV ZLQGRZV IDFLOLWDWH DQ HQHUJ\ HI¿FLHQW VRODU GHVLJQ WKH OLYLQJ URRP KDV D PDVVLYH VWRQH ¿UH SODFH DQG LV RQ WKUHH SULYDWH DFUHV &DOO Gerry Weber ...................................................................................................... $489,000 D!!

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The property is thirty minutes to Skiing at Windham and Hunter mountains, close to Antique shops in Coxackie and Hudson,and surrounded by festivals, art and music year around. Call Eugenia Randazzo (201) 852-2917 or Kris Garvey (518) 965-3018 for more exciting details.

Directions: Rte 385 north from Catskill to main entrance Sleepy Hollow Lake. Right at stop on Sleepy Hollow Rd continue to Mystery Court, right and 2nd house on right. ...$249,900 RE In The Heart of Saugerties DU <RX ZLOO ÂżQG WKLV DGRUDEOH 6WRQH &DSH CE D!! style home in the wonderful village of Saugerties. This home is on an oversized lot and has 3 bedrooms.

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Kingston 845.339.1144 / Woodstock 845.679.2929 & 845.679.9444 / Saugerties 845.246.3300

HURLEY This Property Has It All!

OWN A PIECE OF THE GUNKS

In the shadow of the Shawangunks, comfortable 3 BR, 1.5 bath ranch w/ walk out basement is situated on 1.25 wooded acres.

Many mechanical improvements including (but not limited to) roof, well pump & pressure tank, 200 AMP electric service, Weil McLain Boiler, oil tank and more. Convenient location. Proudly offered at .......... $225,000

COLUCCI SHAND REALTY, INC 255-3455

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

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** Become a Fan of Colucci Shand Realty on Facebook ** picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each otherWe have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/ business cards & flyers or â&#x20AC;&#x153;show how to doâ&#x20AC;? projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers.

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Actors Wanted. NYC Thespis Theater Festival entrant looking for actors for Manhattan production in August (3 M/1 F).

Auditions 4/30 in Saugerties. For more information contact Cody at cbuser33@ gmail.com

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Gentle Care, I offer assistance with compassion in time of need, for those who would benefit from care at home. Brain Training to help improve cognitive function included if requested. Experienced. Please call Yvonne 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 Home Care. Home health aide, over 25 years experience. Compassionate, dedicated and reliable. Excellent references. Days, evenings and nights. Call Dee at 845-3991816.

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RABIES CLINIC: WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2016. WHERE: The Barnyard, Rt. 28, Kingston, NY, Phone- 845-339-CATS. TIME: 11am-2pm. Cost: $10.00 Per Pet, CASH ONLY. Dr. Barbara MacMullen of Pets Reward Veterinary House Call Practice. Bring RABIES History, if you have it.

For more info, call 845-246-9337.

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

Ashokan Reservoir Area. Handyman Special. 25 year old double-wide on full foundation. Well, septic, 2.75 acres. $69,900.

Email: johnnyevt@gmail.com WOODSTOCK: Location, location.... Wonderful 5-bedroom, 3200 sq.ft. contemporary on 4 totally private acres w/inground pool & cabana, just a mile from town. Majestic ceilings, arched windows, 2 fireplaces, custom walnut flooring, hot tub, jacuzzi, & much, much more!! Just reduced 30,000 to 535,000. MOTIVATED SELLER! Richard Miller, Win Morrison Realty, (845)3897286.

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Shop is 13'4"H w/half bath, work bench, shelves, power for welding & a 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; garage door. House above w/3-bedrooms, 1 bath & attic. Vaulted ceiling in LR & large deck. Entire building can be heated w/oil or wood. Set on private, wooded 2.26 acres w/small pond. Large barn; 30x56, 1680 sq.ft., 4 bays w/two 14â&#x20AC;&#x2122;H doors & two 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122;H doors & loft above. Wood shed; 12x12, 144 sq.ft. w/large door. Local attractions include I-87, Rondout Harbor, Woodstock, Belleayre Mtn. Ski area, Ashokan Reservoir with ďŹ shing, hunting & walkway.

FOR SALE BY OWNER | $225,000 | 845-338-8938 Cherry Hill Road. 3-Bedroom Ranch.

Hardwood floors. Full finished walk-out basement. Walk to Stop & Shop Plaza. Low no Village taxes. $279,900. Broker/Owner.

Email: affaridue@aol.com

STREAMSIDE FARMHOUSE Fully renovated farmhouse on Plattekill Creek. 10 mins to Woodstock. 2 Bdrm â&#x20AC;˘ 1 Bath â&#x20AC;˘ Heated Studio

Asking only $265,000 845-802-3954 Call Dan Winn, Assoc. Broker

Halter Associates Realty, Inc. 3257 route 212 woodstock, ny 845-679-2010 www.halterassociatesrealty.com ULSTER COUNTY MORTGAGE RATES Mid-Hudson Valley FCU 800-451-8373 30 Yr Fixed 15 Yr Fixed 10 Yr Adj

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Woodstock Stunning Walk to Town, Swimming, 4 BR, 2 1/2 Bath Post and Beam Contemporary on 1 acre on Private Rd. $439,000. Call or text Owner/Realtor 845853-9095. $65,000; 1200 ft2. Ranch, 10 min. from Hunter (Palenville); Large 2-bedroom, 1 bathroom ranch, 2-car garage w/fireplace. In need of roof and interior work. Solid structure, water, heating system and electric are good. 10 minutes from Hunter Mountain and Windham ski resorts. Huge backyard and patio for entertaining and relaxing after skiing. 5.5 acres. Bordering the Kaaterskill Creek, overlooking a working farm and beautiful mountain views. Owner Motivated! Bring offers! House is being sold as is. Cash buyers only. Call (845)401-6637 or e-mail: watswill8@aol.com Pics at: http:// catskills.craigslist.org/reo/5491253196.html

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

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Land for Sale

28 Acres in New Paltz. Mostly wooded. Quiet.

Private. Sub dividable. 10 minutes to the thruway, 7 minutes to main street. $ 195K, direct from owner.

Will finance. Email: woodrckt@yahoo.com PREMIUM BUILDING LOTS, 2-38 ACRES, SUITED FOR DREAM HOME, 10 MINUTES FROM WOODSTOCK/ KINGSTON, NEAR FOREST PRESERVE. MAJESTIC VIEWS, WOODED, PRIVATE, CUL-DE-SAC, UNDERGROUND UTILITES, BOHA. STARTING AT $69,900. www.eastridgedrive.com 518.852.9266.

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SINGLE ROOM OFFICE; $425/month OR 2 ROOM OFFICE; $625/month for rent near SUNY. Suitable for therapist or other professional. 1-year lease. All utilities included. Ample parking. 845-255-0574; 917-774-6151.

Artist Studio Space for rent. Newly renovated 300 sf open space for artist in New Paltz. Close to Thruway on Horsenden Rd. Formerly recording studio. $450 incl all utilities. Direct access to bathrooms and kitchen. Contact owner 845-656-2226.

COMMERCIAL/OFFICE SPACE, 550 sq.ft., 2 floors, kitchenette, bath, parking. Convenient downtown New Paltz location. $750/month plus utilities. Available 6/1. Call 255-8817.

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Gardiner/ Modena/ Plattekill Rentals

1+ BEDROOM, MODENA. New floors, kitchen, fresh paint, bright. Convenient to SUNY, Gardiner, Bridge, Hannafordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 44/55, 32. Month to month, NO LEASE REQUIRED! Pets ok!! $1000/month includes heat & hot water. Sam Slotnick, RE Sales Agent, Century 21 Alliance, 845-6566088. e-mail: samsk100@aol.com

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GET ON THE INSIDE TRACK

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NEW PALTZ VILLAGE

Like new 4 bedroom, 2 ½ bath two story house on a private street within walking distance of all the Village has to offer.

Hardwood floors, gas fireplace, granite counter, stainless appliances, great natural light and an expansive deck overlooking woodland. A full walkout basement is perfect for the creation of a family room. The relocating owner is offering the appealing house for ........................... $397,500

It’s how you get to the finish line before all the others and it’s where Westwood puts their savvy buyers and sellers from day one! With over 35 years as an industry leader, we have the time tested strategies to get you smoothly to your Real Estate goals. Our unparalleled commitment to service, integrity and cutting edge technology insure your advantage in a complex marketplace. Call a Westwood professional today!

WARM AND WOODSTOCKY

Warm, comfy and spacious describe this colonial in a desirable West Hurley neighborhood, just a few minutes drive into Woodstock. Beamed ceilings, fireplace and wood accents give that sense of coziness and give it a real Woodstocky feel, yet the rooms are generous and the layout conducive to working at home: one sizable room set apart from the rest of the house is currently used as an office.

There’s a sweet and relaxing porch and a hot tub out back where there is plenty of privacy. This is simply a wonderful place to come home to. ........................................ $325,000

LARGE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT 6 miles south of New Paltz. 900 sq.ft. second floor converted barn. New windows, carpets, flooring & kitchen appliances. No smoking. No pets. 1 yr. lease, 1 month security, references. $800/month excluding utilities. 845-883-0857.

Nice 1-Bedroom. Mountain views, quiet neighborhood, nice layout, minimal storage, handicapped accessible. No smoking, no pets, no exceptions. References required. $1100/month, everything included.

2 months security. Month to month lease.

845-532-6400.

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Highland/ Clintondale Rentals

HIGHLAND: SPACIOUS 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Quiet street. First floor of house. Full bath. Hardwood floors. 1 minute to Mid-Hudson Bridge & Hannafords. $950/month includes all utilities. No smoking. Cat OK. Must see! (845)541-2023.

HIGHLAND: APARTMENT #3; BEAUTIFUL 1-BEDROOM airy spacious apartment. Skylight in LR, balcony off LR, large kitchen, many closets, serene surroundings. $900/month. Call (570)296-6185.

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Milton/Marlboro Rentals

Marlboro; mountain views, COZY 1-BEDROOM Country cottage. No dogs. No Smokers. References. Trash pick-up. Individual or couple preferred. Heat included. $1015/ month. 845-795-5778, LM.

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1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in private home. Private entrance. Walk to SUNY. Offstreet parking. Clean. Suitable for 1. No smokers or pets. $830/month includes all utilities, cable and internet. References.

First, last, $400 security. Lease agreement.

Available 6/1/16. 845-255-9786.

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RIVERBY HIDEAWAY - Super desirable privacy, on 5 serene acres’, boast this inviting country contemporary with a calm modern vibe. Bells & whistles abound – high beamed wood ceilings, pine & ceramic floors, open plan kitchen w/ counter seating, huge screened porch for al fresco living, main level ensuite MBR + 2 BRs up, 2.5 refreshed baths, cozy woodburner, laundry, attached workshop, sunwashed decks and patios & attached garage, too! LOCATION, LOCATION! .........................................$539,000

COUNTRY COMPOUND - Here’s the perfect place to gather family and friends for a country respite or an AirBnB bonanza!

Nestled on over 5 rural acres, this unique offering features a stylishly renovated Cape with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan with cozy fireplace, wood floors, built-ins & main level BR. THREE COTTAGES include heated 2 BR & 1 BR + seasonal unit with outdoor shower. Add a privately sited IG POOL and you have it all! ........................ $495,000

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!”

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ARTIST’S RETREAT - 15+ park-like acres with babbling brook and Catskill views encloses your own private preserve. Winding drive leads to a sunwashed contemporary with soaring ceilings & clerestory windows. Crisp open floor plan with an organic aesthetic accented by beautiful wood & bluestone floors is perfect for entertaining.

Pursue artistic endeavors in the heated 23x23 STUDIO building PLUS 28x36 det. garage & 28x40 BARN. So many possibilities! .. $395,000

MINUTES TO TOWN - Super West Hurley location!! On the NYC bus route, walk to shopping plaza, bike to vibrant Woodstock village. Lovely 1.7-acre corner lot with pet, play & garden friendly property. Enjoy a “no stairs” lifestyle in this easy living ranch style home offering 3 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen w/ breakfast bar, DR, LR w/ cozy brick fireplace, spacious 23’ family/media room, breezy screened porch & attached garage.... $189,000

www.westwoodrealty.com West Hurley 679-7321

Kingston 340-1920

Woodstock 679-0006

Stone Ridge 687-0232

Call 845-255-7205 for more information Standard text messaging rates may apply to mobile text codes

New Paltz 255-9400

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4-BEDROOM HOUSE FOR RENT. 2 baths, large family room, fully carpeted, modern house, spotless, private country setting. 3 miles from New Paltz. $1800/month plus utilities. No pets. Employment verification.

References, security required. 845-255-8610.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in owner occupied Victorian house on Elting Ave. Includes heat, internet & cable. Deck overlooks private yard. No smoking, no pets. Available May 1. $950/month. Tel. 845-255-2105.

Summer Rental w/Option of Long-Term Agreement. Professional Studio space, 1250 sq.ft. duplex. Former usage: Photography, Recording, Visual Arts, Massage. Ideal work/living 1 or 2 people: $1350/month + utilities. CENTER OF NEW PALTZ- walk to Bus Station, Rail Trail! Viewing/Photos on Request. Text: 917-992-0702.

SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Fall 2016 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.

3-BEDROOM HOUSE. 1.5 baths. $2100/ month includes utilities. Available 6/1.

Walking distance to S.U.N.Y. New Paltz.

First, last, security. No pets. Non-smoker.

Call 845-255-4526.

NICE UNFURNISHED ROOMS; Starting at $480/month. Excellent location. Close to SUNY college. All utilities included. Call (914)474-5176, between 8 a.m.-9 p.m.

(845)255-6029, between 12-9 p.m., leave message.

SINGLE BEDROOM; $900/month plus cooking. Separate entrance. LARGE 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $1250/month includes heat & hot water, not cooking & electric. BOTH: in 1870s barn, full bath, wood floors, A/C. NO DOGS. 5 minutes by CAR outside village. Please call 845-255-5355.

Apartments & bedrooms available. $575650 per person plus utilities. Call for details 914-466-6781.

2-Bedroom Apartment in village. Available Aug.1. $1100/month + utilities. 1 yr. lease, 1st, last & security, references. No pets. Text 845-399-9699 or email: bacchus462@aol.com - include full name.

2-BEDROOM CONDO IN VILLAGE; remodeled kitchen, river view, reserved parking, balcony, carpet/hardwood floors. Heat/ HW included, laundry in complex. Quiet neighborhood. $1400/month, security, references/credit check, no smoking. Available immediately; lease length negotiable. Text/ call 845-430-2077 or email np2bdrcondo@ gmail.com Please include your full name.

3-Bedroom Apt in village. Available Aug 1.$1950 + utilities, 1 yr lease, 1st, last & security, references. No pets. Text 845-3999699 or email: bacchus462@aol.com - include full name.

STUDENT ROOMS for RENT: In the heart of downtown New Paltz. $595-$695/ month. Utilities included. 3 blocks from SUNY Campus. 1 block off Main Street. Call 845-399-9697.

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Rosendale: 1-bedroom, 2 people maximum, 1 car garage. Off-street parking. Spacious rooms, large walk-in closet, walking distance to Trailways bus and shopping. No pets, no smoking. $750/month plus utilities. 914-466-0496.

Kerhonkson: 2-bedroom house. $1500/ month. 3-room apartment, $750/month.

Studio, $650/month. All plus utilities.

Lease and references. First, last and security. 973-493-7809 or 914-466-0911.

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Kingston/ Hurley/Port Ewen Rentals

EFFICIENCY, Kingston Uptown. On bus route, walk to Stockade area, shopping, conveniences. No smoking or pets. Heat & hot water provided. Call 845-338-4574.

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Esopus/Ulster Park Rentals

BRIGHT, CUTE studio sized COTTAGE w/ deck. On 10 wooded acres. $775/month includes utilities. Security deposit required.

Available to see immediately. Call 845-3312292.

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Saugerties Rentals

NICE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in great location. Rent is $825/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. Call Phil 646-644-3648.

HOUSE FOR RENT. Saugerties, Main Street. Great location, walk to everything.

2-bedrooms, off-street parking. References, security. $1250/month plus utilities. Leave message at 845-246-8510.

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Woodstock/West Hurley Rentals

Woodstock/Lake Hill. Comfortable furnished double room in historic house near Cooper Lake and NYC bus. Available weekly ($250) or monthly ($625). Private phone, internet. Piano, cats. homestayny@msn. com. 845-679-2564.

SECLUDED MOUNTAINTOP RUSTIC CABIN in pine forest. 1.5 miles from Woodstock Village. 1 room, sleeping alcove, woodstove. $850/month includes electric. Available May 1. 914-466-5916.

MODERN STUDIO & 1-BEDROOM APARTMENTS. Skylights, separate kitchens, private decks, hard-wood floors, country setting, Wittenberg, near State Park. Free internet. Quiet, views, tennis court, seasonal laundry. $700$750/month plus utilities. 914-725-1461.

Woodstock: Lovely 1-BR in quiet, small apartment complex, beautiful grounds.

Immaculately maintained! Hardwood floors, newly painted. 16 min. walk to village of Woodstock. $885/month includes all utilities. NO smoking. NO pets. References. (845)679-9717.

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GORGEOUS COTTAGE on 150 ACRE ESTATE. 3-bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace.

Hiking, cross country trails throughout.

Borders on 700 acres of state land. 13 miles to Woodstock, 17 to Hunter. Renowned trout stream runs through property. Reasonable. Photos available. 845688-5062.

MODERN STUDIO & 1-BEDROOM APARTMENTS. Skylights, separate kitchens, private decks, hard-wood floors, country setting, Wittenberg, near State Park. Free internet. Quiet, views, tennis court, seasonal laundry. $700-$750/ month plus utilities. 914-725-1461.

SHOKAN: Quiet 4 ROOM APARTMENT. Utilities included plus cable. Private entrance. Close to Kingston & Woodstock & Oneteora Schools. First month, security & references. Non-smoker. No pets. $800/ month. 845-657-8654.

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Lovely Woodstock House on 2 acres.

Furnished, 2-bedrooms, 1.5 baths, AC, cable, wifi, screened porch, 3 miles from town. $350/wknd, $700/wk, $2500/ month + security. No smokers, no pets.

Call 914-388-6363.

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to the Village. Owner covers utilities.

Need 2 months minimum rent. Can park on road. Owner has fluffy Tuxedo cat.

Require 3 referenecs. Call Colleen 845901-0761

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MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20” leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs- 2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352.

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Tree Services

HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding. Seasoned Firewood for Sale.

(845)255-7259.

Residential, Municipalities.

FULLY INSURED

LAWLESS TREE SERVICE

CERTIFIED ARBORIST • CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

STUMP GRINDING

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

TREE SERVICE: Residential and Commercial Tree Removal, Pruning, Stump Grinding, Landing Clearing. Emergency Work 24/7. No Job Is Too Small Or Too Big. Fully Insured. LW Tree Service Inc. 845-338-7315.

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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.

New Grad Student Seeks Housing! Hello! I will begin grad school at SUNY New Paltz this fall, and looking for a place to live walking distance from campus. I am a 28-year old female, non-smoker, no pets, quiet, clean and responsible. I look forward to hearing from you, please email: jgaddis00@gmail.com or call 203-2414588. Thank you!

ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

Seeking 1-bedroom apartment, cottage for single lady, 50ish, mature, RUPCO, long-term. One house-kitty cat, female.

Excellent references.

Woodstock/Saugerties/Kingston area. Call/Text: 901201-7356; keep21self@gmail.com.

You will not be disappointed!!

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Solid structure, water, heating system and electric are good. 10 minutes from Hunter Mountain and Windham ski resorts. Huge backyard and patio for entertaining and relaxing after skiing. 5.5 acres. Bordering the Kaaterskill Creek, overlooking a working farm and beautiful mountain views.

Owner Motivated! Bring offers! House is being sold as is. Cash buyers only.

Call (845)401-6637 or e-mail: watswill8@aol.com

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OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.)

CASH PAID 657-6252 CASH PAID. Estate contents- attic, cellar, garage clean-outs. Used cars, junk cars, scrap metal. Anything of value. (845)246-0214.

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. House calls & free appraisals. Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972).

(845)389-7286.

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

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/HOUSEKEEPER. Help w/everyday problems, special projects; clutter, paperwork, moving, tax preparation & personal assistant. Affordable. Fully Insured, Confidentiality Assured. MargotMolnar.com; Masters Psychology, former CEO, Certified Hospice Volunteer. margotmolnar1@gmail.com (845)679-6242.

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An A Plus Item Sale. Antiques, rock & roll collectibles, gold & silver, furniture, EuroCave wine cabinet, instruments, copper, mint coins, sterling/gold jewelry, women’s clothing, men’s fine dress jackets, vintage Schwinn bike, Universal Smith weight machine, tools and so much more. Look for ad on Craig’s list with photos. Date: Sat., 4/23, Sun. 4/24, 9am3pm. 3221 Route 212, across from Woodstock Highway facility. Questions or offers on entire lot call for pre-sale showing 845-684-5884.

Absolutely no junk. Cash only.

Huge Moving Sale! April 23rd and 24th.

Everything must go!! 36 inch GM Monogram oven, Outdoor furniture, Antique furniture, tables chairs, great 60ies chair, arts and crafts bed, pine 4 poster queen bed, chandeliers, painted chandelier, Clothing, Tools, steamer trunk, lamps, dog beds and dog crates, and lots more. Starts at 9 a.m.

Dealers welcome! 21 Holland Drive, West Hurley, right off of Rt. 375.

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*CONSCIOUS CLEANING, CONSCIOUS CARE!* Bundle of energy w/a Zen attitude.

Efficient and very organized. I can make beauty out of disorder. Allergic to cats.

Woodstock/Kingston/New Clients. Call Robyn, 339-9458.

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Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932

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W. Marchetti, Sr PAINTING AND CONTRACTING Interior and Exterior painting Quality Workmanship • Senior Discounts

845-532-8040 Experienced- TROMPE O’LOEIL and FAUX FINISHING, 20 yrs. in Paris, and 10 yrs. locally. References and insured. Call Casimir: 845-430-3195 or 845-616- 0872.

“ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura, since 1997. Interior/ Exterior, Decorator Finishes, Restorations, Expert Color Consultation, Plastering, Wallpaper Removal, Light Carpentry. Add value to your home economically. Environmentally conscious work done w/old world craftsmanship and pride. (845)332-7577. Senior Discount. References. Free Estimates.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, clean-outs. Second home caretaking. All small/medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

HANDYALL SERVICES: *Carpentry, *Plumbing, *Electrical, *Painting, *Excavating & Grading. 5 ton dump trailer. Trees cut, Yards cleaned & mowed. Snow Removal. Call Dave (845)514-6503- mobile.

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Complete seasonal maintenance. Reasonable rates. Excellent references. 845-721-4741.

HB Painting & Construction INC. *Painting: Interior/Exterior, Pressure-Washing, Staining, Glazing... *Construction: Home Renovations, Additions, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Doors, Windows, Decks, Roofs, Gutters, Tile, Hardwood Floors (New-Refinish), Sheetrock, Tape. Snowplowing. Call 845-616-9832.

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STONE WALL RESTORATIONS; Thoughtful, innovative & resourceful approaches. Kevin Towle (914)906-8791.

VEGETABLE GARDEN ROTOTILLING . Love, Peace and VEGETABLE RIGHTS begins with us turning your earth upside down! Located here in Woodstock. Call DEL (203)302-5318; By.Natures.Design.360@ gmail.com

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RABIES CLINIC: WHEN: Saturday, April 23, 2016. WHERE: The Barnyard, Rt. 28, Kingston, NY, Phone- 845-339-CATS. TIME: 11am2pm. Cost: $10.00 Per Pet, CASH ONLY. Dr. Barbara MacMullen of Pets Reward Veterinary House Call Practice. Bring RABIES History, if you have it. For more info, call 845-246-9337.

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FOR ADOPTION: BEAUTIFUL ORANGE CAT... Elsa. 1.5 year old copper eyed orange cat.

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