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Germinating ideas Sign up now for Cornell Coop’s April 18 Garden Day at SUNY-Ulster in Stone Ridge

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t’s time to put the winter landscape to bed and prepare for the growing season. And Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) will provide just the event to do that at its 16th annual Garden Day, scheduled for Saturday, April 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at SUNY-Ulster in Stone Ridge. Regular readers of Almanac, who know that we usually publish articles about upcoming events closer to the day that they’re held, may wonder why we’re letting you know about this one so far in advance.

The reason? This event sells out quickly; preregistration (and early registration) is strongly recommended.

The cost to attend Garden Day is $35 in advance, paid by April 10, which includes a place in four-outof-16 gardening workshops offered.

Admission at the door will cost $40, but last year there wasn’t room for walk-ins, and that option may not be available.

The keynote speaker will be Margaret Roach, former garden editor for Newsday and Martha Stewart’s Living magazine. She maintains a website, www. awaytogarden.com, and has written two gardening books. The first, And I Shall Have Some Peace There, is her story

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The keynote speaker at this year’s Garden Day will be Margaret Roach, former garden editor for Newsday and Martha Stewart’s Living magazine.

of walking away from the corporate world to embrace the garden, and The Backyard Parables is a garden memoir and handbook.

“You can’t make roses and hydrangeas bloom in winter, but you can have a beautiful landscape 365 days a year if it has good structure and texture,” says

gardening expert Margaret Roach. “But beautiful in February is different than beautiful in August.” The key to creating a year-round garden, she says, is not

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Shamrock Run & St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Kingston Show your knees at Kingston’s attempt at World’s Largest Kilt Race this Sunday

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he annual Shamrock Run, a two-mile “fun run” through Kingston, will usher in all things Irish on Sunday, March 15. This year, the Run is being held, rain or shine, in memory of Tom Casey, and part of the proceeds will go to benefit the Caring Hands Soup Kitchen. In conjunction with the Ulster County Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), Team Ireland, a committee of the Irish Cultural Center of the Hudson Valley, has also posed a new challenge for the community: that of surpassing the Guinness World Record for the largest kilt race. To date, this illustrious record is held by the Perth Running Goats Club of Ontario, Canada, boasting a whopping total of 1,764 kilt-wearing runners in one race.

A long-sleeved tee-shirt will be given to the first 3,000 entrants, which can be picked up on Saturday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the foot of Broadway along the Rondout Creek. Race Day check-in and registration take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Governor Clinton Apartments.

Started in 1988, the Shamrock Run has always preceded Kingston’s AOH-co-sponsored St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which is now celebrating its 28th year with Kieran Devlin as Grand Marshal, Beth Hanigan as Mayor of the Day, Claire Hannah Ryan as Irish Princess and Evan Jackson as the Bearer of St. Patrick. Touted to be the biggest parade of its kind from here to New York City, it gathers at Kingston Plaza in Uptown and steps off at 1 p.m. to follow the runners to the Rondout.

The Run is set to start at exactly 12:50 p.m. on March 15 at Academy Green, across from the Governor Clinton Apartments on Albany Avenue. Runners will then hoof it down Broadway and into the Rondout District. There, at the Rondout Neighborhood Center, the traditional Post-Race Party will welcome them with shamrock cookies, green bagels and beverages (ID required).

Runners will not be timed, and all participants will be entered into a drawing to win the Grand Prize of two round-trip tickets to Ireland or a second-place prize of a one-year membership to Mac Fitness.

– Ann Hutton Shamrock Run 2015, Sunday, March 15, 12:50 p.m., Academy Green, Albany Avenue, Kingston; http://shamrockrun.org/ index.html.

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on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies. In addition, classes will be offered on designing for the late season garden, growing garlic, photographing the garden, fruit-tree maintenance, vegetable gardening year-round and growing deerresistant herbs for beauty, food and health.

The classes are suitable for gardening enthusiasts of all skill levels. Instructors include landscape professional Sally Spillane, radio host of The Gardening Show on WKZE; nurseryman David Campolong, owner of New Leaf Designs as well as the Phantom Nursery in Rhinebeck; Polly M. Law, local artist and “plantswoman” who works at the Catskill Native Nursery; and Teresa Rusinek, an educator from CCEUC who specializes in vegetable growing. The remaining 12 instructors are Master Gardener volunteers who have all been trained through the CCEUC Master Gardener program.

The event includes a marketplace set up in the cafeteria, open during the lunch break. “Everyone loves this part of the day,” says Barbara Bravo, master gardener and Garden Day coordinator. Local nurseries including Greene Bee Nursery from Cornwallville in Greene County, Cedar Ridge Nursery in Saugerties and Victoria Gardens in Rosendale will offer vegetable starts, perennials, annuals and shrubs and possibly small trees, alongside heirloom seeds from Accord’s Hudson Valley Seed Library and purveyors of tea and spices, soaps and lotions and interesting garden objects. Not all vendors will be able to take credit cards.

Master gardeners will be available to answer questions and perform free soil pH tests and plant diagnoses, and attendees at Garden Day will go home with free seed catalogues and many free fact sheets about gardening. Door prizes – gift certificates from nurseries, live plants, seeds, books and more – will be drawn at 3:45 p.m.

The cafeteria, occupied by the marketplace, will not be open for dining, but free coffee and tea are offered, and lunches may either be brought in or ordered for $8 prepaid with registration.

The lunches are prepared by local eatery Lekker’s in Stone Ridge, with several bag lunch choices available. A bake sale will also be held, with proceeds to benefit the Master Gardener program.

– Sharyn Flanagan Beauty & the Feast: Planning & Growing the Garden of your Dreams, CCEUC’s 16th annual Garden Day, Saturday, April 18, 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., $35/$40, SUNY-Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge; (845) 340-3990, extension 311, cad266@cornell.edu, www.cceulster.org.

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only in strategic planting – knowing what plants to put where – but also in adjusting one’s expectations. “There’s a philosophy to it: looking for different ways to see and to be satisfied with what you see. It’s adjusting your vision and learning to enjoy the subtleties of each of our unique seasons in this region – to celebrate them and not fight them.”

Roach’s keynote lecture at 9 a.m. in the student lounge will be on “Unlocking Seed Secrets: From Politics to the Practical.”

She’ll speak about choosing the right varieties of seeds from sources that match a garden’s conditions, and she’ll demystify the politics (think GMOs) while offering some practical “Aha!” moments to get gardeners growing with confidence. She’ll address such matters as whether buying organic seed matters, whether heirlooms are better than hybrids, pest control for tomatoes and how to know what to sow when.

The theme this year for Garden Day is “Beauty & the Feast: Planning and Growing the Garden of Your Dreams.”

The focus of the workshops will be on creating edible and ornamental gardens that fit one’s lifestyle. Topics will include “Solving the Shade Garden Dilemma,” on growing plants that add color, texture and bloom to areas of the garden where one

would think that only ferns would grow; “Wildflower Gardens and Meadows,” a myth-busting explanation of how to grow and use native plants; “Small Trees that Fit in Any Garden,” an overview of tree specimens and site selection; “Perennial Pruning Tips,” a demo class in SUNY-Ulster’s xeriscape (waterconserving) garden; “Contain Yourself: Thinking inside of the Pot,” on how to create whimsical and unusual container gardens; “Let’s Talk Dirt,” an explanation

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HIS SMUGGLING OPERATION WAS PARTICULARLY INGENIOUS: Brewery employees reportedly hired plumbers to go down into Kingston’s sewer system late at night and install a pipeline of rubber hose that led from the brewery’s basement, right under the streets of Midtown to an innocent-looking warehouse on Bruyn Avenue, where the brews were bottled or kegged for shipment.

in 1933; it was bought out by the Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company and had ceased operations by 1941.

But Barmann Brewery memorabilia continues to turn up on the local yard sale circuit, and an avid collector/ amateur historian named Thierry Croizer maintains a fascinating webpage about his finds at www.angelfire.com/ny5/ brewerianakingston/barmann.html.

According to Croizer, nothing remains of the brewery building but some fragments of the foundation. But you might want to go for a stroll in the area known to Kingston old-timers as Barmann Park once the weather turns nice. Give a thought to the memory of those largerthan-life Prohibition Era characters, Legs Diamond and Judge Crater; then, just for the heck of it, pull out your cell phone and call the office.

– Frances Marion Platt

Legs, kegs and a famous missing person Barmann Brewery: an echo of Kingston’s wild Prohibition Era past

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f the name “Judge Crater” means anything to you, you’re probably not so young anymore. Though superseded in the popular imagination by Jimmy Hoffa after the Teamsters’ Union honcho vanished in 1975, State Supreme Court justice Joseph Force Crater was once known as the “missingest man in New York.” Last seen leaving a Midtown Manhattan restaurant in 1930, Judge Crater was the subject of a massive manhunt and media frenzy. Vaudeville comedians turned the one-liner “Judge Crater, call your office” into what today we would call a meme, and “to pull a Crater” became a slang term for disappearing.

Associated with corrupt politicians at Tammany Hall, pricey call girls and infamous mobsters, the judge is widely assumed to have been murdered, but his body was never found. And like Hoffa, a number of locations have been suggested as his final resting place, including the Coney Island site where the New York Aquarium now stands. But another candidate was in our own back yard: a subcellar reputed to lie beneath the Peter Barmann Brewery, once located at the corner of Barmann Avenue and South Clinton Avenue in Kingston, just across the tracks from the Wiltwyck Cemetery.

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sometime in the 1960s, but plenty of local lore still clings to the brewery’s history. Much of it was associated with the notorious Hudson Valleybased bootlegger/mob boss Jack “Legs” Diamond, who was widely rumored to have been a pal of Judge Crater – until, perhaps, some deal went awry.

The young Peter Barmann immigrated to Kingston from Bavaria in 1857 and learned the brewmeister’s trade from his uncle, Balthazer Schwalbach, who ran the Jacob’s Valley Lager Bier Brewery on Union Avenue (now Broadway). Barmann took over the business upon Schwalbach’s death in 1881, began a bottling operation in 1884 and had such success with it that he relocated the renamed Barmann Brewery to the site just south of Greenkill Avenue a year later. The company increased production of Jacob’s Valley Lager Beer, Thuringer Hofbrau, ale and porters each year, approaching 17,000

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barrels annually by the turn of the century.

Peter Barmann died in 1908 and Peter Jr. and his wife Susan took over, but the enactment of Prohibition in 1920 forced such businesses underground – sometimes literally. It was Legs Diamond who bailed out the brewery financially, transporting its products to his speakeasies in New York, Albany and Troy. His smuggling operation was particularly ingenious: Brewery employees reportedly hired plumbers to go down into Kingston’s sewer system late at night and install a pipeline of rubber hose that led from the brewery’s basement, right under the streets of Midtown to an innocentlooking warehouse on Bruyn Avenue, where the brews were bottled or kegged for shipment.

That era ended in 1931, when a spectacular raid by the Internal Revenue Service’s elite Flying Squadron yielded what the newspapers of the day called a “Million Dollar Seizure” and the arrest of several of Legs Diamond’s cronies.

The brewery never regained its financial footing even after the repeal of Prohibition

Red Hook Library celebrates award with concert & dance party Ooh, that little Red Hook Library that could, and did, just get named one of our nation’s best small libraries! We covered its big notification, but then it snowed when its community celebration was set to take place.

So now it’s celebrating again, with an even-bigger dance party this Saturday, March 14 at the old Lyceum Theater space in town, complete with food, drink and line dancing.

This time around, it’s also expanding the celebratory atmosphere by hosting another special musical event the night before (on Friday the 13th), when the Red Hook Public Library presents “Live at the Elmendorph”: intimate music concert featuring Roger & Lenny doing great ‘60s classics at the village’s historic inn just north of the main intersection (and traffic light) in town.

– Paul Smart Red Hook Public Library’s Live at the Elmendorph, Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m., free, Elmendorph, 7562 North Broadway, Red Hook.

Best Library Dance Celebration, Saturday, March 14, 7 p.m., free, Lyceum Theater, 23 Route 199, Red Hook; (845) 758-3241, www.redhooklibrary.org.

Slideshow/lecture on “Classic Caribbean Escapes” at Olana Armchair travel’s a great occupation. How many times have you spent hours gazing down the intricacies of maps, checking one’s dreams against others’ travel memoirs, or Googling a host of hotels and restaurants and other travelers’ comments as the house drips before a bleak sky outside?

Olana, the burgeoning organization based in and expanding the ideas inherent in Frederic Church’s grand Olana estate outside Hudson, will be continuing its Armchair Travel series this Saturday as designer/author Hermes Mallea talks about and shows slides of some of the grand warmer-climate exclusive resorts of the mid-20th century that are the subject of his new book Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour.

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Hop to it Poughkeepsie’s Mill House hosts inaugural Barley ’s Angels craft beer tasting for women

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his is for all my sisters out there who would rather knock back a fresh pint of hearty ale than sip demurely at a Cosmopolitan or a glass of Chardonnay: Brewski babes of the world, unite! Throw off your chains of beverage stereotyping! Stand up and say it loud enough for Madison Avenue to hear you: “I’m a female beer-drinker and I’m proud!”

Did you know that women almost certainly invented beer? The oldest known beer recipe is contained in a 3,900-year-old Sumerian inscription of a hymn to the brewing goddess Ninkasi. The Sumerians actually had three beer-related goddesses in their pantheon: Siris was the divine incarnation of beer itself, while Siduri governed the sacred beverage’s enjoyment. In ancient Mesopotamian culture, to be a brewer was also to be a priestess.

So how did we get from there to here, with every brew from proletarian Bud on up to the most costly, exotic small-batch craft beer being pitched primarily at male consumers? A doctoral dissertation could be written in answer to that question, so I’ll cut to the chase: We don’t have to put up with being shunted aside anymore.

There’s now an international support group (no, not AA) for women who enjoy beers, ales, porters and stouts. It’s called Barley’s Angels, and its brand-new Hudson Valley chapter will be throwing its inaugural educational party on Thursday, March 19, at the Mill House Brewing Company in Poughkeepsie under the title “Local Craft Beer: 101.”

“Barley’s Angels Hudson Valley is an organization by and for women that aims to expand the appreciation and understanding of craft beer among women,” says the organization’s mission statement. It aims to “provide a comfortable environment to explore and learn about craft beer while allowing publicans, brewers and restaurateurs to grow their female customer base by hosting Barley’s Angels’ safe, friendly events.”

“Women account for about 25 percent of total beer consumption in the US, yet the beer industry not only remains male-dominated, but women are largely ignored and marginalized as a consumer in beer advertising,” says Sara Capozzoli of Poughkeepsie, co-founder with Sandy Bredthauer of Hopewell Junction of the local chapter. “We are so excited to bring Barley’s Angels to the Hudson Valley and help women become empowered, educated consumers through local events that also provide networking

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White Eagle Hall in Kingston hosts Zydeco Dance this Friday This Friday, the 13 th (oo-ee-oo), will see the fun old-time White Eagle Hall in Kingston hosting a Zydeco Dance with River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs. No partners are necessary; dance lessons will be available, but the basic ideas of swamp dancing are pretty, well, basic. There’s a twostep; there’s a rule to moving around the room so that fights don’t ensue.

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Kingston Library hosts Saturday “Philosophical Discussions” series What with all the cable pontificating that dominates our news these days, and the inner need that we’ve all gained this long winter simply to rant a bit, there’s little wonder that the Kingston Library’s new “Understanding Anger: Philosophical Discussions” series led by Kingston educator Gregory Sadler has

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Barley’s Angels’ event “Local Craft Beer: 101” on March 19 in Poughkeepsie will showcase five of the Mill House Brewing Company’s award-winning craft beers, each paired with a food sample.

opportunities and a place to enjoy one of the oldest beverages humans have produced.”

“Local Craft Beer: 101” will showcase five of the Mill House Brewing Company’s award-winning craft beers, each paired with a food sample. The Mill House’s brewmaster will guide the beer-and-food pairing and discuss the beermaking process. In addition to sampling beer and food, participants will enjoy free gifts, games, prizes and a pop-up shop.

Tickets to the gathering, which runs from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 19, cost $30 per person in advance and can be purchased online at www.eventbrite.com/e/barleysangels-presents-local-craft-beer-101-tickets-15861264469?aff=es2&rank=11. Women over the age of 21 only will be admitted. For more information, call (914) 456-6832 or visit www.facebook.com/barleysangelshudsonvalley. Sveiks!

– Frances Marion Platt Barley’s Angels present Local Craft Beer: 101, Thursday, March 19, 6-8 p.m., $30, Mill House Brewing Company, 289 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie; (914) 456-6832, www.eventbrite.com.

been growing in popularity. The idea is simple and therapeutic: People talk about key issues involving aggression, revenge, punishment, ethics and all those other hot-button items through the prism of great philosophers.

Coming up this Saturday: the great Socrates as captured in Plato’s Dialogues; and then next month, Aristotle and the ideal of scientific proofs. Talk about a

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– Paul Smart “Understanding Anger: Philosophical Discussions,” Saturday, March 14, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston; (845) 3310507, www.kingstonlibrary.org.

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March in the Hudson Valley

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arch and September are the months when the Sun changes its declination at the fastest rate of the year. If that sounds technical, it merely means that the Sun’s apparent distance from the North Star is decreasing rapidly. It’s moving north in our sky. Needless to say, that’s good news for us who live in the northern part of the planet, for it means that the Sun is rapidly becoming more nearly overhead.

The change in its arc is now so obvious that one can construct simple observational experiments to chart the transformation.

The most obvious is that it’s higher in the sky, and this is most striking from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. when the Sun is in the south. At 1 p.m. it’s due south and highest – currently standing halfway up the heavens. At this altitude, solar rays are now well more than half their full summertime strength – enough to tan or burn us if we exposed our skin for 90 minutes. Thanks to the still-cold air, only skiers and snowboarders tend to do this in March; their red faces provide proof of how they’ve spent their day.

The ever-later sunsets are obvious, too, with daylight now advancing by three minutes per day. The only reason some meteorologists report “two minutes more sun” one day but “four minutes” the next is because they use tables that round off to the minute. In reality, the daily variation is negligible right now, and hovers right around three minutes.

Days and nights are also very nearly equal, with sunrise and sunset occurring just about 12 hours apart. This happens with our clocks reading 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., and will exactly coincide during the middle of next week.

Solar rays are now well more than half their full summertime strength – enough to tan or burn us if we exposed our skin for 90 minutes.

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The ever-later sunsets are obvious, with daylight now advancing by three minutes per day.

Less apparent to the casual nature-lover is the speedy disappearance of the constellations and stars of winter, the rapid slide of Orion and his friends into the western twilight. It’s an exaggerated consequence of the daily four-minutes-earlier that the stars rise and set throughout the year.

In a way, we get cheated. In the fall, the slow disappearance of the stars’ slide into the west is partially canceled out by the ever-later sunsets, so that when darkness falls each night, the constellations appear nearly the same. Thus, Andromeda, Cygnus and Pegasus linger with us for many months.

Now, the reverse occurs. As Orion marches westward, the ever-earlier twilight advances to meet it, so that the winter stars seem to vanish quickly. Each evening as twilight ends, Orion has visibly jumped closer to the west, nearer to being swallowed into the twilight, with only dazzling Venus heading the other way and rising ever-higher in the west.

In a nutshell, it’s a time of rapid change, on Earth and in the heavens. Don’t think our friends in the forest and beneath the diminishing snowpack aren’t noticing, too.

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

love back on the Emerald Isle in his ancestry (and dreams).

To get everyone in the mood for oldtime moviegoing fun, the main feature will be preceded by a number of shorts, including a Tex Avery cartoon, a Three Stooges short and a 1952 review of the news. Fun! And there are pubs nearby for those wishing to continue the Irish fun after the show’s over. Just watch that fighting and loving out in public!

Future Saturday matinées every couple of weeks over the coming months include a Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes classic, The Pearl of Death, on March 28; Stan and Ollie in Sons of the Desert on April 11; and the little seen Paul Muni/Claude Rains comic fantasy Angel on My Shoulder on May 2.

– Paul Smart The Quiet Man, Saturday, March 14, 2 p.m., $10/$7, Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville; (845) 647-5511, www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

day, March 15, complete with pipes, drums and marching bands. The parade steps off from the Orange County Government Center on Main Street (Route 207) at 2 p.m. Arrive early for the open house and children’s workshop at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Stay late for a pint and some Irish specialties at Goshen’s many pubs and restaurants.

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Too Bright’s all darkness and nerve Perfume Genius to play BSP in Kingston

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t is not Michael Hadreas’ fault that his project Perfume Genius often draws comparisons to Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens from the Internet’s if-you-like-this-then-you’lllike-that ballparking and cross-selling algorithms. It’s a poor comparison for all involved, based only on a few cosmetic, Pandorable traits: the frail hush of their singing and a kind of one-person-asuniverse bedroom insularity that all have indulged and forsaken at various points in their careers.

Now, Elliott Smith gave us one of the most fresh and sophisticated updates of Beatle-derived harmony that we will ever receive. Learn a few of his tunes and you will never stop wondering how he heard it that way. Sufjan Stevens fused folk music with ultra-assured techniques of 20th-century Minimalist composition and arrangement (more effectively on Michigan, though Illinois has better songs). It sounds simple. It is really not.

From the first note of “Learning,� the title track and first cut of Perfume Genius’ debut, Hadreas builds his simplebut-moving melodies off that rudimentary I/V/ vi/IV progression: the same magic pattern that Anthony Kiedes invokes when he wants to sound sensitive and that got mocked into supermemedom by Axis of Awesome. Perfume Genius has never gone much past that matrix and its variations. It’s his blues, his four chords and the truth.

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Perfume Genius’ Michael Hadreas (above).

he oft compared to Smith and Stevens, but it certainly got him and me off on the wrong foot. Though it is often called “Baroque� and likened to the most superfine chamber pop, the real action with Perfume Genius is not in how fine or musically imaginative it is, but in how radically, quietly raw.

The lo-fi piano ballads featured on Learning grabbed the first wave of the Seattlebased project’s fans with their ultra-compact, imagistic, poignant and ironic vignettes of people in crisis, dysfunctional families and lost souls on the margins. Its undercurrent of hopeful and affirmative messaging, buoyed on a light suggestion of gospel, really bloomed on his sophomore effort, Put Your Back N 2 to It, on which Hadreas

mostly trades in the concrete narratives for soaring, sermonized waves of empathy and defiance.

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(Matador, 2014), has turned out to be a polarizing effort amongst his core fans. All darkness and nerve without the accents of gospelized uplift, Too Bright teases

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and taunts with dirty, menacing synth elements, primal drumming on a few tracks and the artful building of tension through delayed resolution. It doesn’t soar like his past efforts, or not as much; it’s all Minimalist grind and glam reductions.

Meanwhile, its poetry (for that is what it is) aligns itself with the brutal candor of P. J. Harvey and with that great landmark of the unapologetic, confessional yowl, John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band. It’s a gripping listen that doesn’t remake the Perfume Genius brand so much as it flip its poles, fully embracing its darker and combative side.

Perfume Genius lands at BSP in Kingston on Wednesday, March 25 at 8 p.m. Better get your tickets now, as this guy appears to be blowing up. Norwegian songwriter Jenny Hval opens. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $18 at the door. They are available locally at Rocket Number Nine and Outdated in Kingston, Jack’s Rhythms in New Paltz, Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie and the Woodstock Music Shop. BSP is located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, visit www.bspkingston.com.

– John Burdick Perfume Genius/Jenny Hval, Wednesday, March 25, $8 p.m., $15 advance/$18 door, BSP, 323 Wall Street, Kingston; www.bspkingston.com.

Rossini’s La Donna del Lago from The Met at Bardavon The Bardavon continues the 2014/15 season of The Met Live in HD with a broadcast of Rossini’s La Donna del Lago on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. at the Bardavon Opera House.

Bel canto superstar Joyce Di Donato is the Lady of the Lake of the title in this work of vocal virtuosity set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel by Sir Walter Scott.

Tickets for Rossini’s La Donna del Lago cost $26 general admission, $24 for Bardavon members and $19 for children age 12 and under. They are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the Ulster Performing Arts Center box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; and via Ticket Master by calling (800) 745-3000 or visiting www.ticketmaster. com.

Donna Lewis plays Bearsville this Friday Welsh singer Donna Lewis, who plays at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock supporting her latest Brand New Day CD release, is one for the record books, her debut 1996 single “I Love You Always Forever” having been one of those long number-two hits kept from the top by the inanity of “Macarena” and other now-strident hits. She’s now working within a jazzy idiom, but still with the chops to make an imprint on such modern standards as Neil Young’s “Helpless,” as well as other hits by ABBA, Queen and Bowie.

She’s pop, but professional. Yet she also pushes the limits, and has stuck with the

ZZ Top visits UPAC in Kingston on Friday, March 13 at 8 p.m.

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Z Top, the legends of eccentric Texas blues/rock since 1969, are still at it. The lineup remains unchanged: Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and the most-aptly-named Frank Beard. Their 2012 effort La Futura is as weird, live-wire and raucous as ever. In fact, it is quite a bit weirder and more eccentric than the groomed output of their megastar phase in the ’80s.

Always a legendary live act, ZZ Top visits the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston on Friday, March 13 at 8 p.m. The band’s first-ever appearance in Kingston was originally scheduled for Sunday, October 19. Tickets for the original date will be honored at the door. Tickets cost $69 to $119 and are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; and via TicketMaster by calling (800) 745-3000 or at www.ticketmaster.com.

same collaborator – guitarist and studio wizard David Torn – for years now. Her presence in the intimate Bearsville Theater – gradually shifting its atmosphere now, with similar changes at its neighboring complex of restaurants – is an indication of our area’s new prestige and nurturing of the unpretentiously good.

– Paul Smart Donna Lewis, Friday, March 13, 9 p.m., $20, Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock; (845) 679-4406, www. bearsvilletheater.com.

Chris Washburne lectures on Latin jazz in Tannersville Columbia University jazz professor and master trombonist Chris Washburne’s Latin-tinged band Syotos is one of the hottest items on the music scene. He’s giving a lecture about the birth of Latin jazz at the Mountain Top Library in Tannersville this Friday evening as part of both the 23Arts Initiative and Catskill Jazz Factory’s growing seasons, as well as Washburne’s embrace of his new home in the area: up the valley from Westkill in one of the Catskills’ more beautiful

valleys.

Expect some fine demonstrations of the coolness of his instrument to boot. The man’s a treat.

– Paul Smart Chris Washburne jazz lecture, Friday, March 13, 6 p.m., free, Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main Street, Tannersville; www.23arts.org.

Ward Manor House at Bard hosts Rhinebeck Chamber Music Gala The venerable Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society hosts a Gala Benefit on Sunday, March 15 at the Ward Manor House on the Bard campus in Annandale-on-Hudson. The theme of this event is a tribute to Lily, Dutchess of Marlborough, a member of the Hamersley family: the original owners of the Ward Manor House, which was designed by Francis Hoppin, architect of such prestigious homes as the Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts and Springwood in Hyde Park.

Festivities will include the presentation of student competition awards; food, tea and sherry; and an auction of vacation

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packages, books, furniture and objets d’art. The Gala begins at 3 p.m. Tickets cost $45. For more information on the program and the items to be auctioned, call (845) 876-2870 or visit www. rhinebeckchambermusic.org.

Clancy Tradition, Narrowbacks & Jameson’s Revenge at Towne Crier Café

It’s St. Patrick’s season at the Towne Crier Café. On Thursday, March 19, the venerable concert venue (once of Pawling, now of Beacon) presents the Narrowbacks, a six-piece Irish “folk/ punk” outfit, and the traditional Irish music of Jameson’s Revenge. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Then, on Saturday, March 21, the Towne Crier welcomes Irish music royalty with the Clancy Tradition: bothers Eugene and Pat Clancy along with several of their offspring on fiddle, bass and accordion.

The show begins at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25 in advance and $30 at the door.

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Thanks to the efforts of Olive composer George Tsontakis (above), we have the Piano Plus concert series picking up where Trail Mix left off at the Olive Library.

Each show features the Library’s fine Steinway piano.

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hen the much-loved Trail Mix concert series at the Olive Free Library came to an end in 2013, many local musicians and music-lovers were disappointed. One of them decided to do something about it. Composer George Tsontakis, who lives in Olive, knows many musicians and has many contacts through his teaching position at Bard College. Last spring, he presented the first Piano Plus series: three concerts at the Olive Library, each taking advantage of the Library’s fine Steinway piano, and each adding a non-piano musician in at least one duet.

Spring isn’t quite here yet, but Piano Plus is back. On Saturday, March 14 at 4 p.m., Piano Plus opens with a concert by three pianists, all members of the Bard Conservatory Piano Fellows. All three played in last year’s series.

Bàlint Zsoldos had a program to himself, including a splendid performance of the challenging Liszt Sonata and an equally fine version of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata. Julia Hsu did a wonderful job with a Haydn Sonata and the exciting finale of Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata. Maybe this year we’ll get lucky and hear the whole thing. Eri Nakamura played Chopin’s exceedingly difficult Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brilliante exceedingly well. The “plus” this time will be soprano Helen Huang.

Hearing all three of these pianists in one afternoon will be a treat indeed. It’s a further treat that Tsontakis was clever enough to schedule his series on Saturday afternoons, when they won’t conflict with other local concerts.

The series continues on April 18 with the first Ulster County appearance in decades of Todd Crow, a pianist who teaches at Vassar College and who would be a household name among piano-lovers if enough of them had heard him.

It concludes on May 9 with pianist Maria Asteriadou. The “Plus” aspect of the concerts will again be honored with a guest non-pianist at each concert. This series attracted very good audiences last year, so I’d advise potential listeners to arrive early – as I certainly will.

– Leslie Gerber

Hearing all three of these pianists in one afternoon will be a treat.

Piano Plus 2015 opening concert, Saturday, March 14, 4 p.m., $12, Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan; (845) 657-2482, www.olivefreelibrary. org.

(845) 855-1300 or visit www.townecrier. com. The Towne Crier is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon.

Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir performs Buxtehude oratorio at Vassar Considered to be the first Lutheran oratorio – and a precursor to Bach’s Passions – Dieterich Buxtehude’s Jesu Membra Nostri is the centerpiece of the Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir’s March concert, “O Vos Omnes: Music for Lent.” Buxtehude’s oratorio is divided into seven short cantatas, each addressing a different part of Christ’s crucified body, moving from feet to head.

The program will be framed with settings of the well-known text “O vos omnes” by Victoria, Casals and Mealor.

Christine Howlett, artistic director, will direct the Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir, assisted by Rachel Handman and Francia Mann on violins, Susan Seligman

on cello, Phil Helm on bass and James Fitzwilliam on organ. “O Vos Omnes” begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 in the Chapel at Vassar College.

Tickets are available at the door for $15 for general admission, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. For discounted tickets, visit www.cappellafestiva.org. For more information about upcoming concerts call (845) 853-7765.

“Grace Street & Rising from the Ashes” at SUNY-New Paltz What is true cutting-edge music these days? Not jazz or rock, folk or noise, but the stuff that’s aimed at becoming part of a continuum that reaches back to the great composers and forward into whatever it is that gets picked up by the great explorers who find us via all that we’ve sent out into space over time?

The Department of Music at SUNYNew Paltz is presenting a special program titled “Grace Street and Rising from the

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SP hosts a St. Patrick’s Day Parade after-party with original Celtic rockers the Ruffians and County Hell on Sunday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m. The Ruffians were formed in New York City in the late 1990s by the “brothers Griffin.” They share in the exuberant punk take on Celtic music made popular by the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly.

In County Hell, singer/songwriter Matt Verilli (El Front) pays tribute to one of his abiding influences: the great tattered bard Shane MacGowan and the groundbreaking Irish punk pioneers the Pogues. In case you can’t make the Kingston parade, County Hell will also be celebrating the season with a set at the Falcon in Marlboro on Tuesday, March 17 at 7 p.m.

Admission for the BSP show costs $5. BSP is located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, visit www.bspkingston.com.

Ashes: An Evening of Arts-Based Research Performance” this Thursday, March 12 at 8 p.m. in the Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall located on campus. The first part of the evening will be given over to Grace Street, a musical based upon New York University associate professor Dr. Diane Austin’s experience working with people in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction that unfolds like a typical AA meeting. Rising from the Ashes, created

by Michael Viega, assistant professor of Music Therapy at SUNY-New Paltz, is a cycle of songs that explores the lived experience of adolescents who have had adverse childhood experiences, all worked through participants’ remixed music therapy songs.

– Paul Smart Grace Street & Rising from the Ashes,

Thursday, March 12, 8 p.m., $8, Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, SUNY-New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, (845) 257-2700, www.newpaltz.edu/music.

Music at the movies in Woodstock hosts Rushad Eggleston Improvisational cellist/singer Rushad Eggleston and his friends/ Americana roots musicians Mike + Ruthy will perform at the old church that is Upstate Films in Woodstock on Thursday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 o’clock). Advance tickets are $18. Day-of-show tickets are $20. Upstate Films in Woodstock is located at 132 Tinker Street. Call (845) 679-6608; or go to http://upstatefilms.org for more information.

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n the movie business, trying to go head-to-head with a much-anticipated “tentpole� action feature is considered a form of fiscal suicide. So when the first Avengers movie hit the screens in May 2012, it had the cinemas all to itself – almost.

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But the buzz persisted way beyond that weekend, and the film about financially stressed retirees “outsourced� from the UK to a shabby former palace in India stuck around American cinemas all summer, eventually even penetrating the multiplexes. Reviews were “only� generally favorable, but enthusiastic word-of-mouth – especially among older audiences – propelled The Best Exotic

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Is the sequel as good as the first film?

According to most major-media-outlet film critics, no; its ratings have been even more lukish-warmish than its predecessor.

Christy Lemire of the Ebert online stable gave it a grudging star-and-a-half and termed it “the listless sequel no one was asking for� in a review that dripped with sarcasm. Well, guess what? Pretty

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much everybody I talked to when news broke that a Marigold sequel was in the works got all excited about the prospect.

But then, most of my friends are Baby Boomers and can relate to the longing of these imperfect-but-winsome older folks to go on reinventing themselves, falling in love and having adventures in beautiful parts of the world even as the final curtain draws nigh.

Like the first, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel does not rack up points for highly original plot twists or the sort of character development that we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen 100 times before. It could, not unfairly, be described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;slightâ&#x20AC;? film, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;pleasantâ&#x20AC;? film. But such products often occupy proud seats in the cinematic firmament and stick with us emotionally much longer than some more ambitious works by highbrow auteurs. Personally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ll swap half a dozen unforeseen denouements for five minutes of Judi Dench and Maggie Smith trading politebut-venomous verbal barbs any day of the week. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind being able to figure out that Denchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind-but-cautious Evelyn and Bill Nighyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absent-minded, self-effacing Douglas are bound to end up together, even if do they take the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full two hours getting around to it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a pleasure to relax in these salty/sweet old codgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; company.

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Close encounter of the activist kind Club Helsinki Hudson hosts “An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss” benefit on Sunday

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he first time I became aware of Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss on the silver screen, as the lead in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), he was portraying a character who was a lousy friend, a lousy fiancé and a lousy citizen (albeit of Canada). But the first and only time that I encountered him in person (circa 1980), he immediately stepped up to the plate of being an engaged, activist citizen.

My fellow community organizers in the Coalition against the West Side Expressway and I were flagging down every pedestrian passing by Zabar’s that day. I was halfway through my spiel before it sank in that the guy I had just buttonholed was somebody famous.

Without hesitation, Dreyfuss and his thenwife let me lead them over to our sidewalk table, picked up clipboards and quickly wrote their letters to the mayor and City Council opposing the construction of the gigantic Westway project (a battle that hardly anyone remembers anymore, because the tree-huggers won). The actor shoved a five-dollar bill into our jar full of quarters and went on his way; we admired his autograph briefly before tucking his letter into its preaddressed stamped envelope.

By all accounts, Richard Dreyfuss has long been involved in causes like education, the environment and substance abuse, and a guy who places high value on citizen participation in public decisionmaking, government transparency and accountability, privacy, freedom of speech and responsible investigative media. But the Patriot Act

and other post-9/11 excesses confirmed him in his life’s mission: to campaign for the revival of civics classes as an essential part of the US public school curriculum.

In 2008 he founded the Dreyfuss Civics Initiative, “a non-profit, non-partisan organization that aims to revive the teaching of civics in American public education to empower future generations with the criticalthinking skills they need to fulfill the vast potential of American citizenship,” whose “programs are meant to promote the advancement of civic education, civic virtue and the role citizens can play in the success of our country.” “All people have a right to know who they are and why they are who they are,” Dreyfuss has said. “Clarity of thought and honesty in self-reflection are more than needed utilities; they are the building blocks of our national moral character.”

He also sits on the Committee for Education of the American Bar Association, has served 12 years on the Board of the National Constitution Center, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as senior research advisory member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. Oh, and by the way, he has been no slouch as a stage and film actor either, starring in such successful films as Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, American Graffiti, Mr. Holland’s Opus (Best Actor Oscar nominee) and The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor Oscar winner).

Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions of Dreyfuss about his movie career when he headlines a benefit for Columbia Memorial Health

wedding to Sunaina (Tina Desai). Muchmarried Madge (Celia Imrie) slyly juggles two rich Indian suitors, while old swingers Norman (Ronald Pickup) and Carol (Diana Hardcastle) discover the forbidden allure of monogamy and the hazards of overly generous drunken tipping of tuk tuk drivers.

Despite being an American actor known for playing brash characters, Gere does not embarrass himself as Guy, a new

guest who may or may not actually be an inspector from the hotel chain that Muriel and Sonny have been pitching as an investment partner. The ensemble of old pros plays off one another with the smoothness of long acting experience, with the only jarring notes coming from Patel, who has ratcheted up Sonny’s smarmy, jealous, hyperreactive schtik (whatever the Hindi or Bengali word for that might be) a few too many notches

Dreyfuss is campaigning for the revival of civics classes as part of the US public school curriculum.

In 2008, Richard Dreyfuss (above) founded the Dreyfuss Civics Initiative, “a non-profit, non-partisan organization that aims to revive the teaching of civics in American public education to empower future generations with the critical-thinking skills they need to fulfill the vast potential of American citizenship.”

on Sunday, March 15, at Club Helsinki Hudson, but he’ll likely keep steering the conversation back toward the importance of being an informed, engaged citizen and holding our wayward leaders’ feet to the fire. And that’ll be just fine.

Tickets to “An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss,” beginning at 8 p.m. on March 15, cost $100 per person (remember, it’s a charity fundraiser) and can be ordered at http://clubhelsinki.shop.ticketstoday.

com/basket.aspx?Action=AddTickets&e ventId=164850. For more information, call (518) 828-4800.

– Frances Marion Platt

this time around.

About the worst thing that I can think of to say about The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is that it tells a predictable

story, but now and then it’s nice to know ahead of time that you’re going to get the kind of good time that you paid for. And a couple of incidences of what seem to

An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss, benefit for Columbia Memorial Health, Sunday, March 15, 8 p.m., $100, Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson; (518) 828-4800, http://helsinkihudson.com.

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Lightning-fast footwork accented by hundreds of ankle bells, multiple pirouettes, and stories told in body and facial mime are featured in this program by the Kathak Ensemble.

Filling the stage with jingling ankle bells, colorful costumes, and exotic rhythms and melodies, the Kathak dancers are joined by the Hudson Valley’s popular Vanaver Caravan Youth Company in this celebration of spring.

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Umbrella organization Coleman High School in Kingston gets ready for its upcoming production of Mary Poppins

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he upcoming production of Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical at John A. Coleman Catholic High School marks the 45th time that Lise Landis Hopson has directed a staged musical there. Add to that record the dozen or so musicals that she has done at the Kingston Catholic School â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;juniorâ&#x20AC;? shows trimmed for the younger age group â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and you could surmise one thing: This woman loves her job. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a kid at heart,â&#x20AC;? she admits. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of kids. This is what makes it work.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Workâ&#x20AC;? being the key word in that sentence, Hopson goes on to talk about what it takes to mount a staged musical with a cast of, say, 40 teenagers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We work ridiculously hard. Every little measure has to be choreographed. These kids focus really hard. They have to know when to move, how to control the body, the mouth. We do all the choral rehearsals to learn the music first.

They learn the eight-part harmony: Sitting in chairs, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy; but onstage, moving this way and thatâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;?

Scheduled for a six-performance run at Coleman, the musical based on P. L. Traversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books (and the now-classic Disney movie starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke) is a beloved staple in many a childhood memory. With such favorite singalongable tunes as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Supercalifragilisticexpialidociousâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Spoonful of Sugarâ&#x20AC;? lodged in our brainpans, and images of proper English characters bursting into exuberant song and dance across the stage or screen, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intriguing to realize how the author treated what now might be called a mildly dysfunctional family scenario.

For those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall the plot: As the magic-making nanny literally descends into the lives of the troubled Banks family, her quirky mix of common sense and fanciful whimsy turns the household upside-down at first, and then she whips them all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; distracted parents and recalcitrant kids â&#x20AC;&#x201C; into shape, hopefully to live in some semblance of harmony, if not happily ever after. Travers pokes fun of our human foibles and gets us all to lighten up a bit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even to float away for a brief time.

The Theater Department at Coleman has become, over the years, a major part of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity. Hopson says that the dean attended a conference in Buffalo a few years back and was stopped when another administrator recognized â&#x20AC;&#x153;John A. Coleman Catholic High Schoolâ&#x20AC;? on his nametag; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only high school in the state that produces two big musicals every year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a huge commitment for the students to be at school for up to 13 hours a day. And we are all consumed by rehearsals for the two weeks before opening night,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have amazing support from parents and friends of the program, even ones who havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had kids in school here for years.

For example, George Sullivan and Larry Omura have been building sets for us for as long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here [25 years]. Their kids graduated more than a decade ago.â&#x20AC;?

Winner of 44 major theater awards around the globe, the musical has captivated audiences for many generations. Still, it was a triumph to get to do Mary Poppins here. Travers, who is said to have disliked the Disney production of her work, kept a tight fist on licensing rights. When they were finally released, Hopson â&#x20AC;&#x153;pounced on them the very dayâ&#x20AC;? it happened, making this production the first time that the show is being seen in the area.

Seniors Lily Page and Thomas Netter play the main characters, Mary Poppins and the irrepressible chimneysweep Bert. Both students have performed in Coleman shows since they were very young. Netter was 5 years old when he first flew over the Coleman stage, playing little Michael Darling in 2003â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peter Pan, and Page was 10 when she played young Cosette in Les Miserables in 2008. (She has professional credits in film and regional theatre as well.) Now they, along with two more cast members, will be flying over the Coleman stage in Mary Poppins with the help of

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Members of the cast of Mary Poppins

Coleman is the only high school in the state that produces two big musicals every year.

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The roles of the two young Banks children are double-cast, with Emma Loewen and Evelyn Shannon as Jane and Mikey Moughan and Sean Mahoney as Michael.

Juniors Mary Kate Barnett and Maria Koch share the role of Mrs. Banks; senior Tim Miner plays Mr. Banks. A total of 40 students make up the cast, while another 20 students work behind the scenes on the stage, lighting and sound crews. Pianist Liz Toleno provides the accompaniment. Set design is by Deb Ressa, and Kim-Denise Barnett heads up the costume crew. Rick Tarcza delivers the sound, and a host of energetic Coleman volunteers manage props, advertising, lighting, set construction and decoration.

In addition to holding multiple positions as Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music teacher, chorus conductor and theater director, Hopson has served as soloist and choir director at St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church in Rosendale for 29 years. A dedicated teacher, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intimately involved with the Broadway Bound theatre program for young people ages 7 to 16 on Saturdays at Coleman, with two weeklong workshops in late June and early July.

She also directs the Dutchess Community College Summer Performing Arts Institute for kids and teens in Poughkeepsie for four weeks each summer. A professional actress, singer and dancer, Hopson has performed in musicals, plays and operettas Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, summer stock and on TV. Some of Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past shows include Les MisĂŠrables and The Phantom of the Opera. (Watch for word of The Little Mermaid in May.) â&#x20AC;&#x153;These kids work hard and should be proud of their accomplishments,â&#x20AC;? says Hopson. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ann Hutton Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical, Friday/Saturday, March 20/21, 27/28, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m., Saturday, March 28, 2 p.m., $16/$11, Coleman High School, 430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley; (845) 338-2750. Tickets can be reserved in advance by calling Coleman High School or purchased at the door.

be heavy-handed foreshadowing actually turn out to be red herrings. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not going very far out on a limb to say that if you were a fan of the original, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a fan of the sequel as well. And if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting on

in years yourself, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be grateful for the reminder that adventures still may await. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Frances Marion Platt

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Word on the street Woodstock Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Festival returns, March 19-22

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he Woodstock Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Festival (WWF) has been called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;vibrant and entertaining literary partyâ&#x20AC;? and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect storm of natural beauty and new ideasâ&#x20AC;? by the likes of Elissa Schappell and Stephen Tobolowsky: just two of the dozens of notable authors who have graced the stages these past five years. Cheryl Strayed noted the intimate sense of community that develops between the featured authors and the people who come to hear them speak. And one year, Andre Dubus III said simply, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was sad to go home.â&#x20AC;?

Festival executive director Martha Frankel manages to entice world-class writers, teachers and publishing-industry players to the village of Woodstock each year for a long weekend of elbow-rubbing and up-close-and-personal proximity between literature greats and their fans.

They all seem to get as much out of the experience as the rest of us. In fact, Frankel has received e-mails from authors who have never attended, saying that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard that this is the best festival in the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels easy this year,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Same amount of infrastructure, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better at it. We rely on our great volunteers who have been there year after year, and some really good sponsors who provide hotel rooms for the authors; and the restaurants in town have been so generous, giving them lunch or a cup of coffee. These guys have all just said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What do you need?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so together now.â&#x20AC;?

The sixth annual WWF is chock-full, with a three-day lineup guaranteed to generate rollicking fun and instigate untold hours of reading and writing for all who attend â&#x20AC;&#x201C; not to forget the Fruition Chocolates giveaway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the VIPs and workshop participants will get a chocolate bar that has a golden ticket in it,â&#x20AC;? says Frankel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pass them out by hand at the events and put them under seats, too.

And every ticket is a winner of some great prize from our fabulous sponsors.â&#x20AC;?

The festival begins on Thursday with a Story Slam, an always-raucous happening that draws a boisterous crowd of spectators and participants. Hosted by WDSTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Ida Hakkila of The Heavy Light Show, the Slam is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Wind Blowsâ&#x20AC;? after Inkubate co-founder Stacy Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first renewable energy book for children.

Twenty contestants will perform threeand-a-half-minute-long stories that must contain the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;when the wind blowsâ&#x20AC;? to compete for a goodie bag overflowing with books, written by featured authors and generously donated by the Golden

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Jane Smiley (above) is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, as well as ďŹ ve works of nonďŹ ction and a series of books for young adults. In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2006 she received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She will sit on the Woodstock Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Festival â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Iowa to Italy and Back Again: Fiction Panel.â&#x20AC;?

Notebook. The competition is stiff, and nobody likes to hear the gong before a story is finished. But Slam audiences are warm and supportive of every participant, and the judges â&#x20AC;&#x201C; author and humorist Hester Mundis, WDST deejay Greg Gattine and writer/social media maven Kitty Sheehan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; will be gentle. They promise.

Another stellar assemblage of daylong workshops is scheduled for Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Held in private homes around town for 12 people max, these indepth classes will give practical advice in

specific areas of interest to both beginning and experienced writers. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the workshop lineup: # Novelist Ann Hood (The Knitting Circle, An Italian Wife and The Obituary Writer) will lead a fiction workshop titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Start at the Very Beginning.â&#x20AC;?

Winner of two Pushcart Prizes as well as Best American Food Writing, Best American Travel Writing and Best American Spiritual Writing, Hood also penned a memoir, Comfort, and edited the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on

Knitting. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bring her expertise to the conversation in discussing the first five pages of participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own work, reading examples of good starts and talking about how to revise and continue with the story. #Lynn Johnstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, You Can: How to Get Publishedâ&#x20AC;? dispels the myth that only established authors or people with big platforms get book deals. Coming to understand how the industry works and how to maximize their chances at getting published in this interactive workshop will give participants a leg up. Plus, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss their own book projects, and will leave with an individual plan based on group exercises and a one-on-one critique session. Working in New York City, Johnston has represented many notable authors, including Pulitzer-winning journalists, television personalities and international stylemakers as well as stayat-home Moms, schoolteachers and even a kazoo musician. She knows her stuff and is eager to help writers make their dreams come true. # â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taking the Leap: Moving from Writing for Yourself to Writing for Othersâ&#x20AC;? with Bar Scott is designed to encourage budding writers and give them feedback that will help, not hurt. Participants will write together, talk about writing and share some writing that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve brought from home. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll go beyond creating sentences, which is the easy part, into the more satisfying and difficult part: telling their story; telling the truth. Bestknown for her voice and her songwriting, Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first book, The Present Giver, was published in 2011 by ALM Books. She has also published short stories in magazines and in an anthology of women writers. #Kitty Sheehan, social media consultant and multi-talented writer, editor, teacher, corporate trainer, graphic designer, retreat founder and director (her credits could go on and on, folks), will lead the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Your Social Media Platformâ&#x20AC;? workshop.

Sheehan will unravel the mysteries of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to help writers rise above the noise and get value out of the basics. Social media novices will conquer their fears and get started using these tools. Seasoned users will think creatively about new ways to expand their reach and share their work by creating an effective online presence. #Gail Straub, activist, teacher and the author of five books (Empowerment, Returning to My Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House and RĂŠveil and the Old One at the Edge of

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Benoit Denizet-Lewis (above) is a writer with The New York Times Magazine who also teaches writing and publishing at Emerson College. His most recent book, Travels With Casey, was a New York Times bestseller. He will be on the Woodstock Writers’ Festival “Standards to Uphold: Journalism Panel.”

the World) is a pioneer in the field of empowerment. Her workshop, “The Wedding of Fact and Imagination: Essential Partnership in Writing Life Story” will inspire participants to become attuned to the more esoteric discoveries awaiting them when their most transformative and effective writing occurs. Through lecture, creative writing exercises and group dialogue they will access deeper regions of the imagination and get the linear brain out of the way. # “Diving Deep: Writing Memoir” with Beverly Donofrio will offer in-class exercises designed to unearth memory and approach material in a safe, fun and original way. She will instruct participants in the craft of plot, setting and reflection, how to move back and forth in time seamlessly and to write detailed, visually descriptive language. Donofrio has published three memoirs (Riding in Cars with Boys, Looking for Mary and Astonished), along with three children’s books and essays in many anthologies and

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Frankel is giddy with her keynote speakers this year. “We’ve got Will Hermes talking to Chris Stein on Friday night. He’s so great. And on Saturday evening, Joe Donahue will interview Abigail Thomas, who is launching her new book at the festival! We love Joe.” Stein marked the occasion of punk band Blondie’s 40th anniversary last year with the release of his book of iconic photographs of Debbie Harry and other characters of the ’70s and ’80s New York rock scene in Chris Stein/Negative: Me, Blondie and the Advent of Punk.

Designed by Shepard Fairey, the book is a celebration of the New Wave and punk scene, and Hermes – a music and pop-culture writer for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Spin, Slate, Salon, The Believer, The Village Voice and other publications – is the perfect guy to talk with Stein about it.

The Donahue Interview – a soldout event every year – promises to be a

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fascinating and jolly conversation with Woodstock’s own favorite memoirist/ teacher/dog-lover. Thomas’ newest memoir, What Comes Next and How to Like It, marks the author’s seventh book (including her nonfictional A Three Dog Life, Safekeeping, Thinking about Memoir). Her most endearing qualities, as writer and friend, always shine through in her work and her public appearances.

And Donahue can be counted on to ask questions that allow us an intimate look into her life and world. As beloved radio talk-show host and vice president of News and Programming for WAMC/ Northeast Public Radio, he has received over 50 national and local awards for his interviewing achievements.

Saturday holds a full day of panel discussions, which include: #“The Critical Role of the Dark in Life and in Spiritual Writing: Spirituality Panel” to be moderated by Gail Straub.

Two powerful writers, Mark Matousek and Clark Strand, will examine the critical role that the dark plays both in life and in spiritual writing. Matousek (Sex Death Enlightenment and The Boy He Left Behind) has written extensively and eloquently on the question of how disaster can be used to transform and awaken us. Strand (Waking the Buddha, Seeds from a Birch Tree, The Wooden Bowl), a former Zen Buddhist monk, visionary writer and intrepid spiritual explorer, has written with fearless clarity on the need for a newer, more evolved spirituality that is fully compatible with the realities of modern life. His forthcoming book Waking up to the Dark is a small masterpiece. # “Tales of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Publishing Is Alive” will feature a panel of experienced editors, publishers, authors and agents expertly moderated by Nan Gatewood Satter. A 30-year veteran editor of notable works of both fiction and nonfiction, Satter has also co-authored (with Elaine Byre) the book Be Safe, Love Mom: A Military Mom’s Stories of Courage, Comfort and Surviving Life on the Home Front, due out in late March 2015. This discussion will include an illustrious group, including Sara Carder, editorial director of Jeremy P. Tarcher (an imprint of Penguin Random House); Mary Cummings, vice president and editorial director of Diversion Books, a digitally focused publisher in New York City; Woodstock’s own Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author (12 critically acclaimed novels and Publishing: A Writer’s Memoir); Ned Leavitt, longtime editor/literary agent/industry moverand-shaker of Simon & Schuster, the William Morris Agency, and the Ned Leavitt Agency fame; and author Jenny Milchman (Cover of Snow, Ruin Falls and As Night Falls, to be released this June), a suspense writer who lived for seven months on the road with her family on what Shelf Awareness called “the world’s longest book tour.” # The “Standards to Uphold: Journalism Panel” will feature Benoit Denizet-Lewis (America Anonymous, American Voyeur and Travels with Casey), a writer with The New York Times Magazine and an assistant professor of Writing and Publishing at Emerson College; Guy Lawson, New York Times best-selling author (Arms and the Dudes: How Two Miami Beach Stoners Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History, Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market and Wall Street’s Wildest Con and The

Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia); Lisa A. Phillips (Public Radio: Behind the Voices and Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession), writer and awardwinning radio journalist for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other publications, plus All Things Considered, Marketplace and other national and local radio programs; Laney Salisbury (The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic and Provenance: How a Con Man and Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art), journalism professor at SUNYAlbany. Moderated by Salisbury, this important panel will look at how the advent of social media has forced us to redefine journalism. # “From Iowa to Italy and Back Again: Fiction Panel” will convene later to discuss the ever-changing challenges of writing fiction with auspicious notables, including Stephen Dobyns (The Burn Palace plus ten books of poetry and 19 other novels); Ann Hood (The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, An Italian Wife and the memoir Comfort: A Journey through Grief, editor of Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting); Jane Smiley (Barn Blind, A Thousand Acres and Some Luck, and numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction). Elisa Albert (After Birth, The Book of Dahlia, How This Night Is Different and the editor of the anthology Freud’s Blind Spot) will deftly moderate these genre giants.

Don’t miss out on Little Bites and Big Libations – Part 1 on Friday and Part 2 on Saturday – both events open to the public, and held at the new Commune Saloon in Bearsville and at the Mountain View Studio off Rock City Road. You can mingle with your favorite authors, drink exciting cocktails and munch on delectable hors d’oeuvres. All workshop participants are invited to Friday evening’s bash.

Breakfast with James Howard Kunstler will be served up at Joshua’s Café on Tinker Street on Sunday morning. Kunstler’s look at the future through a realistic-yethighly-creative lens is sure to provoke intriguing discussions. In his nonfiction books (The Long Emergency, Too Much Magic, The Geography of Nowhere, Home from Nowhere and The City in Mind), he addresses the inevitable end of the oil age, the crimes of Wall Street and the looming economic collapse of industrial societies.

In his fictional World Made by Hand series of novels, Kunstler imagines how some of us might adapt to all of that. And he knows of that about which he speaks.

Sunday’s two panel discussions are: #“Examined Lives: Biography Panel” will be moderated by Tom Folsom, writer (The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream), director and producer of documentaries. Folsom will talk bio-shop with Amanda Vaill (Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy – A Lost Generation Love Story, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins and Hotel Florida: Truth, Love and Death in the Spanish Civil War); Sheila Weller (The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour – and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News, Girls like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation and Dancing at Ciro’s: A Family’s Love, Loss and Scandal on the Sunset Strip); and James Grissom (Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog).

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by Frankel (Hats and Eyeglasses and Brazilian Sexy: Secrets to Living a Gorgeous and Confident Life). Doing what she does best, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll chat with writers who have chronicled their lives in such unique locales as a harem, onstage and among the Kennedys: Christina Haag, actress and author (Come to the Edge and contributor to the anthology The Brown Reader: 50 Writers Remember College Hill); Jillian Lauren (Pretty, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and Everything You Ever Wanted); and the startling Susan Saxman (The Reluctant Psychic).

An author/entertainment journalist/ WDST radio-show host in her own right, Frankel comments on her role as festival director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only way I know how to work is by trial-and-error, mine or yours.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to do it the other way.

We â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I used to worry about all the wrong stuff. Now I know that the writers are very self-contained, and as long as they can come and go as they please, once theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here, they love it.â&#x20AC;?

For further schedule information, locations and ticket pricing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; individual, Full Festival Pass or the Whole Shebang (which includes a workshop plus lots of extras like a Tuthilltown Spirits Tour and Tasting for Two) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; check the website below. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ann Hutton Woodstock Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Festival, ThursdaySunday, March 19-22, Woodstock; www. woodstockwriters.com.

Nina Shengoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Word CafĂŠ in Kingston Author and teacher Nina Shengold claims to have the best job in town.

Anyone who loves to read or write would have to agree with her and could, as well, take advantage of her latest literary endeavor: Word CafĂŠ, a master class for readers and writers.

Now in its second season, Word CafĂŠ is a unique blend of reading series, author interview and writing class. Every Thursday evening, Shengold presents an outstanding Hudson Valley writer to read from his or her work and talk about the craft of writing with the audience. Then Shengold and the guest teacher each suggest a writing prompt for attendees to experiment with on the spot. Some are brave enough to share this impromptu work with the whole crowd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but no

pressure!

Although each event stands alone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can choose to attend any one or all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Shengold has designed the overall series to cover a variety of topics that appeal to a mixed-level group. A subject might be how to work on dialogue, for example, or how to create a narratorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice, or how to tell a story in images, if you are working on plays and screenplays. Poets, novelists, memoirists, journalists and writers who dabble in multiple genres have taken the stage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or the barstool, as the case may be at Outdated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole series came about because most writers teach. And every time I

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interview somebody who teaches writing, I think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I wish I could sit in on their classes.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Now I can!â&#x20AC;? she says, pulling from a list of authors whom she has interviewed for the magazine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I try to get a balance of teachers who write in different genres: ones who come from different parts of the Hudson Valley and are of different ages and genders. If you go to the whole series, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an arc. And a lot of the people who come are very good writers and some have published already. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun. We create a lively, supportive atmosphere.â&#x20AC;?

Shengold emphasizes the value in exploring genres outside your chosen one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always felt that the more different ways you try to write â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do professionally with passion for the rest of your life or whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re messing around with for fun â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it loosens up something.

It makes you appreciate other kinds of writing as a reader, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried them â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the same way that if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever played an instrument in the high school band or strummed a guitar, you listen to music a little differently. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for writers to puddle-hop among genres. Everything feeds everything else. One of the writers I interviewed, Nancy Willard, says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Many buckets, same well.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to get people to pick up a few different buckets.â&#x20AC;?

To that end, she has scheduled a fabulous lineup for the spring series, including Marilyn Johnson (Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble, The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries, and This Book Is Overdue!

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Iâ&#x20AC;?; Eamon Grennan (Out of Sight) with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detailâ&#x20AC;?; Edwin Sanchez (Plays by Edwin Sanchez and Autobiography of a Puerto Rican Demigod) with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Making Dramaâ&#x20AC;?; and Cornelius Eady (Hardheaded Weather) with â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Music of Words.â&#x20AC;?

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The series will be bookended with something new: two sessions of Word CafĂŠ Salon. On March 12 and June 25, Word CafĂŠ participants and friends will have an open-mic opportunity: four whole minutes to share their work with others in a warm and welcoming environment.

Signup starts at 6 p.m. and readings will begin at 6:30 at these events. Also new (and free) is a special event at the Woodstock Library Forum, directed

by Michael Perkins: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Writers Teach Writing.â&#x20AC;? Shengold and a group of writers who taught in the inaugural season will have a panel discussion on how to teach writing, with Sari Botton, Laura Shaine Cunningham, Alison Gaylin, Amitava Kumar, Jana Martin, Greg Olear, Abigail Thomas and Mark Wunderlich. This session will start at 6 p.m.

Be bold. Try something new to spring into a fresh season of creative writing.

And what better place to hang out than Outdated, where stories hide everywhere you look? Shengold has even used the actual room full of antiques as a writing prompt: Choose an object in the room and write a story from the voice of the person who owned it first. Guest authorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books are always available for purchase (thanks to the Golden Notebook), and Outdatedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great food and fabulous coffee are available for purchase from 5:30 until class starts at 6:30 (a change from last fall) and again during the break. Seating is first-come, first-served. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ann Hutton Word CafĂŠ, Thursdays; Spring Salon, March 12; weekly classes, April 2-May 28; Summer Salon, June 25, 6:30-8 p.m.; $15/class, $10/salon, $125/full series, Outdated: an antique cafĂŠ, 314 Wall Street, Kingston.

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(Clockwise from top): Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art at the north end of the Dutchess Community College campus; Inside the Ritz Library in Hudson Hall; and DCC president Dr. Pamela Edington.

Higher ed for high numbers With more than 9,000 students and one of the most affordable tuitions in the state, DCC president Pamela Edington champions the largest student body in the Mid-Hudson Valley

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ast August, Dutchess Community College (DCC) got a new president: its fifth since its founding in 1957 and its first woman. Since taking the job at the college with the largest student population in the mid-Hudson Valley, Dr. Pamela R. Edington has lost no time in pursuing two of her goals, which are forming and strengthening relations with community partners and developing more programs of study to meet the region’s workforce needs.

DCC recently formed a new partnership with the Poughkeepsie City School District and Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation to prepare academically at-risk high school students for skilled jobs in technological fields.

Participating Poughkeepsie students will be provided with an integrated sequence of high school and college coursework, mentoring by engineering professionals and workplace experience, culminating in a high school diploma and a college Associate’s degree in the field of Engineering. The initiative is funded through a New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) grant, and is one of ten awarded public/private partnerships in the state.

A native of Minnesota, Edington holds an EdD in Educational Policy, Research and Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an MA in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Sociology from the College of St. Benedict/ St. John’s University in Collegeville,

Minnesota. Previously she was dean of Academic Affairs and provost at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut, and before that she spent 19 years at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts, first as a Sociology professor and ultimately dean of Social Science and Human Services.

Edington, who was selected for the Dutchess post from a pool of 50 applicants, has been recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding community college leaders: In 2011, she was honored by the Community College National Center for Community Engagement as a “Beacon of Vision, Hope and Action” for her commitment to service learning and civic engagement.

Almanac Weekly’s Lynn Woods recently

spoke with Edington:

What motivated you to pursue a career in education, specifically at the community college level?

After I my got Master’s degree in

Sociology at Notre Dame, I went back to my hometown in Minnesota and had an opportunity to serve as the executive director of a community-based women’s center. Much of the work I did was about education, working on sexism, racism and

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March 12, 2015 domestic violence; I was a community educator. One of my college mentors offered me the opportunity to work as a faculty member at my alma mater. I taught Women’s Studies and Sociology.

Due to chance or good luck, I had the opportunity to teach and understand the kind of transformative influence you could have as an educator, and that was the turning point for me.

My first experience in a community college was in Massachusetts. I was hired to teach International Relations as an adjunct faculty teacher. When you work with community college students, it’s almost as if you can see the transformation happen before your eyes... Many are the first generation in their family to go to college. Our faculty and staff have a strong influence on the students, and find great reward in helping show them how to achieve their goals.

We operate the institution in such a way that we can continue to provide a highquality education at an affordable price.

Education at the community college level is certainly democracy in action, in terms of the across-the-board access and opportunities provided.

I don’t know where we’d be as a country if community colleges weren’t as prolific as they are. Nearly 50 percent of students nationwide are enrolled in a community college, and yet so many more people in our country need an education. The other challenge for us is that once students enroll, we want to make sure they have a successful experience.

Who’s eligible to attend?

Access has always been a cornerstone of the community college mission, so anyone who has completed a high school course of study is eligible to enter.

What percent of graduating DCC students transfer to four-year colleges?

More than 80 percent. Our two main transfer schools are SUNY-New Paltz and Marist College, although students transfer throughout all the SUNY institutions and private colleges both in and out of state. We’re very proud that 66 percent of our graduates have no student debt when they leave our college.

M a r i s t and SUNY-New Paltz have been good partners.

We actually have a Bridges to Excellence program with Marist, in which students are coadmitted to Marist and DCC and receive transfer support from Marist. For families to pay our tuition for two years [of their college education] is a huge savings.

Due to chance or good luck, I had the opportunity to teach and understand the kind of transformative influence you could have as an educator, and that was the turning point for me.

What is your graduation rate?

If you’re using the standard graduation rate of how many students graduate in three years, it’s under 30 percent.

However, if you look at the number of students who’ve graduated, transferred to another institution or are still enrolled, the number goes up to 85 percent. Our numbers compare very favorably when benchmarked against other institutions.

You’ve spent many years at two community colleges in New England. What’s different about Dutchess?

The thing that has most impressed me about DCC is the percentage of local students from the area who come to this college. Thirty-eight percent of all the students from Dutchess County who attend college choose to come to DCC, which is a much higher percentage than that of my two previous institutions.

When you think of all the options to go to a post-secondary institution, across the state and across the country, it really is a high number. And they not only come to school here, they stay in the area: Over 90 percent of DCC graduates stay in the county or the state of New York.

What is your enrollment?

We have over 9,000 students, of which approximately 2,000 are students taking courses in the high schools for college credit. Six thousand are on the main campus, in Poughkeepsie, and another 1,500 attend classes in our satellite campus in Wappingers Falls. Three years ago we built a residence hall on the main campus, which has 462 beds, so that’s the number living on campus.

What’s the tuition?

It’s $3,200 a year, which for 15 years has been the lowest annual tuition throughout the state. Economic pressures make it difficult to keep the tuition that low. We’ve had a stable contribution by the county.

That’s good, but it would be better if it were increasing. We also receive funds from the state. Our Board of Trustees and administration are committed to maximizing these sources. We are maintaining student access to the college.

Does that open admissions policy create a great need for remedial courses?

We work with students to bring them up to the college level. It’s a national issue, that students coming out of high school are not prepared for college, and we experience that as well. The City of Poughkeepsie school system, for example, is struggling with a graduation rate of only 51 to 55 percent, so it takes a concerted effort.

Does DCC have a role in helping boost that graduation rate?

A couple of weeks after I started we applied for a state-funded P-TECH (Pathways in Technology Early College) grant, which is designed to fund a six-year collaboration between a school district, a community college and an industry partner. We were successful in receiving a $2.1 million grant and are working now on a six-year program of study in partnership with the City of Poughkeepsie school system and Central Hudson. (SUNY-New Paltz is also a partner.)

Students in the Poughkeepsie School District come into the program in ninth grade, and after six years will graduate with a high school diploma and Associate’s degree. They’ll pursue an Engineering or related degree and will be first in line for jobs at Central Hudson.

The program will launch next fall with 50 students, and 300 will be enrolled when the program is in full swing in six years. We’ll also be adding other employers, such as the Chazen Companies.

This also gives us the opportunity to build a close collaboration with the City of Poughkeepsie schools, so we can identify other opportunities in which we can work together. It’s an early win for my administration.

What is your reaction to President Obama’s proposal to make community colleges tuition-free?

Anything that sheds the national spotlight on community colleges and their importance in building an educated citizenry is positive and productive. I’ll be interested to see how this proposal develops. We have a similar initiative here, the Conklin Scholarship, where, through our Foundation, Dutchess County students who graduate in the top ten percent of their high school can attend DCC tuition-free for two years. It’s a very successful program and one of which we’re very proud.

Another goal of yours is to “implement

a service learning program that offers opportunities for students to deepen their academic learning while helping to meet community-defined needs.” Any action on that front?

We’re in the process of creating a service learning program. It’s in line with a SUNY initiative, endorsed by Governor Cuomo, to ensure graduates have applied learning experience while strengthening the education experience by connecting theory with practice. The idea is to hone and test students’ skills in coming up with solutions to real-world problems.

In the past six months I’ve had opportunities to meet and talk with numerous community organizations, and I’m asking them what their needs are. Once we can identify what needs to be done, we can integrate the community’s needs with what we’re doing here at the college. It’s a work-in-progress, and we’ll be doing some faculty training in the spring. We’re looking to have at least one pilot course integrated with service learning in the fall semester.

Would that program have ripple effects?

There are many reasons why it will strengthen the educational experience, but the most important is that it enables the student to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom to the local community.

As a post-secondary institution, part of our responsibility is to teach our students how to be good civic citizens, which means understanding what the local problems are and how to be part of the solution.

We have a local food pantry and lunch program for people in need. Marist and Vassar students routinely participate at the meal service, interacting with people.

We need to have our DCC students, who will continue to work and live and vote here, to have the same kind of opportunity to be involved in the local community, whether it’s helping solve environmental problems or assisting at the public schools or health-related organizations.

Does this initiative fit in with your plan to establish more local partnerships?

Yes, definitely. Late last week I met with IBM and United Way about United Way’s program to strengthen reading in

17 the third grade. Students being able to read at a third-grade level is one of the key indicators of their future success, so a lot of people need to be invested to make sure that happens. Instead of working alone, it’s better that we coordinate our work so we can strengthen the outcomes.

Thankfully there’s a lot of interest here in doing that. A lot of social organizations are invested in improving life here in Dutchess County, and we’re eager to collaborate and happy to have the college be part of that initiative.

Do you worry about the state of higher education funding in New York?

We’re in the process of advocating for the governor’s budget to increase the state’s investment in public higher education. It seems to go hand-in-hand with the state’s ambitions as a whole. New York should have the highest educational standards in the country, and SUNY should be the driver of that. We’re hoping the state legislature will support the increase in funding for our educational institutions.

We know that to have high success rates with students, you need support, which typically has to do with their interaction with faculty or a staff member. You need human resources on campus to support career counseling or mental health, or academic advising or tutoring, and you need a sufficient number of full-time faculty to offer an educational program.

It’s an expensive proposition, and keeping it affordable is an ongoing challenge. We want the state to see this as an investment in our future.

Where would you like the college to be five years from now?

I would like to see that we are universally recognized as having had a pivotal role in the transformation of the City of Poughkeepsie. Over that same time period, we also must ensure that the investment in our facilities and programs of study at this college, which has been here close to 60 years, continues to be exemplary.

Dutchess County Community College, 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie; (845) 4318010, www.sunydutchess.edu.

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March 12-19 Baby goats at Cornwall’s Edgwick Farm My family had a terrific time at our recent visit to Edgwick Farm in Cornwall. Our tour of this goat micro-dairy and creamery began with co-owners Talitha and Dan in the Viewing Room, where we watched goat cheese being made. From there, our tour leader Cara led us a short distance down the driveway to the shed where we met the farm donkey and the two male goats.

The next stop was the hoop house, a large enclosed space where all of the

adult female goats are housed, with a separate pen inside for the baby goats, or kids.

Cara warned us that goats have no sense of personal space, and we immediately understood what she meant when these affectionate animals walked right up and rubbed up against us, stepped on our feet or climbed on us. If you are small or seated on the ground, the goats get even more physical, so I suggest being extra-watchful with young children who might be easily overwhelmed. My kids discovered that the goats were fond of nibbling on mittens, mouthing the tassels on their hats and chewing on the lift tickets on their jackets,

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i Day is celebrated around the world on March 14, or 3/14, as corresponds with the mathematical constant 3.14… This year is a oncein-a-century event, because 3/14/15; 9:26:53 a.m. are the first ten digits of pi. Our family has traditionally honored this special day as an excuse to eat some form of pie at every meal, from savories such as pizza, quiche, pot pie and shepherds’ pie to favorite sweets like chocolate cream pie, sweet potato, blueberry and apple.

Pick up a pie at the St. Baldrick’s Day bake sale in Saugerties and support a good cause while you indulge. My kids’ favorite part of Pi Day is smashing whipped-cream pies in each other’s faces. Happy Pi Day!

Local dynamo Gloria Darmanin has organized a special event to help raise funds to fight childhood cancer. “St. Baldrick’s Day: Brave the Shave” takes place on Saturday, March 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Senior Citizen Building MultiPurpose Room, located at 207 Market Street in Saugerties. Many children lose their hair during cancer treatments, and this St. Baldrick’s fundraiser features “shavees”: volunteers who will shave their heads in support of these children, to inspire others to donate. This family-friendly event also includes a special performance by 16-year-old singer/ songwriter Katie Hoffstatter, as well as raffles, a bake sale, face-painting, crafting and coloring.

“We have raised over $35,000, but I’m most proud of the awareness being spread here in the Hudson Valley,” writes Darmanin. “Many people didn’t realize that seven children die every single day from cancer in the USA! Every three minutes a child is diagnosed worldwide. Each of our small towns has children and their families fighting the hardest battles of their lives. We want them to know that nobody fights alone. I am in awe of the 80 shavees who have signed up to raise money and stand with these families. Do what you can. Brave the Shave!”

To donate or learn more about the event, call (845) 901-2919, visit www. stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/11646/2015 or look for St. Baldrick’s Day – Saugerties on Facebook.

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which we swiftly tucked away. While we hung out with the animals, Cara answered all of our questions and told us their names.

Next, we lined up to visit the absolutely adorable babies in their enclosure within the hoop house. Only a few people are allowed in at a time, so as not to overwhelm the babies, plus the space is small. The goat kids are snuggly, soft and rambunctious, and they climbed all over us. These babies were in a constant happy swirl around us. One kept climbing up on my son’s back and zipping down his shoulder like a slide. The goats are bottle-fed, but feeding is not usually part of the tours. We got to peek at the milking room before heading back to the Viewing Room for the final leg of our tour: tasting samples of raw goat’s milk and a delectable array of goat cheeses.

The farm is so small and manageable that there is not much walking to do, but the uneven ground won’t work for strollers. The parking is very close to the tour area, and the bathroom is right next to the viewing room.

Our loving interactions with all of the animals more than made up for the little bit of dirt that ended up on our clothes, especially our shoes. Keep in mind that these hooves climbing on us are the same ones that walk in goat urine and droppings on the hay-covered floor. My warm technical pants got covered in bits of straw, so I recommend wearing a fabric that you can just brush off, like jeans. I also suggest bringing clothing that you can change into afterwards, especially shoes.

Edgwick tours are available by reservation only and take place on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Visits are capped at 15 people per tour, and tickets cost $10 per person; children under 2 get in free.

While you’re there, ask where the name Edgwick comes from!

Edgwick Farm is located at 348 Angola Road in Cornwall. For tour reservations or more information, contact (845) 5348707 or edgwickfarm@gmail.com, or visit www.facebook.com/edgwickfarm.

A visit to Jones Farm in Cornwall After we left Edgwick Farm, we made a stop down the road at 100-year-old Jones Farm, where we were warmly greeted by Doris, “everybody’s Grandma.” We gazed at all of the tempting treats in the bakery cases, then were stunned by the sheer size of the gift shop upstairs, which includes an entire children’s room with awesome toys for all ages – and free gift-wrapping! Be sure to check out the art gallery in the small building next door, too. I highly recommend Jones Farm for unique gift-giving with a local focus, for all ages, all tastes and all price points.

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Leprechaun Tales at Poughkeepsie’s Adriance Library Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early with Leprechaun Tales at the Adriance Memorial Library on Thursday, March 12 at 4 p.m. Children from kindergarten through grade 5 are encouraged to wear green and enjoy music, dancing, crafting and a leprechaun story.

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Kleinert in Woodstock presents mentalist Lucas Handwerker Mentalist Lucas Handwerker challenges our perceptions of what’s possible in this weekend’s event, “The Hidden.” On Saturday, March 14 at 8 p.m. at the Kleinert/James Art Center, Handwerker draws from hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming and psychological suggestion to demonstrate his remarkable talents and skill, opening our minds to go beyond what we perceive as personal limitations.

Handwerker elaborates, “My work is based on one simple idea, a belief. It is my belief that in the right state of mind all people are capable of all things. It is my goal to explore this state of mind with my audiences, and facilitate a process.”

Tickets cost $20. The Kleinert/ James Art Center is located at 36 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For tickets or more information, visit http:// woodstockguild.org/lucashandwerker. html. To learn more about this local young man and his amazing work, visit www. lucashandwerker.com.

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This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not required.

The Gardiner Library is located at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike in Gardiner. For more information, call (845) 255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.org.

trumpeter John “Dizzy” Gillespie. The book is geared for third and fourth grades, but would be enjoyed by children and youth of all ages. This author event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested.

Oblong Books is located at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck. For more information or reservations, call (845) 876-0500 or visit www.oblongbooks. com. To learn more about the author, visit www.garygolio.com.

Barefoot Dance Company in Rhinebeck

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Introduce modern dance to your family this Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. The youth of the Barefoot Dance Company will inspire all ages with its powerful and innovative choreography. I always leave a Barefoot performance feeling upbeat and energized!

Tickets cost $7 for children, $9 for adults and seniors. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck is located at 661 Route 308. For tickets or more information, call (845) 876-3080 or visit http://centerforperformingarts.org. To learn more about the performers, visit http://barefootdancecenter.com.

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Gustafer Yellowgold visits Kingston Library What a treat it is to attend a Gustafer Yellowgold concert, an event of live music accompanied by animated visuals. But this weekend, your family doesn’t have to travel very far: The performance takes place right in Kingston – and it’s free! On Saturday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. at the Kingston Library, come hear Morgan Taylor perform Gustafer Yellowgold’s latest CD, Wisdom Tooth of Wisdom, as well as classic favorites such as “Cakenstein.”

If you have attended a Gustafer show before, you already understand my enthusiasm. If this is your first Gustafer concert, get ready for lots of excellent music, whimsical art and a whole lot of fun. This show is for all ages, and free and open to the public.

The Kingston Library is located at 55 Franklin Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 331-0507 or visit www.kingstonlibrary.org. To learn more about the music, visit http:// gustaferyellowgold.com.

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already know of some teens and other youth who are looking forward to Grammy-winner Steve Gorn’s presentations at SUNY-Ulster. Gorn, an Indian bansuri (bamboo flute) master, describes his intention: “My goal is to stop time and bring people to that sacred space where heart and mind meet…that’s my music.” “The Universe Hangs on Sound” workshop takes place on Wednesday, March 18 at 1 p.m.; the “Luminous Ragas: Indian Classical Music” concert on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m.; the “World Music” concert on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.; and “Music in the World” workshop on Wednesday, April 15 at 1 p.m. All presentations take place in the College Lounge and are free and open to the public.

SUNY-Ulster is located at 491 Cottekill Road in Stone Ridge. For more information, call (845) 687-5262 or visit www.sunyulster.edu. To learn more about the performer, visit http://stevegorn.com.

– Erica Chase-Salerno

Maple sugaring demo in Hudson I hope your family is able to attend one of the many maple-sugaring events that take place this time of year. This time of transition from winter to spring and its warmer days/cold nights is exactly the dynamic required for sap to run, and it’s a short season before the temperature settles into warmer highs. Our family just put our own few taps in last week.

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Curious about how it’s done? On Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m., head to the Farm at Miller’s Crossing to learn about modern and traditional sugaring techniques, and possibly a taste of fresh syrup! This program is free and open to the public of all ages.

The Farm at Miller’s Crossing is located at 81 Roxbury Road in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 392-5252 or visit http://clctrust.org.

Kids’ author Gary Golio at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck How can one convey the vibrant musical exchange that takes place between jazz musicians? To help show it as a collaborative effort, building a tune together? It looks like local and Caldecott-winning author Gary Golio has captured it!

On Saturday, March 14 at 6 p.m. at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, meet Golio and hear a reading from his children’s book Bird & Diz, a story of legendary musicians making music together: saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker and

Would you like to help out the Mohonk Preserve? Interested volunteers should register at volunteers@ mohonkpreserve.org. This weekend kicks off a series of volunteer training events at the Visitor Center. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, March 14, Photography and Backcountry Patrol; Saturday, March 21, Interpretive Guides; Saturday, March 28, Phenology; Wednesday, April 1, Gardeners; Saturday, April 4, Hike Leaders; Wednesday, April 8, Educators; Saturday, April 18, Trailkeepers and Bike Patrol/GUMBA; Saturday, April 25, Special Events, Front Desk and Administrative.

The Visitor Center is located at 3197 State Route 55 in Gardiner. To register or for more information, call (845) 2550919 or visit http://mohonkpreserve.org/ training.

Therapeutic Riding & Driving Center seeks volunteers Adults and teens aged 14 years and older who would like to volunteer with horses are invited to attend any one of three training sessions at the High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving Center. The workshops are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, March 14, Saturday, April 11 or Saturday, May 9.

High & Mighty is located at 71 County Route 21C in Ghent. For more information or to register, call (518) 672-4202 or visit http://high-n-mighty.org.

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Scout troop for adults in Kingston Are you an energetic, communityminded, outdoorsy adult, age 18 or older? Wish you could have your own scout experience as an adult? The Hudson Valley’s local Baden-Powell Scout troop, the 91 st Sojourners, invites you to learn about joining the troop’s new Rover section. Find out more at the Rover meet-up this Sunday, March 15 from 2 to 3 p.m. at Outdated Café. Baden-Powell is coed, inclusive and focused on traditional outdoor skills and serving the community.

Outdated Café is located at 314 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information or reservations, visit http:// bpsa-us.org/program/rovers or e-mail 91stsojourners@gmail.com.

Kids’ Day in the Sugarbush at Mohonk Preserve For a fun and interesting maplesugaring presentation, register your family to attend Kids’ Day in the Sugarbush at the Mohonk Preserve taking place on Sunday, March 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. Take an easy one-mile hike to learn about maple trees, sap collection and how this glorious liquid transforms into syrup. This program is open to kids age 4 and up and costs $5 per person, due at registration.

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ou’d think, after so many years of gardening and a love of fruits being such a important part of said gardening, that by now I would have planted every fruit that I might ever have wanted to plant.

Not so!

Hard to imagine, but even here in the 21st century, new fruits are still coming down the pike. I don’t mean apples with grape flavor (marketed as “grapples”), a mango nectarine (actually, just a nectarine that looks vaguely like a mango) or strawmato (actually a strawberry-shaped tomato).

There are plenty of truly new fruits, in the sense of kinds of fruits hardly known to most people, even fruit mavens. Over the years, I’ve tried a number of them. Aronia is a beautiful fruit that makes a beautiful juice, so it’s getting more press these days.

I grew it and thought that it tasted awful.

Goji’s another one in the public’s eye for its many health benefits and ease of growing; it also tasted terrible, and I also escorted that plant to the compost pile.

Some lesser-known kin of raspberry had greater potential. I planted Arctic raspberry, which grows as a groundcover and has been used in breeding for the good flavor that it imparts to its offspring.

The plant never bore for me. Salmonberry and thimbleberry similarly had gustatory potential, but never bore well in my garden. I’ll give these plants another try someday.

I’m tentative about honeyberries, which are blue-fruited, edible species of honeysuckle that bear young, fruit early in the season and weather cold to minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit. The “blueberrylike fruit” is so only in being blue. I planted a couple of bushes about 20 years ago and was not impressed with their yield or flavor – but I admit to neglecting the

Advance registration is required and includes directions to the meet-up location.

For more information or to register, call (845) 255-0919 or visit http:// mohonkpreserve.org/events.

“Ferdinand & Friends” concert at Hudson Opera House Enjoy a live classical music romp with your family at “Ferdinand & Friends: A Musical Menagerie” this Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. at the Hudson Opera House. This family concert is free and open to the public and includes works of Saint-Saëns Honegger, Ridout, Prokofiev and more. Instrumentation features flute, violin and double bass, accompanied by story narration.

The Hudson Opera House is located at 327 Warren Street in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 822-1438 or visit http://hudsonoperahouse.org.

Zen Kids program at Mt. Tremper’s Zen Mountain Monastery The next Zen Mountain Monastery’s monthly Zen Kids program takes place this Sunday, March 15 with the theme “Not Doing Harm.” The three-hour play program is a parent cooperative that incorporates caretaking, creative

plants. More importantly, a lot of breeding has been done to improve the plants since I put my bushes in the ground. Stay tuned for my tastebuds’ report on the flavor of recently planted Blue Mist, Blue Moon and Blue Sea honeyberries.

Reading what I just wrote might give the impression that planting any fruit except apples, peaches and cherries (the usual, that is) leads to either failure or tentative flavor. Again, not so!

Uncommon fruits adaptable over large swaths of the country that are easy to grow and have excellent flavor include pawpaw, American persimmon, gooseberry, blackcurrant, hardy kiwifruit, Nanking cherry and alpine strawberry: all documented in detail in my book Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden. All these plants grow and bear with little or no intervention on my part (and are available from such nurseries as www. onegreenworld.com and www.raintree. com).

Seaberry (Hippophae rhamnoides) didn’t make it into the book, which includes only “dessert fruits” – that is, those you can enjoy by just popping them into your mouth. But I’m happy that I gave these bushes some of my real estate. Juiced, diluted and sweetened, the delectable flavor is akin to rich orange juice mixed with pineapple. What’s more, the bushes are decorative and tolerate neglect, cold, drought and deer.

This spring I’m planting a new kind of a somewhat-familiar fruit: black raspberries. They’re also called blackcaps, and grow wild along woodland borders, which is where I gather my harvest. (A ripe blackcap comes off the plant with a hollow core, like a thimble, in contrast to a ripe black-

expression and outdoor time, and concludes with a community lunch.

Interested participants may join in for single sessions or continue attending monthly.

The Zen Mountain Monastery is located at 871 Plank Road in Mount Tremper. For more information or to register, call (845) 688-7993 or e-mail zuisei@dharma.net.

To learn more about the community, visit http://zmm.mro.org.

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Juiced, diluted and sweetened, the delectable flavor of seaberries (above) is akin to rich orange juice mixed with pineapple. What’s more, the bushes are decorative and tolerate neglect, cold, drought and deer.

berry, whose core persists.)

Blackcaps have perennial roots, but their stems are typically biennial, growing only leaves their first year, fruiting in midsummer of their second year and then dying. Two new blackcap varieties, Niwot (www.noursefarms.com) and Ohio’s Treasure (www.hartmannsplantcompany. com), do this one better: They start to bear on new canes towards the end of the first season, then bear again on those same canes, now one year old, in midsummer of the following year. You reap two crops per year: one in midsummer and one in late summer going on into fall. Or, for easier care but only one crop per annum, the whole planting is mowed to the ground each year for a late summer/fall harvest.

These two-crop blackcaps, just like twocrop (sometimes called everbearing) red and yellow raspberries, have the added advantage of bearing their first crop the same year that they are planted. My plan is to plant in mid-April, even though right now more than a foot of snow still blankets the ground.

Snow or no snow, I’m sowing vegetable seeds, the second wave of the season. (My seed sources are www.fedcoseeds.com, www.sustainableseedco.

“Adverse Childhood Experiences” to be examined at Marist Mark your calendars for “Adverse Childhood Experiences” with Dr. Robert F. Anda on Thursday, March 26 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Nelly Goletti Theater at Marist College. Dr. Anda designed this study, one of the largest investigations into connections between childhood maltreatment and adult health and social problems,

com, www.johnnyseeds.com and www. reneesgarden.com.) Today, the lineup includes the new varieties (for me) Tuscan Baby Leaf kale, Tiburon Ancho hot pepper and Round of Hungary and Odessa Market sweet peppers. With encores for their good past performance are Gustas Brussels sprouts, Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, Winterbor kale and Carmen Sweet, Sweet Italia and Italian Pepperoncini sweet peppers.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Master Gardener Horticulture Hotline is now open to help gardeners prepare for the 2015 growing season. Call (845) 340-DIRT (3478) with your questions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon from now through October. The service is free. For a fee, soil-testing and pest identification are also available.

– 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.

which can help to support prevention and recovery. Registration costs $20 and is due by March 20.

Marist College is located at 3399 North Road in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 452-1110, extension 3431, or visit www.facebook. com/familyserviceshv.

– Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno wishes everyone a happy Pi Day! She can be reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

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Come in to check out the Grand Opening Specials.

View schedule at vitalityyogaflow.com. Vitality Yoga Flow, Stop ‘n Shop Plaza, across from Health & Nutrition.

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

9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After 50 with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Town Hall, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters.

Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, $1.

10AM-5PM John Ruppert’s Yellow Orb/Homage to Van Gogh. Continues through May 31. Info: 914-232-9555. Katonah Museum of Art, 134 Jay St, Katonah.

10:30AM Book Worms - Intergenerational Program. ongoing every Thurs, 10:30am, thru the end of March. Area seniors read to children.

Info: 845-481-7332. Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

11AM Career Services Workshop, “The Art of Interviewing.” Info: 845-341-341-4444. SUNY Orange, Shepard Student Center, Room 352, Middletown.

12PM-4PM Arlington Farmers’ Indoor Market.

845-437-7035 or alihall@vassar.edu. (Please note that the market will be on hiatus when the College is officially closed. Vassar College, North Atrium, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie.

12:30PM Old Dutch Village Garden Club.

Walls and Walkways. Hilary Finn Gardens.

Info: olddutchvillagegc@gmail.com. St. John’s Reformed Church, Red Hook.

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

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

1:15PM-2:15PM Kathak Dance Workshop. SUNY Ulster’s spring visiting artist Janki Patrik, The Kathak Ensemble’s Artistic Director, unravels her creative process for the three dances in the Ensemble’s upcoming March 20th performance.

Info: www.sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster,New Paltz.

1:15PM World Music and Dance with Janaki Patrik. Info: trottl@sunyulster.edu or www. sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge, free.

2PM-3:30PM Brain Game. The class is open to adults of any skill level and meets every Thursday afternoon. Bring a pad and paper and join the fun! Register for the class by calling 845-2973428. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls.

2PM The Wizard of Oz. Presented by The Stissing Theatre Guild. Info: 518-398-1272. Stissing Mountain Middle/High School, Pine Plains, $12, $10 /student/senior.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour.

Kindergarten and first grades. Info: 845-6872044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM-5PM Mindfulness Meditation Practice every Thursday at Mirabai. 30 minutes sitting meditation followed by 15 minutes walking meditation. Chairs and pillows provided. Feel free to bring your own cushion, if your wish. All levels welcome. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. 679-2100. $5 donation.

4PM-6:30PM Individual Oneness Blessings with Kathy Saulino. Also known as “Deeksha” this blessing is a direct transfer of divine intelligent energy. Each blessing takes 15 minutes.

Please call for appointment times available and arrive a few minutes prior to yourdesignated time.

Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free.

4PM-7PM Free Family Archery Night. 2-Person Indoor Archery Range Session including Bow Rentals. $20/special offer. Kenco, 1000 Hurley Mountain Rd, Kingston, 845-338-5021.

6PM Hudson Valley Playwrights. Every Thursdays. A creative venue for local playwrights to

developnew works, from first inspiration to final production. RSVP. Info: 845-217-0734, hudsonvalleyplaywrights@gmail.com, or www.hudsonvalleyplaywrights.com. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

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6PM-7PM Very Little Red Schoolhouse Open House . The center specializes in infant and toddler care - either full-time or part-time. Info: t 845-340-8515. Very Little Red Schoolhouse, 629 Lucas Ave, Hurley.

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

6 PM-7 PM One Book, Many Communities: “Mornings in Jenin.” Novel by Palestinian-American author and activist Susan Abulhawa. Open to all. Reg. reqr’d. Info: 845 679-8851. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

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6PM Woodstock Transition Garden Share Working Group Potluck. Guest speaker from Clove Valley Farm- Aileah Kvashy. Public welcome! Info: 845-679-0779 or www.woodstocknytransition.org. 23 Simmons Dr, Woodstock.

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

6PM LEGO Building Fun! For ages 5-12. Registration required. Call 845-331-0507, ext. 7 to register. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

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

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org.

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6:30PM-8:30PM Talk: “The World Within.”

An inquiry into the truth of the divisive nature of the human mind, its impact on relationship, and its connection with society and the world.

Presented by The Krishnamurti Foundation of America. Info: 845-514-0194. Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock.

7PM Open Mic Night. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

7PM Special Money Workshop: How Do You Feel About Money? Ceil Berlin, LCSW, and Carol Light, PhD. will be leading a discussion about money. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.starrlibrary.org or 845-876-4030. Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck.

7PM Word of Mouth Poetry Series: Matthew J. Spireng. Open Reading w/ 5 minute limit. Info: hotpoetrygoddess@gmail.com or 845-331-6713.

The Artbar Gallery, 674 Broadway, Kingston, $3 /suggested donation.

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

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

7PM-8:30PM Book Discussion. On-going every Thurs, 7-8:30pm. This group is intended for people who already have some background in the study and/or practice of Tibetan Buddhism. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@kagyu.org. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free /no reg req.

7PM Fireside “Chat” at St. James’ Chapel. “FDR, Huguenot Street, and Remembering the Past.”

Lecture to be presented by Thomas Weikel, Director of Strategic Planning at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz. . Reception will follow. Info: 845-229-2820 ( St. James’ Chapel, 7PM Boughton Place’s Conversations. Conversations takes place on the second Thursday of each month. Info: boughtonplace@gmail.com or 845-691-7578 or www.boughtonplace.org.

Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10, $5 /senior/student.

7PM-9PM Japanese Movie Night. “Space Pirate Captain Harlock” Anime. Directed by Shinji Aramaki, written by Leiji Matsumoto. Info: www.

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

7PM Gurdjieff Movements Class. Collective body of sacred dances that were collected or authored by G. I. Gurdjieff and taught to his students as part of the work of self observation and self study. Info: 845-527-6205. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, 34 Tinker St, Woodstock, $5.

7 PM Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting. Second Thursday of every month. Info: 845-418-3640. Shawangunk Town Hall, 14 Central Ave, Wallkill.

7PM Richard Price - “The Whites” in conversation with WAMC’s Joe Donahue. Tickets at www. oblongbooks.com. Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff, $34.

7:30PM Woodstock Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners Meeting. Regular monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month.

Info: 845-679-9955 or www.woodstockfiredept. org. Fire Co. #1, 242 Tinker St, Woodstock.

7:30PM-10PM Salsa Workshop at MaMA. The Rueda All Stars Dance Company from Santiago, Cuba to teach a Salsa Workshop. All levels of experience are welcome. One night only. Info: 845-687-8890 or www.ComeToMa MA .org.

Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St, Stone

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

how it works

Ridge, $20.

246-4317, x 3.

8PM Faculty Recital. Blanca Uribe, professor emerita, and Richard Wilson present music for two pianos. Info: 845-437-7319 or www.music. vassar.edu. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie.

5PM-7PM Hyde Park Knights of Columbus 21st Annual Lenten Fresh Fish Fry. Serving every Friday during Lent, except Good Friday. For take out orders please call 845-229-6111 after 4:30PM each Friday. Hyde Park K of C, Route 9G, Hyde Park.

8PM Grace Street and Rising from the Ashes: An Evening of Arts-based Research Performance.

Info: www.newpaltz.edu/music or 845-257-2700.

SUNY New Paltz, Parker Theatre, New Paltz, $8, $6, $3.

8:30PM Sunburst Brothers and their Cousins.

Classic Country, Hillbilly Harmony, Rhythm & Western Music . No Cover at Catskill Mountain Pizza, 51 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, 845-6797969, www.catskillmountainpizza.com.

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

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9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

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

10AM-2PM Free Tax Preparation through the AARP Tax-Aide Program. Appointments are scheduled on the hour and the last appointment for the day is at 1 p.m. Res. Reqr’d. Info: 845889-4683. Staatsburg Library, 72 Old Post Rd, Staatsburg.

12PM Mystery Book Discussion: “Presumed Innocent” by Scott Turow. Info: 845-229-7791.

Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Fire Co #1, Rt 212, Woodstock.

1PM Chancellor Livingston Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Meeting. Program: Kjirsten Gustavson, Education Director at Clermont “18th Century-Underwhere?” Info: 845-87 -1777. General Richard and Janet Livingston Montgomery House, 77 Livingston.

1PM - 3PM Kingston Library Ravelers Needlework Group. Meets every Friday, 1-3pm in the Story Hour Room. Adult knitters, crocheters and other types of needleworkers are welcome to join this informal gathering. Bring your needles, hooks, yarn, and other supplies, as well as ideas, patterns, and finished work to share and discuss.

For info call the library at 331-0507 or email Michele at micdelp@aol.com.

2PM-3:30PM Afternoon Games. Fun afternoon of board and card games for adults. Play an old favorite or learn a new one! Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.

4PM-5:30PM Science Club for Kids. The library’s scientist friends from Bard are back to do fun science experiments! For kids in 1st grade and up. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.

4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties,

5PM Opening Reception: Peace & Justice -A Regional Juried Show by Elisa Pritzker.

Regional artists and designers will present their visual interpretations of the concepts of peace and justice. Exhibits through 4/17. Info: trottl@ sunyulster.edu or www.sunyulster.edu. SUNYUlster, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge.

6PM-9PM Catskill Mountains Acoustic Slow Jam, A group of friendly acoustic musicians meets once a month to play Bluegrass, Old Time, Irish, and Catskills fiddle tunes. Info: 845.254.5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine 6PM Murder Mystery Dinner & Fundraiser: ‘Til Death Do Us Part. Guests will be transported back in time to 1928 to attend the wedding reception of two famous silent film stars. A periodappropriate dinner will be prepared. Reg reqr’d.

Info:www.huguenotstreet.org/murdermystery or 845-255-1660. Deyo Hall, 6 Broadhead Ave, New Paltz, $225 /couple, $125 /individual.

6:15PM Kabbalat Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner.

Kosher dairy or parve please. Followed by services at 7:30p.m. The Kerhonkson Synagogue, 26 Minnewaska Trail, Ellenville, 626-2010.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: The Holmes Brothers.

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

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Book Reading: Barbara Neiman. Author of Mindfulness and Yoga Skills for Children and Adolescents. Info: 845-255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz.

7PM-11PM Zydeco Dance with River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs. 7pm: Free beginners’ dance lesson. 8-11pm: Dance to live music. No partner necessary; all are welcome. Info: 845-255-7061.

White Eagle Benevolent Soc, 487 Delaware Ave, Kingston, $15, $10 /student w/ID. 7PM “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” The musical is the story of a simple window washer who makes his way into the high corporate echelon, and includes such songs as “The Brotherhood of Man” and “I Believe in You”. Info: 845- 229-4000. F. D. Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 156 South Cross Rd, Hyde Park, $12, $6 /senior/student.

7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Frank Luther on bass, John Esposito on piano, Mike DeMicco on guitar, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists. No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville, 518-678-3101.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Oz Noy Trio - with David Letterman Band’s Anton Fig & Will Lee! Opener: The Compact. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7:30PM Live at the Elmendorph. An intimate music concert featuring Roger & Lenny, with special guest Maggie Rothwell. Presented by Red Hook Public Library. Info: 845-758-3241. Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N Broadway, Red Hook, free.

8PM Second Friday Jams Ladies Night. Jeff Entin and Bob Blum welcome Robin Baker, Melinda DiMaio,Terri Massardo, Margie Zintz, and Shana Entin for a very special Ladies Night Jam.High Falls Cafe, High Falls. Info: 845-6872699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net.

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

8PM Dutchess County Singles Dance. Info: www.meetup.com/Dutchess-County-Singles or www.dutchesscountysingles.org or dcsingles28@

enter. Deadline: Wed, May 27, Artwork must be inspired by themes from this year’s Big Read book selection, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Info: www.poklib.org.Adriance Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Hudson Valley Restaurant .Week 2015 (through 3/22). Nearly 200 of the region’s top restaurants offer prix fixe, three-course dinners for $29.95 and lunches for $20.95. Many chefs use New York product on their Restaurant Week menus. Whether it’s trying a new place or returning to a true favorite wherever you choose to dine Restaurant Week means a good deal on a great meal. Info: www.hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com..

Theater Improv Games for Everyone. Access the joyful, fearless you using Keith Johnstone’s methodology! Starts April 2nd, 7:30-9:30pm, four classes $100, uptown Kingston.

Space limited. Call Kathleen Donovan to register at 684-5219.

Woodstock Writers Festival (3/193/22). This is one of the gems of spring here in Woodstock. You can take workshops, attend lectures and meet some of thewriters in the country. For the complete schedule and to purchase individual tickets or full festival passes visit www.woodstockwriters.com.

Claryville: Maple Sugar Open House (3/21, 3/22, 3/28 & 3/29). Visit one of Frost Valley’s maple sugar open houses to learn about how pure maple syrup is made. See the tap to table process, identify a sugar maple tree, see our evaporator, and try a sample of fresh syrup. Free and advance registration is not required. Our Maple Sugar/ Sap House is 1 mi. east of our main entrance at 2000 Frost Valley Road, Claryville; 10am-4pm; For more information contact the Natural Resource Department at 845-985-2291, x 397; www.frostvalley.org/event/maplesugar-open-house.

Meditation Retreat: Understanding the Mind (3/14,10am-5pm). A day of immersion in contemplation and meditation. Includes delicious vegetarian lunch. Shanti Mandir,51 Muktananda Mar, Walden,www.shantimandir.com

or 845-778 -1008.

Meditation Intensive with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda(4/11,9AM-4PM). A day immersed in meditation. Guided sessions, discussion and stillness.

Includes a delicious vegetarian lunch. at Shanti Mandir51 Muktananda Mar, Walden,www.shantimandir.com or 845- 778-1008.

Concert: For Tibet with Love (3/14, 8pm) . Featuring Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith, Nhuchhe Narayan & Friends. Tenzin Choegyal’s international award-winning music has been described as “beautifully evocative,” “healing,” and “transcendent.” With a particular connection to the music of the nomads of his homeland, Tenzin is celebrated for his extraordinary vocal ability and skill on the Tibetan lute and bamboo flute. Made possible in part through the generous support of DLMWeb. Table seating with refreshments. Tickets $20. Buy online at http://www.tibetancenter.org/events/ or call 845-383-1774. The Tibetan Center, 875 Route 28, Kingston.

Concert to Benefit Brain Cancer Patient 4/11). Groove to the smooth sounds of reggae during the “Leith of Life : Reggae Concert and Benefit” at Bearsville Theater (291 Tinker Street) in honor of local cancer patient Leith Rogovin. Early show starting at 5 pm. A late-night show will kick off at 8:30 pm with renowned performer DJ Downbeat the Ruler and guests Brigadier Jerry, Jeremiah, Sister Nancy, Jah Eyes and Ranking Joe. Woodstock jazz artist Studio Stu will emcee the early show and Leah Boss will emcee the latenight show. Proceeds from the concert and a corresponding silent auction will be collected through the nonprofit HelpHOPELive to pay Rogovin’s uncovered medical expenses. Tickets start at $25, a price that includes admission to REGGAE

yahoo.com. There will be a wide range of music

by DJ Johnny Angel and a light dinner buffet with desert and coffee. Admission is $20.There will be door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Meets every 2nd Friday at 8pm. Elks Lodge #275, 29 Overocker Rd, Poughkeepsie.

8PM La Cage Aux Folles. Broadway musical

by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein will be presented by Up In One Productions. Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts. org Center for Performing Arts, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25 /senior.

8PM Pine Hill Project: Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky. Info: 1-800-745-3000 or www.

SugarLoafpac.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, $35, $30.

8PM-11PM Zydeo Dance. With River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs. 7pm free dance lesson, no partner needed, all welcome. Info: 845-255-7061 or www.hudsonvalleydance.org. White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave, Kingston, $15, $10 /w/ student ID. 8PM ZZ TOP at UPAC. Tickets for original date will be honored at the door. VIP packages available thru Ticketmaster only. Info: www.bardavon.org Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $119, $69.

8PM Magpie in Concert. Info: 845-452-4013 or www.hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Rt. 9 and Church St, Hyde Park, $12, $10 /senior.

all early and late-night reggae performances. Find more information about the event at leithoflife.org. Can’t make the concert? Donations can be made to a fundraising campaign in honor of Rogovin at helphopelive.org or by calling 800.642.8399. Checks can also be mailed “in honor of Leith Rogovin” to HelpHOPELive: 2 Radnor Corporate Ctr., Suite 100, 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, PA. 19087.

TheaterSounds Hudson River Valley Playreading Series presents a staged reading of Sarah Treem’s keenly perceptive play The How and the Why. This performance will take place Saturday, March 21 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road in Kingston. Show time is 7:30pm. Admission is free, contributions appreciated.

West Shokan Maple Weekend (3/21,3/22,3/28 & 3/29). See firsthand how real maple syrup is made and get a tour of our creek-side maple farm.

Marty’s Maple Products, 52 Bell Lane, West Shokan, 845-417-8448; www. mapleweekend.com.

Exhibit: “Gallery Lev Shalem: Works from the Collection.” Select pieces. accessibly priced, from the Woodstock Jewish Congregation’s (WJC) collection of unique works of donated art are now available for special viewing, and are being offered up for sale through 3/7. Info:845-6792218. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 682 Glasco Tnpk, Woodstock.

Call for Artists’ Submissions- The Stories We Tell, the 2015 edition of the Hudson Valley Artists series. The deadline for artist submission is 3/23.

Web: www.dorskymuseum.submittable.com/submit/39262. SUNY New Paltz, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz.

Call for Art - 9th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to

9AM-4PM Abstraction & Large Scale Drawing, (314 - 3/15) Meredith Rosier invites an exploration of alternative methods of drawing in large scale. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-679-2388 or www, woodstockschoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Rte. 212, Woodstock, $217, 10AM-12PM Seed Swap with Joel Benton, by invitation and open to the public. To be followed by a Phoenicia Seed Library led by volunteers from spring - summer. Info: 845- 688-781. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

10AM Super Saturday Morgan Taylor - The Gustafer Yellowgold Show. Info: 845-331-0507 or www.kingstonlibrary.org. Kingston Library, Community Room, 55 Franklin St, Kingston, free.

10AM-4PM Photographing the Nude in the Studio with Dan McCormack. This all-day workshop is intended for photographers at any level. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Please visit www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

3/14

10AM-4PM Phoenix Rising: A Transformational Workshop. Using imaginative journeying and movement/sound to release disfunctional patterns and birth wondrous, vital expressions of your Self. Taught by Kathleen Donovan and Darlene Van de Grift. No experiencenecessary.

Info: 845-684-5219. Phoenicia, $100.

9AM-3PM American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Combination Course.

Exhibit: The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England. Exhibit to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. Thru 6/15.

Info: www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.

The Animal Rights Alliance (T.A.R.A.) Mobile Clinic. Low-cost spay/neuter for cats. Performed by appointment only, by NY state licensed veterinarians. Fee includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, and nail trim. Info: www.tara-spayneuter.org or 845-343-1000.

Children’s Call for Performances of

10:03AM-11:30AM Understanding Anger: Philosophical Discussions. Monthly philosophical series led by Gregory Sadler, a local educator. No advanced reading or registration required. Info: 845-331-0507 or www.kingstonlibrary.org. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

10AM-3PM Annual Catskill French Club Flea Market. Catskill High School, West Main St, Catskill.

9AM-10:30AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Help release the past using gentle energetic healing techniques.

Meets the first Saturday of every month from 11:30am - 1 pm, $15. For more information and to register, contact Cindy at 845-282-6400 or Cindy@ RisingStarEne.

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

9PM Voodoo Orchestra North. Info: 518-8284800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 05 Columbia St, Hudson.

Opening Reception: “Outside the Lines.”

Annual Youth and Student Arts Exhibition Showcases Greene County’s Rising Stars. Exhibits 4/18.

Info: www.greenearts.org, 518-943-3400. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St, Catskill.

Phoenix Rising: A Transformational Workshop using imaginative journeying and movement/sound to release disfunctional patterns and birth wondrous, vital expressions of your Self. Saturday, March 14th, 10am-4pm, $100, Phoenicia. Taught

by Kathleen Donovan and Darlene Van de Grift. No experience necessary. Call 845-684-5219.

and meditation. Includes delicious vegetarian lunch. Shanti Mandir,51 Muktananda Mar, Walden,www.shantimandir.com or 845-778 -1008.

9PM Four Guys in Disguise featuring Vito. Info: 845-229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

Irish I Was Skiing or Riding. Kids can catch the leprechaun who has gold coin chocolate.

Featuring a Irish step dancer performance on the patio. Guinness drinks specials all weekend.

Info: 518-734-4300 or www.windhammountain. com Windham Mountain, Windham.

Capital District Garden & Flower Show (3/27-3/29). Over 17,000 square fee of designed, fully blooming landscape exhibits. Gardens are packed with shrubs, mature trees, colorful flowers & tranquil water features.

Plus 150 garden themed exhibits, wine tastings, & hourly lectures and cooking demonstrations. All offered free with paid admission. Partial proceeds benefit Wildwood Programs.

Hudson Valley Community College, McDonough Sports Complex, Troy.

Advance sale tickets online $10, door/$12.

This course covers basic first aid, CPR techniques, maneuvers for choking victims and how to use an automated external defibrillator. Call 845-4759742 to register Northern Dutchess

10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market . Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest. Info: www.greigfarm.com/hudson-valleyfarmers-market.html. Greig Farm, Pitcher Ln, Red Hook.

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10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

Open every Saturday, 10am-9pm. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston.

10AM-11AM Life Insurance Basics Seminar. All welcome, from young to young at heart. Refreshments served. Info: 845-255-5030. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main St, New Paltz, free.

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

10AM Saturday Morning Family Series. Barefoot DanceCompany. Info: 845-876-3088. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308 |, Rhinebeck, $9, $7 /kids.

10AM -5PM Meditation Retreat: Understanding the Mind. A day of immersion in contemplation

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

10:30AM-1:30PM Teen Geek Here to Help! Do you have questions about how to operate your NOOK, iPod, iPad, Kindle, laptop, or other electronic device? Bring it in to the library and one of our trained “Teen Geeks” will help you! Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

11AM-5PM Exhibit: Jack Shainman Gallery: Currently showing large-scale installations of works by Meleko Mokgosi and “Status Quo,” a group exhibition of artists of the Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC. On view through April 25. The School Open to the Public Every Saturday.25 Broad Street, Village of Kinderhook. www.jackshainman.com/school 11AM-12PM Computer Guts! Appropriate for children 5 to 8 years old. Children will have a chance to see what’s inside a computer and how it all works. Info: 845-255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

11AM-12:30PM Net-Zero Energy Homes. This free presentation is focused on design and construction of single family homes that produce the same amount of energy as they consume. Reg reqr’d. Space limited. Info: 518-280-8992 or info@d-vdesign.com. Business Resource Center, One Development Court, Room 121, Kingston.

11AM-3PM Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Show and Sale. No registration required. rare and exotic orchids will be on display and available forpurchase. Listen and learn from many orchid experts and enthusiasts who will be lecturing and demonstrating various techniques. Info: www. mhos.us.com. Union Church, Community Room, 44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh, free.

11AM-12PM Practice for Spanish Spelling Bee. Free weekly practice sessions are available for the second annual Spanish Spelling Bee (4/25), through 4/18 on Saturdays. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.spanishspellingbee.webs.com. Bard College, Olin Language Center, Room 115, Annandaleon-Hudson.

11AM Mid-Hudson ADK Hike: Stonykill Farm.

Easy Hike. 3 miles, 2+hrs. Leader: Sayi Nulu, email sayinulu@yahoo.com, 845 264 2270.

Confirm with leader. Info: www.MidHudsonADK.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Ajkun Ballet Theatre is looking for young dancers (Pre-K to Young Teens) for a summer production. Rehearsals and performances will run from August 3 throughout August 15,at The EGG Performing ArtsCenter in Albany. Info: artisticstaff@ajkunbt.org or 646-3689800. Albany.

Audition Notice: “Our Country’s Good.” Open auditions on 3/14 and 3/15. Paid acting positions for both Equity and Non-Equity actors. There are 7 male and 4 female roles, all types, ages and ethnicities are sought.

Set-up an interview/audition appointment with thedirector at SKantervt@ yahoo.com or 845-679-0154. Woodstock Reformed Church, 16 Tinker St, Woodstock.

Free Income Tax Assistance. Times: Walk-in hours on Mondays: Noon - 2 p.m. and 4 - 8 p.m.; Tuesdays: 10 a.m.

- 6 p.m.; Thursdays: Noon - 8 p.m.; and Wednesdays and Fridays: 10 a.m.

- 8 p.m.Sponsored By: The School of Business. Info: 845-257-2622. SUNY New Paltz, van den Berg Hall, Rooms 208C and 341, New Paltz.

Hatmaker’s Attic Productions, Inc. is seeking submissions of original plays from the Newburgh area for 2015’s Newburgh Illuminated festival. Deadline to submit: 4/1. Manuscripts can be submitted electronically to hatmakersattic@gmail.com. The Lobby at The Ritz, Newburgh.

Talk: “The World Within,” (3/12,6:30-8:30PM ). An inquiry into the truth of the divisive nature of the human mind, its impact on relationship, and its connection with society and the world. Presented by The Krishnamurti Foundation of America. Info: 845-514-0194. Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock, free.

Sign Up Now: Tractor Safety Certification Course Deadline to register is March 13. The course meets March 19, 24, 26, 31, and April 2 at 7 pm at the Stone Ridge Firehouse. Space is limited to the first 20 paid registrants.

Info: 845-340-3990, or www.ulster. cce.cornell.edu. Stone Ridge Firehouse, Stone Ridge, $45.

org. Stonykill Farm, Visitor Center, Fishkill.

11AM-12PM Practice for Spanish Spelling Bee. Free weekly practice sessions are available for the second annual Spanish Spelling Bee, through 4/18 on Saturdays. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.spanishspellingbee.webs.com. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

12PM-1PM. Free Yoga Pizza Party. Recurring event every Saturday. Join Women’s Power Space and My Place Pizza for a rejuvenating yoga class and delicious pizza at My Place Pizza, 322 Main Street, Poughkeepsie. Families, beginners, and children welcome (mats will be provided). Donations to Women’s Power Space are encouraged and greatly appreciated. Info: sarah@womenspowerspace.org or facebook.com/womenspowerspace.

12PM-2PM Teen Writing Club. Second Saturday of each month. Free and open to all! Participants are invited to bring a bagged lunch to eat while you work. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@ gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.

12PM-3PM Audition: “Our Country’s Good.”

Paid acting positions for both Equity and NonEquity actors. There are 7 male and 4 female roles, all types, ages and ethnicities are sought.

Set-up an interview/audition appointment with the director at SKantervt@yahoo.com or845-6790154. Woodstock Reformed Church, 16 Tinker St, Woodstock.

1PM Violet Snow: Interview with Your Ancestor Workshop, This workshop uses a collaborative process to help us explore relationships with our ancestors. Info: 845- 688-781. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

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

1PM-4PM Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Volunteer Open House. Will include museum tours, presentations, and the opportunity to talk with current volunteers and staff members about the many different opportunities available. Info: www.bethelwoodscenter.org or845-295-2626.

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Event Gallery, Bethel.

1PM-3PM Computer Guts! Geared for children 9 to 12 years old. Children will have a chance to see what’s inside a computer and how it all works.

Info: 845-255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary. org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

1PM St. Patrick’s Day Fun. Info: 845-758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook.

1PM-4PM Reiki and Lunch. Youko & Danna invite you to a Reiki session by donation & 10% discount on lunch. Info: www.GKnoodles.com. GomenKudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz.

26 1PM The Met Live in HD: La Donna Del Lago.

Opera by Rossini. Info: 845-473-2072. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $26, $19 /12 & under.

1:30PM-4:30PM LEGOr Fun Day - Come build a robot with our Lego Bionicles or create mosaic characters (like Angry Birds, Minecraft) or take part in building one section of a giant city build! Info: www.midhudson.snapology.com or 845-255-1318. Highland Cultural Arts Studio, Highland.

1:59PM-4PM Celebration: in honor of Roxbury Arts Group’s Volunteers and Present the Nancy Harding Service Award. Reception will be Pies of course! The Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury, 607.326.7908 and online at roxburyartsgroup.org.

2PM-3PM Docent Tour Saturday. Each tour will feature different works. Info: 914-788-0100, jbrody@hvcca.org orwww.hvcca.org. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main St, Peekskill.

2PM “Matinee at The Shadowland” series The Quiet Man. Starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $10, $7 /child.

2PM Gallery Talks: Andrianna Campbell on Robert Smithson. Info: www.diaart.org/gallerytalks. Dia:Beacon, 3 Beekman St, Beacon.

2PM “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” The musical is the story of a simple window washer who makes his way into the high corporate echelon, and includes such songs as “The Brotherhood of Man” and “I Believe in You”. Info: 845- 229-4000. F. D. Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 156 South Cross Rd, Hyde Park, $12, $6 /senior/student.

2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

2PM-4PM Opening Reception: County Wide Annual Youth Arts Exhibit. Pre-K through 12th Grade. Exhibits through 4/18. Info: 518-9433400 or www.greenearts.org. Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St, Catskill.

2:30PM YOGA Fundraiser for Thyroid Cancer.

With Donna Sherman. Music Performance ~ Soothing Gentle Yoga Class ~ Snacks. Info: centerpoint2@earthlink.net or to donnalsherman.wordpress.com, The Living Seed Yoga Center, , 521 Main St, New Paltz, $25.

3PM-5PM Armchair Travel Series: Hermes Mallea and Caribbean Escapes. Ages 10 and up. A celebration of the glamour of warm-weather destinations in the Caribbean and Florida.

Lecture followed by Q&A, cake and tea. Info: 518-828-1872, x 103. Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson.

4PM The Piano Plus! Chamber Music Series Bard Conservatory of Music Collaborative Piano Fellows: Rami Sarieddine, Eri Nakamura, and Julia Hsu. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan, $12 /suggestd donation.

4PM-7PM Woodstock Fire Company #4 Corned Beef Annual Fundraising Dinner. Ladies Aux. Bake Sale. Eat in, take out or request delivery.

Info: 845-679-2068. Zena Fire House, Woodstock, $14.

4:30PM-6:30PM Artist’s Reception: Marilyn Perry. Exhibits through 4/3. Info: 845-255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

5PM-7PM Spicy Chocolate Tasting. Chocolates paird with wine. Holy Mol‚ from Tumbador.

Habanero & Jalepeno Truffles from John Kelly.

Ancho Chili from Oliver Kita. Chili Pepper from Mast Brothers. Spicy Orange Espresso from Cowgirls. Info: www.VerdigrisTea.com.Verdigris Tea & Chocolate Bar, 135 Warren St, Hudson.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Rising Stars. A 3 person show, featuring Joyce Washor, Susan Miiller, and Andrea McFarland. Exhibitsthrough 4/4. Info: www.markgrubergallery.com. Mark Gruber Gallery, 17 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: “Following Rivers.” Photography exhibit by Alison M. Jones for No Water No Lifer. Exhibits through 10/3.

Register online at www.bire.org/events. Beacon Institute Gallery, 199 Main St, Beacon.

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: Photobook Show.

Info: 845-838-2880 or www.RiverWindsGallery. com. Show runs thru 4/6. Part of Beacon’s Second Saturday Art Opening. RiverWinds Gallery, 172 Main St, Beacon.

5PM-8PM Artist Reception: “Art Books” @ RiverWinds Gallery. Through April 4. RiverWinds Gallery, 172 Main Street, Beacon. Info: www.riverwindsgallery.com or 845-838-2880.

Open Wed-Mon 12-6, 12-9 2nd Saturdays.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: His Favorite Things: Richard Merkin. A Survey of 40 years.

Exhibits through 4/19. Info: 518-828-1915 or www, carriehaddadgallery.com. Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren St, Hudson.

6PM-9PM Opening Reception: Soft Nails. Works

by Ellen Siebers. Exhibits through 4/5. Info: info@matteawan.com. Matteawan Gallery, 464 Main St, Beacon.

6PM-9PM Catskill Cabaradio. Community pot luck at 6pm and at 7pm, a live radio broadcast of music, story telling, poetry, trivia and your Mother Should Know with the amazing Dorothy

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6:30PM “Voices of the Past.” An original performance by Theatre on the Road & partial fundraiser for Friends of Historic Kingston. Meet characters from Kingston’s Industrial Era, including Thomas Cornell, Calvert Vaux, Mary McEntee.

Info: 845-594-4428. Cornell St, Kingston.

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

7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Grammy winner Malcolm Cecil on bass, guitarist Steve Raleigh, pianist Peter Tomlinson, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists.

No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville, 518-678-3101.

7PM “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” The musical is the story of a simple window washer who makes his way into the high corporate echelon, and includes such songs as “The Brotherhood of Man” and “I Believe in You”. Info: 845- 229-4000. F. D. Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 156 South Cross Rd, Hyde Park, $12, $6 /senior/student.

7PM Picture Book Event: Gary Golio: “Bird & Diz.” Recommended for Ages 4-8. Info: 845-8760500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, free.

7PM Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir’s March Concert: O Vos omnes: Music for Lent. Vassar College Chapel, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie.Tickets are available at the door for $15 for general admission; $12 for senior citizens; and $5 for students. For discounted tickets, please visit our website at www.cappellafestiva.org. For more information about our upcoming concert or to learn more about us, please call 845-853-7765.

7PM Best Small Libraries in America Celebration. Red Hook Public Library celebrates Best Small Library in America award. There will be food and drink, magic, line dancing, and festive fun for the whole family. Open to the public. Info: 845-758-3241 to RSVP. Old Lyceum Theatre, Red Hook.

7PM-8:30PM Levanta - Benefit Performance for Mountain Laurel Waldorf School. Community Room, 16 South Chestnut St, New Paltz. 845-2550033. $20/adult, $30/couple, $40/family, $12/ students. Light refreshments.

7PM Veterans in the New Field. Perform live, original music. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

7PM-11:30PM Open Mic / Open Stage Jam. Hosted by guitarist Steve Murtha . Also performing flutist, Jennifer Murtha. The Gallery, 128 Main St Stamford.

7PM-10PM Sherman Lee Dillon and the Mississippi Sound. 21+ Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

7PM The Lives of Hamilton Fish. A special live performance. A cinematic rock opera written and directed by Rachel Mason, the film comes alive with Mason singing all of the songs, synced to the film’s backing soundtrack. Info: 518-822-1438 or www.hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson, $20.

7PM-9PM Live Music & Noodles : The Madoka Mooney Trio. Jazz & Bossa Nova. Info: www.

GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, $5 / suggested donation.

8PM Soul Purpose . Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot St, New Paltz,$10 at the door. BYOB or Wine. Snacks provided.

8PM Petey Hop in The Taproom. Info: 845-2298277 or info@hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

8PM La Cage Aux Folles. Broadway musical

by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein will be presented by Up In One Productions. Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts. org Center for Performing Arts, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25 /senior.

8PM Mentalist Lucas Handwerker presents The Hidden — a new show about the depth and breadth of the mind’s soul The Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock. Tickets are $20 or $18 for Byrdcliffe members and can be purchased at the door or online at http://www. woodstockguild.org.

8PM The Levin Brothers. Info: 845-658-9048.

Rosendale Café, Main St, Rosendale.

8PM Joey Eppard Raised by Wolves. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Concert: For Tibet with Love. Featuring Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith, Nhuchhe Narayan & Friends. Table seating with refreshments. Info & res: 845-383-1774 or www.tibetancenter.org/events/ The Tibetan Center, 875 Rt 28, Kingston, $20.

8PM “Hands Across the Pond” Concert. The Dublin City Ramblers and Emish! Info: 1-800745-3000 or www.SugarLoafpac.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf.

8PM “Shamrock Shindig” Little Creek. Dinner starts at 5pm. Info: 845-876-0590 or www. therhinecliff.com. The Rhinecliff, 4 Grinnell St, Rhinecliff, $10.

9PM Pine Hill Project. Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky, and Americana icon Larry Campbell. Info: www.helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

9PM The Trapps. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.

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highfallscafe.com. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

Rosendale, free.

3/15

3PM-5PM New World Home Cooking Restaurant presents its 24th Monthly Art Show Opening Reception. On exhibit will be the intriguing photo based digital paintings of Annette Jaret and the humorous other worldly paintings of Edward Berkise. The restaurant is located on Route 212 between Woodstock and Saugerties. All show are curated by Lenny Kislin.

For info call 845- 679-8117.

10AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: The Willa McCarthy Band. Info: 845-236-7970.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

3PM The Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society Gala Benefit. Please help RCMS raise the funds necessary to keep presenting wonderful music in the Hudson Valley. Info:www.rhinebekcchmabermusic.org or 845 -876-2870. Bard CollegeBard College, Ward Manor House, Annandale-onHudson, $45.

Sunday

9AM Reading of the Work of Jacques Lacan.

Moderated by Dr. Anna McLellan, member of the Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association. Please call to confirm. Info: 845-876-5800. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

10AM 27th Annual Shamrock Run. Registration 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. across from Academy Green at Governor Clinton Apartments. Race starts at 12:50pm sharp. This year’s run will benefit the Caring Hands Soup Kitchen. Info: www.shamrockrunners.org. Academy Green, Albany Ave, Kingston.

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

Personal and Collective Wellbeing through Voice, Music and a Vision for a better world. Every other Sunday thru 12/20. Info: 914-388-0632 or www. amymctear.com/events/. Unison Arts, New Paltz.

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

11AM The Mid-Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be coloring Goshen green! The big event steps off from the Orange County Government Center on Main Street (Route 207) at 2 pm.

Arrive early for the Open House and Children’s Workshop at the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame from 11 to 1. Stay late for a pint and some Irish specialties at Goshen’s many pubs and restaurants.

12PM Jazz at the Falls - The Steve Raleigh Group. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

12PM The 140th Celebration will help support and commemorate the history of St. Mary’s. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be held followed by a Celebratory Reception at the Meadowbrook Lodge in New Windsor from 2pm to 6pm. RSVP. Info: www.stmarys-newburgh.org. The Church of St.Mary, 180 South St, Newburgh.

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

1PM-3PM Artists’ Reception: “Curious Nature.”

Features local photographers and photographers with a connection to the Hudson Valley. Exhibits through 4/8. Info: 845-758-1653 or www.AmericanGiftsHV.com. American Gifts Gallery & Showroom, 62 E Market St, Red Hook.

1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish Puppet Lesson. Ongoing on Sundays, 1-3pm.

Materials for kids provided. The Green Palette, 215 Main Street inside of the Medusa Antique Center Building, New Paltz.

3:30PM Creating Gardens for Native Pollinators. Francis Groeters of Catskill Native Nursery will share ways to attract butterflies and other pollinators, including social bumble bees and solitary mason bees, by creating gardens of native plants. Info: 845-687-8726. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge.

4PM Eric Rosen and Friends Eric Rosen will be joined by friends as they share an afternoon of hot jazz. Dinner at 5:30pm. RSVP. Info: 800-8113351. Spillian LLC, 50 Todd Mountain Rd, Fleischmanns, $25.

4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle.

Drummers on The Green are hosted by Birds of a Feather. Singers & dancers are all welcome.

Bring your drums and percussion instruments.

On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm. Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

4PM-5:30PM “Planning Ahead for the End of Life, “ Discussion based on the ideas presented in the book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande. Maggie Carpenter, MD will lead the discussion. Info: 845255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org.Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

4.30PM-7PM St. Pats. Special at The Rosendale Cafe -The Wild Swans, Ian Worpole, Sarah Underhill & Jon Garelick will be playing an AllIrish selection of songs and tunes, w/ special guest fiddler Andrea McFarland & bohdran player Jonathan Pazer. Admission Free, Great beers, winer, veggie food. www.rosendalecafe.com.

5PM-7PM Kayak Pool Sessions. A minimum of 4 people. If 5-6 people register, the cost will drop to $40. All proceeds go to the YMCA to help them build a new pool. You must preregister & prepay for any sessions you wish to attend. Info: mrurmston@gmail.com. YMCA, 81 Highland Ave, Middletown.

6PM-9:30PM LATIN dance! Salsa, Bachata, Merengue. This new HVCD dance features exciting Latin music by DJ. Beginners Lesson: 6 - 6:30pm.

Dance to DJ::6:30 - 9:30pm Info: 845-255-7061.

Reformed Church of Port Ewen, , 160 Salem St, Port Ewen.

7 PM Live @ The Falcon: Sonando! Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

2PM The Little Farm Show, “The Art of Interviewing.” Info: 845-341-341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, OCTC Great Room, Middletown, $5.

7:15PM Screening: Alive Inside, filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett’s exploration of music’s capacity to reawaken our souls and uncover the deepest parts of our humanity, with be screened at Rosendale Theatre . Presented in collaboration with the Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community. A live SKYPE Q & A with Rossato-Bennett will conclude the program. Original music for the film was composed by Grammy Award winner Itaal Shur. Admission is $5 for members, $7 for nonmembers. The program will last approximately 120 minutes. For directions or more information go to www.rosendaletheatre.org or call 845-6588989.

2PM Sunday Salon: Elyn Zimmerman, artist.

Zimmerman is widely regarded as one of today’s most important sculptors working in stone. Info: www.thomascole.org. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill, $9.

8PM “An Evening with Richard Dreyfuss” To benefit Columbia Memorial. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions of Dreyfuss. Info: www.helsinkihudson.com. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

2PM-5PM Audition: “Our Country’s Good.” Paid acting positions for both Equity and Non-Equity actors. There are 7 male and 4 female roles, all types, ages and ethnicities are sought. Set-up an interview/audition appointment with the director at SKantervt@yahoo.com or 845-679-0154.

Woodstock Reformed Church, 16 Tinker St, Woodstock.

8PM Michael Goss Band. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

2PM Honeybees in the Garden: A Dance with Evolution. Chris Harp and Grai St. Clair Rice of HoneybeeLives will give insights into the complex world of the honeybees and their health in our contemporary society. Info: 845-687-8726.

Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge.

2PM Concert: Dr. Steve (Prasinos) and Pat Lamanna, singer-songwriters. Info: 845-2297791. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

2PM New Paltz Musicales Concert Series Concert: Betty and the Baby Boomers.A donation of $ 10.00 per person is suggested. A brief reception withrefreshments will follow the event offering an opportunity to great thestudents. All proceeds are used to support the performers and the concertseries.Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, 90 Rt 32 South, New Paltz,845 -2550051 or musicales@redeemernewpaltz.org.

3PM La Cage Aux Folles. Broadway musical

by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein will be presented by Up In One Productions. Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts. org Center for Performing Arts, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25 /senior.

3PM Ferdinand and Friends: A Musical Menagerie - Family Concert. Info: www.hudsonoperahouse.org or 518-822-1438. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson.

3PM George Washington’s Teeth. Actors & Writers will present the world premiere reading of a new comedy by member playwright Mark St. Germain. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org, 845-658-8989. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St,

9AM The Trapps. High Falls Cafe. High Falls.

Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@ earthlink.net.

Monday

3/16

7:45AM County Leaders To Tackle Regional Issues. The top leaders for the northern counties of the region will join Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress to discuss the impacts and implications of current issues from their county’s perspective.

Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-565-4900.Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, Poughkeepsie, $60.

8AM Rip Van Winkle (RVW) Hike: North Dome (3610’) and Sherill (3540’). Strenuous bushwhack: 8 miles, 7 hours. Note: snowshoes & crampons required. Info: 845- 246-8074.

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

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

Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

9:30AM Settled and Serving in Place (Kingston Chapter). A social self-help group for seniors who

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Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

10AM-12PM Senior Drama with Edith LeFever.

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

Fire Co #1 Rt 212, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters.

Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, $1.

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

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

1PM-4PM Free Tax Preparation Help. Appointments are necessary. Please call 845-255-0791, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m, to schedule an appointment. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan.

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

2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. In addition to instruction, art supplies and periodic group exhibitions, the class offers friendship and camaraderie. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for minimum contribution of $2. St. John’s Community Center, R.C. 3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis Rosato.

All ages Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

3PM-4:30PM Cooking Club for Tweens. Grades 4 and up. Info: 845-687-2044 or www.stoneridgelibrary.org. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4:15PM-5:30PM Healthy Back Class w/ Anne Olin. Build strength and increase flexibility and range of motion with attention to your special needs. Class is on-going and meets on Mondays, 4:15-5:30pm. $12/class. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford.

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

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

6PM The New Paltz Garden Club Potluck Dinner. Open to the public on Monday, Dress in green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Bring a dish to share and your own table setting (plate, bowl, cup, utensils). For more info call Helen at 845-687-7122 www.newpaltzgardenclub.org.

Deyo Hall, 16 Broadhead Ave (behind the Salvation Army) in New Paltz.

St, Wappingers Falls.

10AM-11:30AM Parkinson’s Dance & Exercise Class. Led by Anne Olin. For people with PD & other neurological disorders. Groups are challenging, creative and fun! Info: 679-6250. $13/ oneclass or $20/two classes. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston.

10AM-12PM Knitting & Crocheting @ Grinnell Library. A chance to meet with fellow enthusiasts! For beginners to advanced. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-297-3428. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls.

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.

10:30AM After Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady Mount Carmel and brunch the MidHudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade commences at 2 pm from the Orange County Government Center parking lot, followed by an after party. www.mhspp.org.

12:30PM “Donor Retention: Current Rates Are Plummeting! What Can Every Fundraiser Do to Reverse the Trend?” Presented by: Jay Love.

An audio/web conference. RSVP. The Culinary Institute of America, Roth Hall, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, $20.

1PM Kingston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Parade kicks off from the Kingston Plaza and proceeds down Broadway to the Rondout Creek waterfront district in Kingston. Numerous bands, floats and community organizations celebrate the “wearing of the green” at this annual fun-filled Irish celebration. Sponsored by Ancient Order of Hibernians Fr. Con. 338-6622; 1-4pm; events@ ulsteraoh.com www.ulsteraoh.com.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour. for second & third grades. Info: 845-687-2044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM Stories & Fun with Laura Gail! Families with children between 3 and 7 are invited to join Laura for a great afternoon story time. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

10:30AM-5PM Together Tuesdays. New early literacy program with Frannie for kids birth through preschool. Story, craft, and play. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

4PM Reading to Lola. Join Lola for some special St. Patrick’s Day fun. Reading to Lola takes place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through the end of May. Info: www.kingstonlibrary.org. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin, Kingston.

10:30AM-5PM Tax Preparation Assistance.

AARP Tax-Aide professionals will offer tax preparation assistance for seniors and low-income tax payers. Appointments necessary. Please call 845-255-0791 to schedule an appointment.

Kingston Library, Community Room, 55 Franklin St,

4PM-8PM Free Community Holistic Healthcare Day. A wide variety of holistic health modalities and practitioners are available. Appointments can be made on a first-come, first-served basis upon check-in through 7pm. Info: www.rvhhc. org. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Rt 209, Stone Ridge.

10:30AM-11:30AM Toddler Time! Join Miss Penny for a fun-filled story time for the very young! Appropriate for ages 1-3. Info: 845-7573771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

4PM LEGO Club . A full hour of free play with our HUGE collection of LEGOs & DUPLOs! For kids of all ages. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

11:30AMTEDxHudsonLive.Info: www.helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

5:30PM Phoenicia Community Choir. Sing with your neighbors and prepare for concerts. No need

to read music, no audition. On-going, Tuesdays, 5:30pm. Info: 845-688-2169. Wesleyan Church, basement, Main St, Phoenicia.

6PM-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 St, Poughkeepsie.

6PM-7PM Weekly Sitting Meditation w/ walking meditation (instruction available). On-going Tues, 6-7pm. Free & open to the public. 658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6PM Lenten Study at Saint James Lake Delaware: A History of Christianity in Britain. Fr. James Krueger will teach. All are welcome to attend the class regardless of church membership. Info: 607-832-4401, saintjames@delhitel. net. Saint James Church Lake Delaware, 55 Lake St, Delaware.

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org.

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6PM-7:30PM Goat-Raising for Beginners Class.

This class will go over everything you need to know to start raising goats: housing and feeding needs, health management, weather and predator concerns. Info: 845-340-3990,x 311 or cad266@ cornell.edu. Cornell CooperativeExtension of Ulster County, Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, $10.

6:30PM Waterman Bird Club Woodcock Watch at Cary IES. Call: Barbara @ 297-6701 if you plan to attend. Info: www.watermanbirdclub.org.

Gifford House, parking lot, 65 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook.

7PM Open Mic. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

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

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Corey Dandridge’s World of Gospel Residency. Info: 845-236-7970.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7:30PM Free Class: Find Peace-Learn to Meditate. All are welcome. Sponsored by Sri Chinmoy Centre. Class also held on Monday , March 23.

Woodstock Reformed Church, 16 Tinker St, Woodstock.

8PM Open Mic Poetry. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

Tuesday

3/17

“Spring Fling!” A Spring themed show of work.

At 3 venues: Port Jervis City Hall, Bon Secours Cafeteria, Deerpark Town Hall. Through 5/19.

Info: www.PortJervisCouncilForTheArts.org .

Port Jervis City Hall, Port Jervis.

9AM-10AM Senior Dance Exercise with Inyo Charbonneau. The emphasis is on fun while benefiting from strengthening and aerobic exercise. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mountainview Studio, Woodstock.

9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

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.

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10AM Preschool Story Hour. Info: 845-6572482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

10AM-11AM Toddler Time. This Story-time and Play-time run by Amy Dunphy is geared for toddlers, babies and their caregiver. Info: 845-687-2044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

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one gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm. Info: genecotton@gmail.com. Quaker Meeting House, 8 N. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz.

7PM Morton Yarn Evenings with Cher. Every Tuesdays. Bring projects to work on, get advice from others, share your expertise, or just come to enjoy the company of other yarn enthusiasts. Info: 845-876-1085 or yarn.witch@gmail.com Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 246-5775.

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

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

7PM St. Patty’s Day with Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis. High Falls. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: St. Pat’s Day Split Bill County Hell & The Stacks. Info: 845-236-7970.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop . Meets every Tuesday night, 7pm-8:30pm.Free to attend: learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln (across from Super 8), New Paltz.

7:30PM “Irish Records Online” is the topic for the March meeting of the Dutchess County Genealogical Society.Speaker, Mary Colbert, gives talks about genealogical research for Mount Saint Mary College’s adult enrichment program and is the librarian for the Dutchess County Genealogical Society.Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 204 Spackenkill Rd,Poughkeepsie. The meeting is open to the public.

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

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

Wednesday

3/18

Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop.

Led by Fra1yda Kafka, certified hypnotist. This workshop will be given on the first Wednesday of every month in 2015 from 7pm-8pm. Registration a must: Call Doris 845-339-2071 or email: Doris.Blaha@hahv.org, Reuner Cancer Support House, Kingston.

8AM Rip Van Winkle (RVW) Hike: North Dome (3610’) and Sherill (3540’). Strenuous bushwhack: 8 miles, 7 hours. Note: snowshoes & crampons required. Info: 845- 246-8074. Hudson Valley.

9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

9AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Vanderbilt Mansion. Call: Adrienne @ 845-264-2015.

Info: www.watermanbirdclub.org. Vanderbilt Mansion, parking lot, 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

9AM-2PM Community Economic Development Funding Forum. Eexploring public / private partnerships for statewide community economic development. Presenting a number of valuable programs including: available funding, application deadlines, program details. Reg reqr’d. Info: Christopher.Stewart@usda.gov. SUNY Columbia Greene, 4400 Route 23, Hudson.

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

9:30AM Rip Van Winkle (RVW) Hike: Burnt Knob (ascent 850 feet). Moderate hike: 3.5 miles, 4 hours. Meet at trailhead. Note: snowshoes & crampons may be required. Info: 518-248-2579.

Hudson Valley.

10AM-11AM “Boogie Woogie Books!” APreschool Story Time. Open to children ages 3-5. Info: 845-687-2044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

10AM HVP Young People’s Concert “I Hear America Singing.” Info: 845-473-2072 or www. bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

10AM Free Training Ssessions on Medicare.

For residents who are approaching 65 or anyone would just like to learn more about Medicare.

Poughkeepsie Galleria, Community Room, Poughkeepsie.

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

11AM-3PM 22nd Annual Beth Roeper Health and Wellness Fair. Open to all. With more than 50 vendors scheduled to attend, the fair will feature free health screenings, interactive exhibits, door prizes and raffles. Info: www.msmc. edu. Mount Saint Mary College, Hudson Hall, Newburgh.

11:30AM-12:30PM Lunch & Learn Series: “March Music Interlude” Poughkeepsie High School flute and string ensembles, and saxophone quartet, performing music from the Baroque to modern.

Info: 845-471-0430. Hudson Valley Community

Center, 110 S. Grand Ave, Poughkeepsie, $5.

11:45AM HVP Young People’s Concert “I Hear America Singing.” Info: 845-473-2072 or www. bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

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.

1PM Steve Gorn-The Universe Hangs on Sound.

Focusing on India, Steve Gorn explores the relationship of music to the contemplative arts, the roots in spirituality and the metaphysics of Nada Yoga-the yoga of sound. Info: trottl@sunyulster. edu. SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, New Paltz.

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

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

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

6PM-8PM Ukulele Circle. Pull up a ukulele and learn a song! This is a friendly group who welcomes all comers. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

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 Woodstock Community Chorale. Sing with your neighbors and prepare for concerts.

No need to read music, no audition. On-going, Wednesdays, 6pm. Info: 845-688-2169. Kleinert/ James Center for the Arts, Tinker St, Woodstock.

6PM Family Forum will provide an overview of the programs and services offered by Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County. Space is limited and an RSVP is requested. Info: 845.336.7235, ext.2196 or to jdiers@cpulster.org. 250 Tuytenbridge Rd, Lake Katrine.

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

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

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

6:30PM “Savvy Social Security Planning.”

Cetera Investment Services, LLC, invites the public to attend an educational workshop.

Seminar covers the basics of Social Security and reveals strategies for maximizing your benefits.

Res recommended. Info: 845-338-6322, ext.

3315Ulster Savings Bank, 1 Twin Maples Plaza, Saugerties, free.

6:55PM-8PM Silent Spiritual Practice. Info: 845-679-8989. Every Wednesday, 6:55-8pm.

Group is for both people who currently have a silent spiritual practice such as meditation or Remembrance and those who would like to start such a practice. Q&A to follow.Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Aru n Ortiz Trio with Eric Revis & Gerald Cleaver. Info: 845-2367970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Jenny Offill in conversation with Elisa Albert. An event to celebrate the rerelease of Jenny’s new novel Last Things and Elisa’s new novel After Birth. Info: 845-876-0500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, free.

7PM “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@ kagyu.org. On-going every Wed, 7pm. This free 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices andprinciples of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

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

7PM Women’s Rights: A Struggle of Class, Race and Ethnicity. Dr. Harriet Davis-Kram will speak. The presentation touches on Abigail Adams’ letters from the 18th century, and moves into 19th century debates over the abolition of slavery. Info: www.poklib.org. AdrianceMemorial Library, Charwat Meeting Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Spectators of Life: The “Ashcan” Painters and the World They Knew. Dr. Valerie Ann Leeds will speak about the “Ashcan” painters.

Info: 845-341-4891. SUNY Orange, Gilman Center for International Education, Middletown.

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

Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

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

7:30PM-8:30PM “Receiving Abundance in your Life.” Offering psycho-therapy powerful participation Techniques with MS. Patricia Mitchell.

Every Wednesday. Call for address. 917-279-9546.

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8 PM Dharma Bums. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

8:30PM-11PM Live at Catskill Mountain Pizza Company: Acoustic Jazz Trio with Syracuse/ Siegel Duo + Special Featured Guest. Featuring Bassist Rich Syracuse and drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel. No cover or minimum! Info: 679-7969.

Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, 51 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock..

Thursday

3/19

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

9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After 50 with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Town Hall, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters.

Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, $1.

10:30AM Book Worms - Intergenerational Program. ongoing every Thurs, 10:30am, thru the end of March. Area seniors read to children.

Info: 845-481-7332. Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

11AM Helping Drew. A new Anti-Bullying Puppet Musical. This puppet musical helps students recognize bullying and look for solutions within themselves and with the help of others. For K-5.

Info: 845-876-3088. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt 308 |, Rhinebeck.

11:30AM-1PM “Third Thursday Luncheon.”

As part of Messiah’s Outreach Programs, each luncheon benefits a local organization to support its ongoing programs. $6/ donation requested.

For takeout orders with a $7/ donation. Info: 845-876-3533. The Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

1PM The MHV, IBM Retirees Club Meeting. Carl Heitmuller, Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Educator, will be speaking on “Animal History of the Hudson River Valley.” Meets the third Thursday of each month except July and August. Info: 845-471-7607. Knights of Columbus CouncilHall, 339 Rt. 82, Hopewell Junction.

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 Fraud Prevention. This program, offered

by People’s United Bank will help you safeguard againstidentity theft, avoid internet scams, avoid telephone scams and plan for unexpected events.

Info: 845-876-4030. Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck, free.

2PM-3:30PM Brain Game. The class is open to adults of any skill level and meets every Thursday afternoon. Bring a pad and paper and join the fun! Register for the class by calling 845-2973428. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls.

3PM-5PM Story Circle. Come with a story to tell or an open heart and ears for listening. This timeless form of entertainment casts its spell. Info: 845.254.5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter. org. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill, free.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour.

Kindergarten and first grades. Info: 845-6872044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM-6:30PM Individual Oneness Blessings with Kathy Saulino. Also known as “Deeksha” this blessing is a direct transfer of divine intelligent energy. Each blessing takes 15 minutes.

Please call for appointment times available and arrive a few minutes prior to yourdesignated time.

Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free.

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org.

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6PM-7:30PM Computer Class. Basic Digital Literacy on computers, phones, devices, with 1:1 with volunteers. Registration required. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

6PM Hudson Valley Playwrights. Every Thursdays. A creative venue for local playwrights to developnew works, from first inspiration to final production. RSVP. Info: 845-217-0734, hudsonvalleyplaywrights@gmail.com, or www.hudsonvalleyplaywrights.com. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

6:30PM Kayaking: How to get started. They’ll tell you how to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers and where to get instruction on your technique. Info: mrurmston@gmail.com or 845-549-4671 or www.MidHudsonADK.org. Mt. St. MaryCollege, Desmond Campus, Newburgh.

7PM Gurdjieff Movements Class. Collective body of sacred dances that were collected or authored by G. I. Gurdjieff and taught to his students as part of the work of self observation and self study. Info: 845-527-6205. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, 34 Tinker St, Woodstock, $5, 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Big Mean Sound Machine. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Eighth Step 3rd Thursday Open Mic & Jam. Open Jam at 8:15 pm Info: 518-434-1703 or www.8thstep.org or cwinter@aol.com. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady, free.

7PM “An Evening with Polly Law. “ The Kingston based artist will talk about her experience as Artist in Residence at the Grand Canyon in November of 2014. Open to the public. Info: 845-679-2388 or www.woodstockschoolofart.org.

Woodstock School of Art, Angeloch Gallery, 2470 7PM-8:30PM Book Discussion. On-going every Thurs, 7-8:30pm. This group is intended for people who already have some background in the study and/or practice of Tibetan Buddhism. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@kagyu.org. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free /no reg req.

7PM-9PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

7:30PM Woodstock - Music At The Movies!

Rushad Eggleston with special guests Mike & RuthyAlice.Advance tickets are $18. Day-ofshow tickets are $20. Upstate Films,132 Tinker St, Woodstock.

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

Friday

3/20

9AM-2PM Indoor Play For Tots. Tues, Wed & Thurs - 9 am- 2 pm, thru the end of March. Closes when Kingston Schools are closed or delayed.

Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

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

10AM-2PM Free Tax Preparation through the AARP Tax-Aide Program. Appointments are scheduled on the hour and the last appointment for the day is at 1 p.m. Res. Reqr’d. Info: 845889-4683. Staatsburg Library, 72 Old Post Rd, Staatsburg.

12PM Book Discussion: “Fever” by Mary Beth Keane. Info: 845-229-7791. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Fire Co #1, Rt 212,Woodstock.

1PM - 3PM Kingston Library Ravelers Needlework Group. Meets each Friday, 1-3pm in the Story Hour Room. Adult knitters, crocheters and other types of needleworkers are welcome to join this informal gathering. Bring your needles, hooks, yarn, and other supplies, as well as ideas, patterns, and finished work to share and discuss.

For info call the library at 331-0507 or email Michele at micdelp@aol.com.

3:30PM-5PM Stone Ridge Library Film Friday: “How to Train your Dragon 2” Rated “PG” 102 min. Popcorn and lemonade. Info: 845-687-7147 Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge, free.

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

5PM-7PM Hyde Park Knights of Columbus 21st Annual Lenten Fresh Fish Fry. Serving every Friday during Lent, except Good Friday. For take out orders please call 845-229-6111 after 4:30PM each Friday. Hyde Park K of C, Route 9G, Hyde Park.

6PM-8PM The Art of Relationships with Shubhraji. Using spiritual principles, learn how to live in a conscious relationship, resolve conflicts and develop new communication skills which honor our deepest connections. Suitable for both singles and couples. Info:845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $35.

6PM-8PM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Vernal Equinox - Woodcock Walk. Join Christine Guarino ( chrissy.guarino@gmail.com ) for an evening stroll in the Shawangunk Grasslands to hear and possibly see male woodcocks perform their courting flights. Info:www.jbnhs. org. Shawangunk Grasslands, Entrance, Hoagerburg Rd, Shawangunk.

6PM-8PM 17th Annual Gateway Foundation Raffle. 1st Prize $10,000; 2nd Prize $1,50& 3rd and 4th Prize $500. Cocktail Party and Drawing for ticket holders. Winner need not be present.Many,

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March 12, 2015 Many additional prizes awarded! Tax deductible portion of ticket is $90.Hillside Manor, 240 Boulevard, Kingston NYTickets are $100 each and are still available call 845-331-1261,x 288.

7PM Film Series: The Films of Philip Seymour Hoffman: “Money For Nothing” With John Cusack, Benicio del Toro and James Gandolfini.

Directed by Ramon Menendez. Info: 845-2297791. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

7PM-10PM Open Mic. Hosted by Mike Herman.

Enjoy a great night of music and fun. Free admission - refreshments available. Info: 607-5887129 or www.MikeHermansolo.com. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill, free.

7PM Book Signing: Chris Fryer & Robert Crane Authors of “CRANE: Sex Celebrity and My Father’s Unsolved Murder.” Presentation and Q&A. Info: 845-876-0500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, free.

7PM Storytelling with Janet Carter. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Frank Luther on bass, John Esposito on piano, Mike DeMicco on guitar, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists. No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville, 518-678-3101.

7PM World Music and Dance. Lightning-fast foot work by hundreds of ankle bells, multiple pirouettes and stories told in body and facial mime are featured in the Kathak Ensemble’s program. Info: trottl@sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge, free.

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

7:30PM The Wizard of Oz. Presented by The Stissing Theatre Guild. Info: 518-398-1272. Stissing Mountain Middle/High School, Pine Plains, $12, $10 /student/senior.

7:30PM The Kathak Ensemble with guests.

Kathak Performer Janaki Patrik Info: 845-6875262. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge, free.

7:30 PM “Mary Poppins the Broadway Musical.” Tickets can be reserved in advance by calling Coleman High School at 845-338-2750, or they are available at the door. Adults $16 and $11 for children under 12. Coleman High School is located at 430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley, NY, one mile off Washington Avenue in Kingston.

7:30PM Hard Day’s Night. The Fab Four star in this British black-and-white comedy directed by Richard Lester and released during the height of Beatlemania. Info: 845-473-2072 or www. bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $6.

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

8PM Jefferson Starship. Info: 800-745-3000 or www.sugarloafpac.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, $75, $45, $35.

8:30PM Music Nights at Grand Cru: Big Boss Sausage. Info: 845-876-6992. Grand Cru Beer & Cheese Market, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck.

9PM R&B Dance Party w/Breakaway featuring Robin Baker. Info: 845-229-8277 or info@ hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

9PMThe Sadies. Info: www.helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

Saturday

3/21

Mountain Bike Weekend. Getting you pumped for the World Cup 2015. Live entertainment on the patio with the Reddan Brothers from 2-5pm.

Info: 518-734-4300 or www.windhammountain. com Windham Mountain Resort, 19 Resort Dr, Windham.

8AM ECC/JBNHS Signs of Spring Nature Walk.

A guided nature walk to observe early signs of spring in a variety of ecologically rich habitats in the Town of Saugerties. Bring binoculars, field guides, and spotting scopes if you have them. Info: www.esopuscreekconservancy.org. Saugerties Village Beach, Rte. 9W, Saugerties.

9AM-12PM “Living by the Waterfront-Keeping Dry When the Waters Rise” Brent Gotsch will teach the class on what prospective property

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owners should think about before purchasing waterfront property. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.reg. cce.cornell.edu/ER_Preparedness_251 or845688-3047. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, $15 / couple, $10 /individual.

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

9AM-3PM “Write Saturday, “ Poet and educator Kate Hymes will teach a full-day writing workshop. Reg reqr’d. Info: khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com. Wappingers Falls, $75.

9:30AM-6PM HVP 43rd String Competition.

First Round. Open to the public. Info: 845-4732072 or www.bardavon.org. Vassar College, Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie.

9:30AM-11AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM The Gemini Series. 17th Annual Twin County Science Fair. Snow Date: Saturday, March 28. Info: 518-828-4181. SUNY Columbia-Greene, Gymnasium, Hudson, free.

10AM-12PM Art Opening: Woodland Playhouse Preschool. Art, slideshow, refreshments. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

10AM Saturday Morning Family Series. Pinocchio by the Hampstead Stage Company Info: 845-876-3088. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308 |, Rhinebeck, $9, $7 /kids.

10AM Mid-Hudson ADK Hike: Black Rock Forest. Moderate hike, 7 miles. Leader: Mel Kleiman Phone: 845-216-6805. Call leader. Info: www.MidHudsonADK.org. Black Rock Forest, Main parking lot, Cornwall.

10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market.

Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest.

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

10AM-12PM 20th Death Cafe’. Hosted by Circle of Friends for the Dying. Part of a global movement to “increase the awareness of death to help people make the most of their finite lives.” Death Cafe’ is not a bereavement support group. Info: info@ cfdhv.org. Town ofEsopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, free.

10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

Open every Saturday, 10am-9pm. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston.

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

10AM-12PM 20th Death Café. Hosted by Circle of Friends for the Dying. Coffee and tea will be served, and as always-there will be cake! Info: info@cfdhv.org. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, free.

10:30AM Indigo Arts Academy Public Forum.

The Indigo Arts Academy is a collective of local individuals who are in the process of acquiring the Anna Devine School in Rifton, NY and re-opening it as an Academy for Fine and Performing Arts, Music, Holistic Living and Spirituality.Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 Route 32, Rosendale, free.

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

10:30AM-1:30PM Teen Geek Here to Help! Do you have questions about how to operate your NOOK, iPod, iPad, Kindle, laptop, or other electronic device? Bring it in to the library and one of our trained “Teen Geeks” will help you! Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

10:30AM The Village of Montgomery’s St. Pat’s Ramble kicks off its third year at 1 pm and works its way around the village. Guests who arrive by 10 a.m. may participate in or watch the Run for the Gold 5K Race. www.stpatsramble.com 10:30AM Super Saturdays: The Puppet People.

The Wizard of Oz. Enjoy Dorothy’s colorful marionette adventure with exciting special effects.

Info: 845-331-0507 ext. 7. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

11AM-12PM Practice for Spanish Spelling Bee.

Free weekly practice sessions are available for the second annual Spanish Spelling Bee (4/25), through 4/18 on Saturdays. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.spanishspellingbee.webs.com. Bard College, Olin Language Center, Room 115, Annandale-on Hudson.

1PM-3PM Healthy Eating Habits. Cornell Cooperative Extension will be on hand to demonstrate healthy eating /demonstration workshop for families. Advanced registration with a limit of 20. Sign up at the checkout desk or call. Info: 845-338-8850. Town of Esopus Library, Esopus.

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

1PM-3PM Bard Math Circle. Featuring puzzles and games, hands-on projects, and engaging math problems. Meets on the 3rd Saturday, 1-3pm. Info:bardmathcircle.org. Kingston Library, Community Room, Kingston.

1PM-3PM The Un-Bunny Party, An Easter Celebration. For children of all ages, from 1 to 99.

This party is free, fun and teaches children and all who attend the real meaning of Easter. Bring your Easter basket and join the fun. Info: 845-2467802. Saugerties UnitedMethodist Church, , 67 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

1PM Downton Abbey Themed Tours. The 90 minute tour explores the similarities between the television show and Staatsburgh, the American side of the Downton Abbey story. Reservations are required. Info: 845-889-8851 x300. Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Mills Mansion, Staatsburgh.

1:30PM Food Chains. The documentary is a searing expos‚ that depicts an intrepid group of Florida farm workers who battle to defeat the supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program. Info: upstatefilms.org/nowshowing/woodstock. Upstate Film Woodstock, Woodstock, $20 /film & panel, $35 /film/panel/ recept.

1:30PM-3PM LEGO Club. Ages 4 to 14. Are you a LEGO- Maniac? Bring your imagination. They’ll bring the Legos. Registration Required. Info: 845-679-6405 or www.whplib.org. West Hurley Public Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley.

1:30PM-4:30PM LEGOr Fun Day - Come build a robot with our Lego Bionicles or create mosaic characters (like Angry Birds, Minecraft) or take part in building one section of a giant city build! Info: www.midhudson.snapology.com or 845-255-1318. Fishkill Recreation Center,Fishkill.

2PM Gardiner Library Music Lover’s Group Meeting. The group meets the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at 2pm. Gardiner, free, 255-1255.

2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

2PM-3PM Docent Tour Saturday. Each tour will feature different works. Info: 914-788-0100, jbrody@hvcca.org orwww.hvcca.org. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main St, Peekskill.

3PM-5PM “Deep Air” Arts Series: Jonathan Skinner and Ecology, Language, Spoils of the Landscape. Ages 10 and up. Explore the environment, history and literature with professor and writer Jonathan Skinner. Lecture followed

by Q&A, cake and tea. Info:518-828-1872, x 103.

Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, $5.

4PM - 7PM Spaghetti Dinner. Fundraiser for The Charles R. Haas Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Take outs will be available. Adults $9, c hildren 5-12 $6, free children 5 & under. Sponsored by The High Falls Fire Company. High Falls Firehouse, High Falls.

5 PM -7 PM Opening Reception: “Ocular Concepts.” Photographs by Andrew Halpern.

Exhibits through 4/24. Info: 845-876-0543.

Montgomery Row Second Level, 6423 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

5:30 PM Ulster County SPCA 16th Annual Fur Ball! Silent auction & cash bar start at 5:30pm, sit down dinner & program start at 7pm with a live auction at 9pm. $85/pp. RSVP to info@ ucspca.org. Diamond Mills Inn, Saugerties.

6PM-7PM Scenic Hudson’s Tuesday Evening Lecture Series - Local Produce. Conservation Easements: What, Why & How? Info: aconeski@scenichudson.org, 845-473-4440, ext. 273.

Scenic Hudson, Long Dock Park, 8 Long Dock Rd, Beacon.

6PM Stealing All Transmissions: An Evening of Local Celebrity, Subversive Commentary, Community Radio and Fancy Cuisine. A benefit for WIOX Community Radio. Limited seating.

Reservations: 607-326-3900. Spillian, 50 Fleischmanns Heights Rd, Fleischmanns, $50.

7PM Movies With Spirit: “Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago” (2013). Info: 845-389-9201.

Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, $5.

7PM-10PM Sonnie Chiebba and the Jailbreakers. Ages 21 plus. Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: The Band - A Tribute to THE BAND! Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Grammy winner Malcolm Cecil on bass, guitarist Steve Raleigh, pianist Peter Tomlinson, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists.

No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville, 518-678-3101.

7PM-8:30PM Acoustic Americana with Bernstein Bard Trio. Info: 845-255-1255. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

7PM Andy Cooney With Special Guest Girsa A St. Patrick’s Day celebration, will feature both traditional Irish music and fare. Info: www.

BethelWoodsCenter.org. Bethel Woods, Bethel, $47, $42.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: The Band - A Tribute to THE BAND! Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7:30PM Poughkeepsie Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse Series. Open mic format followed by the featured performer, Jane March. Info: 845-229-0170 or hvfolks@aol. com. Unitarian Fellowship, South Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, $6, $5 /senior.

7:30PM TheaterSounds Hudson River Valley Playreading Series presents a staged reading of Sarah Treem’s keenly perceptive play The How and the Why. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road in Kingston. Show time is 7:30pm. Admission is free, contributions appreciated.

7:30PM Mustard’s Retreat. Info: 518-346-6204 or www.8thstep.org. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady, $30 /gold circle, $24.

7:30PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles.

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

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

7:30 PM “Mary Poppins the Broadway Musical.” Tickets can be reserved in advance by calling Coleman High School at 845-338-2750, or they are available at the door. Adults $16 and $11 for children under 12. Coleman High School is located at 430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley, NY, one mile off Washington Avenue in Kingston.

7:30PM The Wizard of Oz. Presented by The Stissing Theatre Guild. Info: 518-398-1272. Stissing Mountain Middle/High School, Pine Plains, $12, $10 /student/senior.

8PM 32nd Annual Festival of Dance. A celebration of dance with performances featuring various styles of dance and top notch dance companies, showcasing choreographers and dancers.

Produced by the Ulster Ballet Company. Info: : 845-339-6088 or www.Ulsterballet.org. UlsterPerforming Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston.

8PM Michael Packer Blues Band. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM La Cage Aux Folles. Broadway musical

by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein will be presented by Up In One Productions. Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts. org Center for Performing Arts, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25 /senior.

8PM Rudy & The Backbeat Band. Info: 845-2298277 or info@hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

8:30PM-12AM The Frolic! An All-Ages Ecstatic Dance. All dance abilities welcome; no partner required. This monthly volunteer-run dance is alcohol & substance-free. Info: info@freestylefrolic.org or 845-658-8319. 15 Railroad Ave (Center for Creative Education, 2nd Floor) Kingston.

Resolution No. 47 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Rehabilitation And Reconstruction Of Various Bridges Throughout And In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $455,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $455,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maaloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 46 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project Nos. 417, 418, 420 and 422 for the reconstruction of various bridges for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 rehabilitation and reconstruction of various bridges by replacing decks and stringers to various Cor-Ten steel 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 $455,000.00.

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 $455,000.00 of 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 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

legals 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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.

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legals 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 49 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Cost Of Road Reconstruction Throughout And In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $4,268,825.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $4,268,825.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 48 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project Nos. 425 and 426 for the reconstruction of various roads for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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. Road reconstruction 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 $4,268,825.00.

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 $4,268,825.00 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, 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 51 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Cost Of The Reconstruction Of Lucas Avenue, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $2,422,400.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $2,422,400.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 50 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 427 for the reconstruction of Lucas Avenue for the Department of Public Works (Highway and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 reconstruction of Lucas Avenue, 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 $2,422,400.00.

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 $2,422,400.00 of 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 specific object or purpose 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, 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 53 February 17, 2015 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 $61,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $61,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To

Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 52 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 428 for the reconstruction of various road shoulders for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 $61,000.00.

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 $61,000.00 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, 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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

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Dated: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 55 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Reconstruction Of The Mount Marion Bridge, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $900,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $900,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 54 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 438 for the reconstruction of the Mount Marion Bridge 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 effect 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 reconstruction of the Mount Marion Bridge on Leggs Mill Road, over the Plattekill Creek in the Town of Ulster by the replacement of the Bailey Type superstructure with a bolted steel truss superstructure and a precast concrete deck, including improvements and incidental expenses in connection therewith, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $900,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $900,000.00 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 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 57 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Reconstruction Of The Wallkill Bridge, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $950,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $950,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 54 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 438 for the reconstruction of the Mount Marion Bridge 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 effect 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 reconstruction of the Mount Marion Bridge on Leggs Mill Road, over the Plattekill Creek in the Town of Ulster by the replacement of the Bailey Type superstructure with a bolted steel truss superstructure and a precast concrete deck, including improvements and incidental expenses in connection therewith, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $900,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $900,000.00 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 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 59 February 17, 2015 Authorizing Slope Stabilization On Mountain Road (County Route No. 28), In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $310,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $310,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 58 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 441 for slope stabilization on Mountain Road (County Route No. 28) for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 Mountain Road (County Route No. 28), 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 $310,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $310,000.00 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 specific object or purpose 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. 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 61 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Construction Of A New Retaining Wall On Elting Road In The Town Of Rosendale, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $85,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $85,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof \Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 60 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 443 for the construction of a new retaining wall on Elting Road in the Town of Rosendale for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 construction of a new retaining wall on Elting Road in the Town of Rosendale, 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 $85,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $85,000.00 of bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law.

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legals legals Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid specific object or purpose 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. 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 63 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Reconstruction Of The Alligerville Bridge And Leggs Mill Bridge, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $1,125,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $1,125,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay Part Of The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran, and Legislator Maloney offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 62 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project Nos. 444 and 445 for the reconstruction of the Alligerville Bridge and Leggs Mill Bridge for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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 reconstruction of the Alligerville Bridge on Alligerville Road, over the Rondout Creek in the Town of Rochester and the Leggs Mill Bridge on Leggs Mill Road, over the Esopus Creek in the Town of Ulster, 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 $1,125,000.00.

Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $1,125,000.00 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 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 February 17, 2015 and approved by the County Executive on February 27, 2015, 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: March 12, 2015 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Resolution No. 65 February 17, 2015 Authorizing The Cost Of Road Reconstruction Throughout And In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cos Of $425,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of

$425,000.00 Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Briggs, Gregorius, Maio, Maloney, and Richard Parete) Chairman of the Public Works & Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 64 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 448 for the reconstruction of various roads for the Department of Public Works (Highways and Bridges Division); 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 effect 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. Road reconstruction 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 $425,000.00.

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 $425,000.00 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, 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 TO BIDDERS The County of Ulster hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for the furnishing of all labor, equipment and material necessary for the RFB-UC15-146C - REPLACEMENT OF DENNING ROAD OVER EAST BRANCH NEVERSINK RIVER Bids will be received by the Ulster County

Purchasing Office, 244 Fair Street 3rd Floor, PO Box 1800, Kingston, NY 10402 until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The proposed work includes replacing the existing single span steel truss, with a single span prestressed concrete beam bridge on H-pile supported semi-integral concrete abutments. The work also includes highway approach work.

Bid Documents, Drawings, Specifications and any Addenda may be obtained from the Ulster County Purchasing Office, upon deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) plus a fifteen dollar ($15.00) shipping and handling fee for each set of Bidding Documents. Any bidder upon returning such set in good condition within thirty (30) days following the award of the Contract or the rejection of the bids will be refunded his deposit as per General Municipal Law, Section 102. Checks only shall be made payable to Ulster County Commissioner of Finance.

Each bid must be accompanied by security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid in the form of a Certified Check or Bid Bond and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders. No Bidder may withdraw his bid within forty-five (45) days after the actual date of opening thereof.

The successful bidder (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Contractorâ&#x20AC;?) shall furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent of the accepted bid as set forth in the Proposal Form. These bonds shall guarantee completion of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications within the time stipulated in the contract and prompt payment of all obligations arising thereunder. The Contractor shall pay the premium for such bonds.

This is a tax exempt project, and bidders shall not include in their bid sales and compensating use taxes on cost of materials which are to be incorporated into the work and which are to be separately sold by the Contractor to the County of Ulster prior to incorporation into the work of the Contract.

The attention of bidders is called to provisions for Equal Employment Opportunity, and payment of not less than the minimum salaries and wages in accordance with the applicable provision of the Labor Law of the State of New York must be paid on this project. The Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) goals for this project are 17% minority and 6.9% women and the use of Equitable Business Opportunities reporting software is required. The established Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Goal is 8.0% for this project.

Questions concerning this project may be directed to Carl W. Rode, P.E., C&S Engineers, Inc., 499 Col. Eileen Collins Blvd. Syracuse N.Y., (315) 455-2000 ext. 4289 The right is reserved to waive any informalities in the Bid and to reject any or all Bids.

Marc Rider Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY until Thursday March 27, 2015 at 5:00 PM for RFP-UC15-017 SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR ULSTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR the AGING 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 Please note that there has been a correction to Appendix R of the Ulster County Child Care Subsidy Plan.

Appendix R 4. Number of absences allowed during base period: PERIOD IN A MONTH Routine Limits (#of days) 12 Extenuating Circumstances (#of days) 3 Total Number of Absences Allowed (#of days) 15 BASE PERIOD Routine Limits (#of days) 24 Extenuating Circumstances (#of days) 16 Total Number of Absences Allowed (#of days) 40 The public is invited to comment on the draft Plan until April 12, 2015 in a letter addressed to Commissioner Michael Iapoce, Ulster County Department of Social Services, 1061 Development Court, Kingston, NY 12401.

LEGAL NOTICE ROAD CLOSING ULSTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Ulster County Bridge #116, Crowell Bridge located on Mud Tavern Road (aka, Albany Post Road) crossing the Dwaar Kill in the Town of Shawangunk will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday March 16,2015 to facilitate the removal and replacement of this bridge.

Traffic may use Mud Tavern Road south 0.90 miles to Bruyn Turnpike, Bruyn Turnpike west 1.43 miles to Hoagerburgh Road, Hoagerburgh Road north 2.20 miles to Long Lane, Long Lane east 1.20 miles to Mud Tavern Road, Mud Tavern Road south 1.25 mile to the bridge.

By Order of Brian Cunningham, Acting Commissioner of Public Works

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FULL-TIME. Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Value Inn, New Paltz, 7 Terwilliger Ln- Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking someone that is dependable, reliable, hardworking, and that would like to become part of our housekeeping team that serves the tourists visiting our community. Experience is a plus but not necessary. All those interested must apply in person at our front desk and state salary desired.

JOB OPENING at the TOWN OF NEW PALTZ. Interested parties are to send a letter of interest and resume to P.O. Box 550, New Paltz, NY 12561 or e-mail: assistant@townofnewpaltz.org. The Director of Finance and AdministrationWill work under the supervision of the governing body. Duties and responsibilities shall include: Overseeing bookkeeping and payroll/personnel.

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Employees Assistance Program. Contact Monitoring. Annual Reports. Audit and certify for payment all lawful claims or charges. Audit the financial records and accounts of all units of government. Multiple year fiscal planning projections. Ensure the integrity of the financial well being of the Town of New Paltz. Other duties and responsibilities as deemed appropriate in this job title.

Qualifications include: 1. New Paltz residency. 2. University Degree in field or related finance field. 3. 10+ years experience in Financing/Accounting. 4. 5+ years of Municipal experience. 5. 5+ years experience in Union, Healthcare negotiations. 6. Job History including significant portion of experience items as mentioned above.

LABORER NEEDED FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME. Wage based on experience and performance. Must have own transportation and clean drivers license. Nonsmokers only. Kniffen Homes (845)2557500.

LANDSCAPERS, GARDENERS WANTED. Experience necessary. Full-time or part-time. Trustworthy, reliable, strong with endurance. Own transportation.

Would primarily work in Woodstock area.

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

OFFICE ASSISTANT NEEDED, 30-40 hours a week. Must be good w/words, numbers, computers and other humans. Uptown Kingston location. Please email us a letter with your skills, experience and contact information to: blue@planetwaves.net.

RECEPTIONIST, PART-TIME, including Saturdays. Busy health clinic looking for a parttime receptionist. Must have prior experience as a receptionist to apply. Good interpersonal skill, proficiency in Word and Excel a must.

Must be ok with light cleaning. 25-28 hrs/wk. $13/hr. to start. Please email resume and cover letter: kingstonnyhealth@gmail.com RETAIL SALES, WOODSTOCK. Looking for PART-TIME HELP starting immediately. Must be able to work most weekends.

Retail experience necessary, knowledge of social media a plus. Please email resume or call for appt. gildedcarriage@gmail.com or (845)679-2607.

SHORT-ORDER COOK. Diner experience.

Part-time/Full-time. Apply in person at College Diner, 500 Main Street, New Paltz.

SUPERVISING LIFEGUARDS, LIFEGUARDS, WSIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, ATTENDANTS for Moriello Pool (Town/Village of New Paltz Pool) for summer 2015. Appropriate certifications required. Application and information available at: Office of Town Supervisor, 1 Clearwater Road, New Paltz.

255-0604. EOE. WALLKILL VIEW FARM now hiring part-time CASHIERS for afternoons and weekends. Please call 845-255-8050 to inquire or stop in and fill out an application.

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NEEDED: Foster Homes for Kittens. If you have the time (little is needed) and space to foster kittens, our organization will provide kitten food and if necessary, medical attention for these wonderful beings. Please call (917)282-2018 if you are interested in this rewarding endeavor.

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Browse ALL Available Residential • Multi-Family • Land • Commercial • Multi-Use • Rental Properties

(845) 338-5252 PRICE REDUCED

Text: M454408

To: 85377

www.MurphyRealtyGrp.com

OUTSTANDING COUNTRY GETAWAY

T This incredible country home is privately set on 4.6+/- acres, yet close to it all! Nestled on Hurley 4 Mt with fabulous mountain views, this Colonial has M been meticulously maintained with an amazing be setting featuring a Gourmet kitchen that opens into a beautiful dining room and a spacious living room. The Master suit has a walk in closet, a full shower, and jetted tub. Additional amenities include a security system, radiant heated floors on basement floor, cedar lined closets & heated gutters. Way too much to list, this is a must see, call today! $289,000

GORGEOUS KINGSTON HOME G

A Absolutely beautiful 4 BR, 2 bath home on jjust over an acre in the City of Kingston. Large oopen kitchen & dining room combo is perfect ffor entertaining designed for every style chef in m mind. Wood floors including bamboo throughout the house with Master Bedroom suite on the one end and the other beds at the opposite side of the house offers privacy complete with private bath. Downstairs has been set up as a game room, perfect for any kid at any age. In addition to the one car attached garage this is also a three car carport to store all of your vehicles. All of this on oversized lot which has been beautifully landscaped with man made pond with waterfall pump and 2 gazebos. $209,900

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Text: M153440

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EXCEPTIONAL HILLSIDE ACRES COLONIAL

BLUESTONE PARK CAPE

Text: M140638

To: 85377

Quiet country setting for this large meticulously maintained 5 bdrm 3.5 bath cape located in desired Bluestone Park subdivision. Just minutes to Kingston & Saugerties Village. 15 min. drive to Amtrak. Recently renovated kitchen & baths.

Beautiful maple flooring. Two master-bedrooms on each level. First floor master has view of gorgeous backyard. Very large deck on rear of house with built in seating makes for perfect outdoor entertaining.

Oversized two car garage is immaculate. Blacktop driveway. Priced to sell! Community water is in place for this subdivision. $335,000

Text: M142698

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Custom Home | Rochester | $769,900 Owner built home on 47+ acres mix comfort & style. Custom chef’s kitchen w/stainless appliances, granite counters, bar sink, wine refrigerator & slate back splash. 9’ ceilings on ϭƐƚ ŇŽŽƌ͕ ǁŽŽĚ ƐƚŽǀĞ͕ ^ĂŶƚŽƐ DĂŚŽŐĂŶLJ ŇŽŽƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ůŝǀŝŶŐ Θ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ͘ tŝůĚŇŽǁĞƌ ŐĂƌĚĞŶƐ͕ Ϯ ƉŽŶĚƐ͕ ďůƵĞ ƐƚŽŶĞ ƉĂƟŽ͕ ƐƚŽŶĞ ǁĂůůƐ Θ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͘

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Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker Logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC.

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DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each other- We have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/business cards & flyers or “show how to do” projects it will definitely increase your business

workshops

THEATER IMPROV GAMES f o r Everyone. Access the joyful, fearless you using Keith Johnstone’s methodology!

Starts April 2nd, 7:30-9:30 p.m., four classes $100, uptown Kingston. Space limited. Call Kathleen Donovan to register at 684-5219.

COUNTRY

READY TO MOVE?

Classic in design, exceptional for today’s living requirements! 4 BR, 2.5 Bath Colonial situated on a private ½ acre in Hillside Acres. Kitchen / family room with up to date custom made features including built-in kitchen benches, oversized windows, crown molding, woodburning fireplace, sliders to screened porch, decking & amazingly landscaping!! Upstairs offers a master BR en suite – brand new oversized shower, fabulous built-ins add a touch of elegance to this dream home! Too much to list, call today! $349,900

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(and mine). It’s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise you’d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)758-1170. Spots are $12$35.

New Paltz Community-- this App’s for You! Hugies & Hipsters * Pub Owners & Pub Crawlers * Dentists & Patients * Shoppers & Shops * Chefs & Diners * Baristas & Coffee Lovers... Get Connected! Find us at: https://newpaltz. mycityapp.mobile Local businesses– contact us for our annual ad rates- 845-5274100.

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adult care

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

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly.

10 years experience. Live-in or hourly.

References available. Ulster County area.

(845)901-8513

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8-UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE f o r sale in New Paltz. Private parking for 16. Laundry room on premises. In the heart of Village of New Paltz, 1 block from Main Street. Close to all amenities.

Serious inquiries only. Please e-mail: tobi@ulsterpublishing.com No brokers please.

MULTI-FAMILY INCOME PROPERTIES can replace lost wages and support you in retirement. Let tenants pay your mortgage. Learn how to be a landlord from an experienced investor. Private investment funding available. Call Matt LaRussa, Broker, 845.255.0699.

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land and real estate wanted

PRIVATE BUYER (non-realtor) SEEKING PROPERTY to purchase, MUST HAVE NATURAL WATERFALL. 2-10 acres needed.

Maybe subdivide? Can be either a vacant, SECLUDED parcel of land, OR property w/a house with a natural, private waterfall (w/year-round views, NOT just seasonal). Must be secluded (absolutely no homes in view), AND MUST BE WITHIN 10 MINUTES DRIVE TO WOODSTOCK. CASH OFFERED, CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@ yahoo.com.au w/photos/info. or call (518)965-7223.

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office space commercial rentals

NEW PALTZ: OFFICE SPACE available now. Close to Main St. $550/mo. plus heat. First month rent plus 1 month security. Call/leave mess. 845-5944433.

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garage/workspace/ storage space wanted

WANTED: STUDIO SPACE for painter.

Natural light, heat & access to water for 6 months, possibly longer. Woodstock or surrounding area. Call (845)684-7011.

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Many of our clients are in the arts; singers, musicians, painters, etc. Recently I told one of them that when I was young I had a leading part in the theater. Really? They responded very impressed.

Yes, I told them, I was an usher. Almost everything can be looked at from different perspectives, for example, I had a buyer from Brooklyn that said, “I’m looking for a lot of land with my house.” When I asked how much land he was seeking he said, “At least an acre.” I had another buyer from the midwest who said virtually the same thing. When I asked how much, he said, “You know, at least 30 or so acres.” Perspective is a funny thing. Don’t worry, we’ll figure you out.

www.lawrenceotoolerealty.com OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY MARCH 15TH 1:00-3:00PM 234 Finger Road, Saugerties NY 12477

ELEGANT INVESTMENT RENOVATION

This big and beautiful 6 bedroom, 4 bath 1911 home is smartly renovated, with plenty of room for family and guests to sprawl out in comfort and style. The house has also proved to be a vacation rental moneymaker: income for 2014 was nearly $40,000. The open concept look and flow of the house lends itself to entertaining, with a formal dining room that easily seats ten, eat-in-kitchen with new stainless appliances , a Jenn-Air six burner stove, double oven, and Jøtul cast-iron gas stove. There are hardwood floors throughout the house,including original wide-plank pine salvaged on the top floor. The grand living room boasts a working wood-burning fireplace .There is a hot tub solarium off of the substantial decking, and a large fenced-in portion of yard behind the house. This great find is tucked away atop a hill on seven rolling acres with bucolic country views and yet the entirely rural feel is minutes to the Thruway and Saugerties village. This can also be the perfect ski house with 20-30 minute drives to both Hunter and Windham Mountains. Lovingly maintained, it is a must see! This is a home that truly can be many things to many different people. Call Thomas B. Roberts Licensed R.E. Salesperson 646-404-1301 Mobile................................ $499,000 OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY MARCH 15TH 1:00-3:00PM 19 Brayden Lane, Saugerties NY 12477

PRIVACY, PRIVACY, PRIVACY

NEW

Privacy and natural surroundings define this 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath light-filled colonial conveniently located between Woodstock and Saugerties. It’s close to the Thruway, yet you feel you really are in the country. Nicely sited on 4.50 acres, with a long, gently-sloped driveway leading up to it, this spacious home features two separate living spaces as well as a formal dining room, and has a large back deck for entertaining. Because of its seclusion, the property is very appealing to any secondhomebuyer and of course could certainly work as a full-time residence as well.

Home, which also features a basement-level rec room that can be further finished,is in move-in condition. Added bonus is a second-floor laundry room. A solid house and a solid value with the top two features in real estate: location and privacy. Call Gail A. Short Licensed R.E. Associate Broker 845-594-6849 Mobile ...... $309,000

BARONIAL COLONIAL Fabulous Colonial with a circular paved drive is perfectly set on 1.50 acres in Woodstock! The traditional floor plan has an updated eat-in kitchen, stainless appliances and ceramic counters. The formal dining room has seating room for 6 and great built-ins!

The oversized living room holds a brick fireplace and sliders that lead to the back deck and hot tub, overlooking the open yard and year round stream. The first floor is bright and has hardwood flooring and a half bath. 2nd floor has 4 good size bedrooms, bath and ensuite Master bedroom. 2 car garage, wonderful setting!

Minutes to the Woodstock village and Kingston. ..........$269,000

SLEEP IN THE TURRET

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gardiner/ modena/ plattekill rentals

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT; GARDINER. In quiet residential neighborhood. Modern, super clean, 600 sq.ft., Pergo floors, tiled bathroom, washer/dryer.

Available 4/1. Includes all utilities, high speed internet, cable TV. Has seasonal views, large deck, storage shed. No smoking.

Pets considered. Turn Key! $1300/month.

Call 845-430-6408.

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highland/ clintondale rentals

HIGHLAND: 1-BEDROOM w/office/ storage. Second floor. Off-street parking.

Close to Train Station & NYS Thruway, Walkway Over The Hudson & Rail Trail. $850/month plus utilities. References & security required. No pets. No smoking. Professionals preferred. Available 4/1.

(845)691-6125, leave message.

HIGHLAND EFFICIENCIES at villabaglieri.com Furnished motel rooms w/ micro, refrig, HBO & WiFi, all utilities. $160-$195 Weekly, $600-$740 Monthly, w/kitchenettes $205 or $220 weekly, $760 or $820 monthly + UC Taxes & Security. No pets. 845.883.7395.

HIGHLAND/PLATTEKILL AREA: 1st floor, 2-BEDROOM Apt. with large rear deck and yard. $1100/month includes heat, hot water, washer/dryer, off-street parking, garbage pickup, basement storage area.

Marlboro Schools. No smokers. No pets.

Available immediately. 845-691-7339 or

845-883-6998 or e-mail: pbrooks@bnbpc. biz

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TWO 2-BEDROOMS in renovated barns.

Smaller one; $1000/month plus utilities, separate entrance, first floor, gas fireplace.

Larger one; $1200/month plus utilities, wood floors. BOTH: full bath, good light, garden area, laundry available. NO SMOKING, NO DOGS. 5 minutes by car outside village. Please call (845)255-5355.

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $1150/ month plus utilities. 31 Church Street, 1 block from Main Street, laundry room, private parking on premises. No pets/smoking.

1 month security. 1-year lease, good references. (845)255-5067, (845)255-5319.

BEAUTIFUL MODERN 5-BEDROOM HOUSE in park-like setting. Near shopping center. Living, dining, family, utility room, eat-in kitchen, 2 baths, red oak floor whole house, 2-car garage. $1600/monthly, 1 month security. References. No pets. Call both (845)255-6467 & (212)826-3587.

2-BEDROOMS FOR RENT in large 3-bedroom apartment. Close to SUNY New Paltz.

Quiet residential area. $500/month/room plus shared utilities. First, last, security, references, lease. On-site parking. No pets. No smoking. 845-255-7187.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT available

Made you look.

Ulster Publishing newspapers and websites reach over 50,000 readers a week. Go to www.ulsterpublishing.com/ advertise or 845-334-8200 to advertise.

Wait until you see this statuesque Victorian with a beautiful turret, just minutes from Belleayre Ski Center, Pine Lake, and a short walk to Pine Hill and the new Farm to Table Restaurant. Freshly painted, it has a new GAF Timberline roof, the kitchen and baths have been updated and an on demand hot water system installed. The turret holds a family room on the first floor and a bedroom on the second, 5 bedrooms total! The kitchen is chock-full of cabinets plus a pantry. Lynn Davidson says that this lovely home would make a fabulous B & B. Backed up by DEP land, rear privacy is insured. Call for a viewing!.................................................................$134,000

SAUGERTARIANISM Here’s one that can make you a landlord in an instant! Margo Obourn listed a wonderful classic, 2 family brick Victorian-Era, Village beauty with character and limitless possibilities. Lovingly restored, preserving many original details; moldings, high ceilings, hardwood floors, French doors and stained glass; it is just 2/10 of a mile from Main Street. Easily converted to a very spacious 4 or 5 bedroom single family (there go your chances to be a landlord), it could be perfect as a professional office too. The charming antique barn, restored, insulated, heated and sheet rocked would be a great Artist’s or Musician’s Studio. ..................$219,900 makes you a Baroness!

ROCKY GILBOA Isn’t that the Italian Stallion? No wait, that’s Balboa. But Mary Jack “Jackie” Umhay listed a stunning original 2 bedroom, Lincoln log home in Gilboa, situated on 6.9 acres, that has been completely renovated. There are many upgrades; hat water heater and furnace, pine, hardwood and ceramic tiled floors, and the wiring, plumbing, and roof were installed only 15 years ago.

With mountain views, the Florida sunroom is enclosed and insulated for year-round use, lovely landscaping. Finished basement offers work shop, art studio and plenty of storage. Adjacent to 90 acres of State land and minutes to Windham and Albany...............................................................$168,000

Kingston 845.339.1144

Saugerties 845.246.3300

Woodstock 845.679.9444

Boiceville 845.657.4240

Woodstock 845.679.2929

Phoenicia 845.688.2929

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APARTMENT – MODERN STUDIO

ON HUDSON VALLEY’S RIVE GAUCHE

ATTENTION SELLERS!!

With Spring just days away, pent up demand due to the foul winter weather will surely be unleashed. Are you ready? Westwood professionals offer you over 35 years’ experience in preparing your property for market. We have the staging and selling strategies that can easily maximize your return on investment.

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MID-CENTURY FLAIR - Spacious c. 1965 clapboard sided ranch on 2.8 PRIME Woodstock acres with a distinct mid-century vibe. Meticulous interior features gorgeous HW floors, ensuite MBR plus 2 add’l BRs, 2.5 baths, cozy cobblestone fireplace in 28’ LR, dining room, SS appliances, central AC, breezy screened porch PLUS 2 rooms in walk-out lower level perfect for home office. Fenced garden, fruit trees and move-in ready! ..................$350,000

COUNTRY MODERN - Enjoy NYC style loft like living on 5+ beautiful private country acres just minutes to Stone Ridge/High Falls. Airy wide open floor plan with high vaulted ceilings & skylights, wide board pine floors, superb gourmet cook’s EI kitchen with island, 3 generous bedrooms incl.

26’ ensuite MBR w/ media space, 2.5 baths, cozy woodburner, full walk out basement, spacious deck flows to refreshing pool. ........................$385,000

Large & entirely private guesthouse seeks quiet tenant.

280°of Hudson River views, wrap around balconies; private deck, designer bath and kitchen.

Magnificent sunrises and sunsets, large gazebo on the river, grape arbors and award winning gardens.

If geese migrating, bald eagles flying & winds whistling through wings of white swans isn’t your idea of tranquility: this may not be for you.

100’ private dock: slip available for your sailboat.

Peace & serenity at end of cul de sac.

100 miles north of G.W.Bridge, on a secret peninsula between Ulster and Greene.

Not suitable for young ones. Owners live nearby.

Plus heated garage optional.

Annually: $2000. /month plus utilities; Contact Allan Kessler @ Win Morrison Realty 310-866-6625

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NEW PALTZ RANCH - Discover easy living in this inviting one-level home set nicely off-road just minutes to vibrant New Paltz village. Spacious and gracious 2900 SF offers 24’ living room with fireplace, family/media room with fireplace, dining room, 3 bedrooms incl. 20’ MBR, 2.5 baths, den/home office, greenhouse spa with soothing hot tub, HW & slate floors, central AC and 2 car garage.

SPREAD OUT! ......................................... $367,000

PANORAMIC VIEWS! - Stunning Catskill views from private 6.9 acres! Gracious modern farmhouse design (2004)features 3900 SF open plan with high ceilings, wide board floors, cook’s gourmet kitchen with high end appliances, formal DR w/ gas fireplace, 29’ LR with fireplace, glass enclosed family/media room, ensuite MBR w/ steam shower, den/home office, central AC, finished basement, stone patio, fire pit& soothing hot tub! PARADISE FOUND! .......... $695,000

Choosing The Right Realtor DOES Make a Difference.

The Realtor Name Friends Recommend.

COLUCCI SHAND REALTY, INC 255-3455

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

www.coluccishandrealty.com

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Stone Ridge 687-0232

New Paltz 255-9400

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ROOMS FOR RENT w/access to kitchen and living room. Half mile from SUNY campus. No pets. $450/month includes all utilities. Call (914)850-1968.

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(E)3/1 Arm (F) 10 Yr Adj Call 973-951-5170 for more info

at Village Arms. Top floor, end unit. Good closet space. 1 mile to town. On bus route. $1000/month includes hot water, heat, plowing and garbage removal. No pets, no smokers. First month rent plus one month security. Call/leave message 845-594-4433.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in private home. Includes utilities, cable and high speed internet. Walking distance to SUNY and town. No pets or smokers. $1000/ month, 1½ month security. Available immediately. Call (914)475-9834.

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT Huguenot Street. Full kitchen. $760/month includes heat & hot water.

First, last, 1 month security.

No pets. Available April 1.

Call (845) 691-2878 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Individual wanted. Quaint apartment in lovely contemporary home. Private setting. Separate entrance. Pond view. 5 minutes to town.

Close to S.U.N.Y. Pets allowed. No smokers. $875/month utilities included. 1 month security. References. (845)255-2379.

BEAUTIFUL 2-BEDROOM, 1 BATH APARTMENT. Ground floor of private home in quiet village neighborhood. $1050/ month plus share of utilities. First, last & security. Call Jeff (914)456-5040.

INDIVIDUAL WANTED to help find and share quiet 2-Br apt. or house in town of New Paltz, Lloyd or Modena. $650/month plus utilities, although heat and hot water likely included. One cat on premises. Sorry,

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no additional pets. Available May. 845233-5645 or 828-301-3798.

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

We have, studios, one & two bedroom apartments, includes heat & hot water. (furniture packages available) Free use of the: Recreation Room, Pool, New Fitness Center & much more!

“Now accepting credit cards! Move in & pay your security and deposit with your credit or debit card with no additional fees!”

Call 845-255-7205 for more information PRIVATE SCENIC CONDO; 1-BEDROOM, 1 bath. Hardwood, ceramic and carpet. New Paltz. Convenient walk to village. Non smoker, no pets. Heat and hot water included. $1100/month. References, security. 845-389-7770.

ROOM FOR RENT: Utilities included.

SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Fall 2015 and short-term for the Summer!

Furnished studios, one & two bedrooms, includes heat & hot water. Recreation facilities. Walking distance to campus and town. 845-255-7205.

Student Rental: SHARE (w/2 males) MODERN 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT. $575/month. A/C & Wi-Fi included. New Paltz Village. Call (845)304-2504.

TWO BEDROOM, 1.5 BATH APARTMENT. Large kitchen, Washer/ dryer, two off street parking spots.

Quiet and convenient location, walk to the village and grocery stores. No pets, no smoking. References and security deposit required. $1200/month, plus utilities. Call 845-781-8739.

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rosendale/ high falls/tillson/ stone ridge rentals

EXTRA LARGE 2-BR to SHARE. High Falls. Bedroom and side room available plus share kitchen, living room, bathroom, deck. Lots storage. $625/month plus reasonable utilities, security. 845687-2035.

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kingston/hurley/ port ewen rentals

PORT EWEN: STUDIO APARTMENT available now. Newly remodeled. Offstreet parking. Hot water included.

Quiet area. Near marina. Designated parking. 1 year lease. No smoking inside.

201-289-1135.

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saugerties rentals

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT on horse farm. Exceptionally clean, bright & sunny. Italian tile kitchen & bath, Marble foyer, cathedral ceiling, French windows.

ENERGY EFFICIENT. Available now. $900/month plus utilities. (845)532-5080.

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

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woodstock/ west hurley rentals

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Nice area. $900/month includes all utilities, cable, laundry. Close to shopping. Near public transportation. Call (845)684-7036 or (845)443-5747.

1-BEDROOM CHARMING, COZY APARTMENT. Wide-plank floors. Full bath. 2 acres. Deck. By stream. Garden. $800/month. First, last, & security. No pets preferred. References. 845-679-2300, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

AIRY, BRIGHT, CLEAN 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Woodstock Center. 2nd floor, terrace w/view, full bath. No smoking/drugs/excess alcohol/pets. For responsible person w/steady income and references. $875/month includes all utilities, offstreet parking. Call 914-466-0910.

LOVELY 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. bright newly renovated EI kitchen. Great storage, fireplace, terrace. $1200/month includes heat, HW, trash, maintenance, plowing. 845-802-4777.

RARE WOODSTOCK RENTAL in the heart of Woodstock. Meticulously renovated 3-bedroom, 3 bath home w/character.

Fabulous deck looks onto park-like woods.

Millstream is at bottom of the property! All this right in town! Fully equipped modern kitchen w/granite counter. Beautiful hard-

wood floors, fireplace, sunny south windows and huge artist’s north light. Room for home office or studio. $2295/month, year lease. Security deposit. Call 845-679-9717.

WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM. Quiet upscale residential neighborhood. Beautiful grounds. Small quiet apartment complex.

Excellent condition & well maintained. $845/month includes all utilities. ALSO, FURNISHED 1-BEDROOM. $ 8 7 5 / month includes all utilities. No smoking.

References. No pets. (845)679-9717.

WOODSTOCK/LAKE HILL. Furnished room in restored colonial farmhouse; $500; furnished 2-room suite; $600. Includes all utilities, internet, private phone, piano, cats, gardens. Partial work exchange available with room. NS, NP. homestayny@msn. com 679-2564.

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seasonal rentals

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(845)255-7259 Residential / Municipalities

FULLY INSURED

LAWLESS TREE SERVICE

CERTIFIED ARBORIST • CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

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HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding. (845)255-7259.

Residential, Municipalities.

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firewood for sale

ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood.

GLORIOUS, NEWLY RENOVATED STONE CHATEAU, TWO CHARMING ACRES. SHOKAN, 12 MINUTES TO WOODSTOCK OR PHOENICIA. 3 BEDROOMS, 2 FULL BATHS. MUST SEE. PHOTOS, FULL DETAILS UPON REQUEST. MAY - SEPT $2,500/MO, MEMORIAL- LABOR DAY SPECIAL $7,300 UTILITIES INCLUDED. (845)6579776, info@pocofortemusic.com

rentals to share

$650- SAUGERTIES VILLAGE HOUSESHARE- All utilities are included.

Huge Victorian on secluded parcel. 1 large and sunny private bedroom w/attached bathroom. To share w/an artist. Big, gracious rooms are furnished and kitchen has a washer/dryer. Newly built back porch for relaxing in the yard when warmer days arrive! No smokers, cats or dogs. Call 917292-1776

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HAVE A DEAD TREE...

Top quality wood at reasonable prices.

FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol. com

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SHOKAN APARTMENTS: $ 7 5 0 / month- 2-BEDROOM w/ATTACHED GREENHOUSE, 720 sq.ft.; Also, $1200/ month- LARGE 2-BEDROOM, 1200 sq.ft.

7 miles west of Woodstock. Peaceful, calm, quiet, country setting. Please No smokers or pets. Utilities not included. Walk to Ashokan Reservoir. 1-year lease, 2 months security. Pictures on craigslist.org, search Shokan. Call 845-481-0521 or 845-6572490.

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ATTENTION VENDORS & DEALERS! Vintage & Collectible items for sale. Call Earl at (914)402-4985.

EXTANG HARD TONNEAU COVER, trifold for a Toyota Tacoma, (can IMPROVE gas mileage by 10%) current 5’ bed style, black, excellent condition. Call (845)2558352.

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.

MOVING SALE: Perfect condition Ethan Allen Country French Dining room, Table, 6 chairs, Buffet/Hutch; $2000, Farmhouse Table w/8 Windsor chairs; $600, Farmhouse China Cabinet; $200, Pine armoire; $200, 1800’s Spoon carved bed; $500, Brass Bed Frame Queen w/matching Bench; $400. Please call 845-240-4251.

New Paltz.

OLDER WOODEN HUTCH- dining room piece or originally retail display unit, large leather sofa, king-size bed. Price negotiable.

(845)417-1074.

Made you look.

Ulster Publishing newspapers and websites reach over 50,000 readers a week. Go to www.ulsterpublishing.com/ advertise or 845-334-8200 to advertise.

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

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

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buy and swap

BOTTOM LINE... I pay the highest prices for old furniture, antiques of every description. Paintings, lamps, rugs, porcelain, bronzes, silver, etc. One item to entire contents. Quality CONSIGNMENTS accepted also. Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972).

(845)389-7286.

OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.)

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

WANTED TO BUY GUNS. Cash for rifles, shotguns and handguns. Local federal and state licensed dealer. Johnson’s Gun Shop 845-338-4931.

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antiques and collectibles

ATTENTION VENDORS & DEALERS! Vintage & Collectible items for sale. Call Earl at (914)402-4985.

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yard and garage sales

stress, relationship issues, questions about your life past & current life’s path. Call Laurie Oliver at (845)679-2243. Laur50@ aol.com SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER… Space clearing, soul retrieval, shamanic extraction. Shamanic healing clears energy blocks in home or office. Retrieves life force lost through trauma or negative habits. Learn to work with your spirit helpers. MICHAEL BROWNSTEIN has trained with many practitioners including Michael Harner and Nan Moss. michael@laughingmountain. net (845)688-5249.

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professional services

GBM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC. Professional Moving and Delivery.

Residential/Commercial. Local and N.Y.C. Metro areas. N.Y.S. Dot T 12467, Shandaken, N.Y. Call 845-688-2253.

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

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LAURIE OLIVER.... SPIRITUAL COUNSELING. Give the gift of wellness.

Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis. Smoking cessation * pain management * stress relief * past life regressions. Certified Hypnotist by NGH. Intuitive, sensitive guidance. Spirit communicator. Specializing in dealing with grief,

COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices • Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)6882253.

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caretaking/ home management

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

(845)901-8513 ULSTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING; SENIOR NUTRITION/DINING PROGRAM. Operates Senior Dining Sites throughout the county, which offer nutritious, hot meals from 11:30 a.m.-noon. Kingston Mid-town Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston. (845)336-7112. Open Monday, Wednesday & Friday. They also provide an opportunity to socialize w/others who have similar interests. Guidelines: Please call the site between 10 a.m.-noon. the day before you plan to attend in order to be sure there are enough meals for everyone.

Eligibility: You must be an Ulster County resident aged 60 or over. Cost: There is no set cost, but a suggested daily donation of $3 is requested.

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art services

New parents seeking HELPFUL HANDSNew Family in Historic Farm House just south of the town of New Paltz is looking for a thoughtful, caring housekeeper to welcome into their home. Soon-to-be parents looking for someone several days a week who can become a part of daily family life. The house is a very special place that requires great care and attention as well.

Child Care experience is a must. Applicants please respond to Matthew: matthew@ mjl2006.com

720 NYS DOT T-12467

OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished.

Also frames & wood sculptures repaired.

Call Carol 687-7813. c.field@earthlink.net

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tax preparation/ bookkeeping services

JOHN MOWER HAS PREPARED Federal & State tax returns for individuals, small business & S-Corporations for 18 years. As an Enrolled Agent, he can represent clients in tax matters w/the IRS. Call for an appointment 679-6744.

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organizing/ decorating/ refinishing

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counseling services

EXPERIENCED HOUSECLEANER looking for new clients. Specializing in small homes/offices. Brings own non-toxic products. Weekly or twice monthly. Excellent references. (845)853-6898

personal and health services

Overwhelmed with Paper?

CASTAWAYS BIG FINAL CLEARANCE SALE!!! All winter clothing- 50% off.

Located at 36 Mill Hill Road in Woodstock.

(845)679-3459

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Marion — 206-235-9402 myakoushkin@gmail.com Getting organized is a journey, and a destination.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/ HOUSEKEEPER. Help w/everyday problems, special projects; clutter, paperwork, moving, gardening & personal assistant. Affordable rates. Fully Insured, Confidentiality Assured. MargotMolnar. com; Masters Psychology, former CEO, Certified Hospice Volunteer. margotmolnar1@gmail.com (845)679-6242.

painting/odd jobs

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Shandaken, NY 845-688-2253 “ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura, since 1997. “WINTERIOR” 15% DISCOUNT. Add value to your home economically. Environmentally conscious work done w/old world craftsmanship and pride. Interior/Exterior/ Decorator Finishes, Expert Color Consultation, Plastering, Wallpaper Removal, Light Carpentry. (845)3327577. Senior Discount. References. Free Estimates.

Interior Painting & Staining, Sheet Rocking, All Stages of Remodeling Residential & Commercial • Free estimates, fully insured Accepting all major credit cards.

Contact Jason Habernig

845-331-4966/249-8668 CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)6882253.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, cleanouts. Second home caretaking. All small/ medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

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HNI Builders Jack

Professional Craftsmanship for all phases of construction

Harley

845.331.4844 HniBuilders.com Hugh@HniBuilders.com

These year old boys are ready for their forever homes. They have come such a long way from when they were found as orphaned kittens. They are learning to trust and to know that people can be kind and loving. All are neutered, litter pan trained and up to date with shots. Jack is black with white markings (tuxedo). Harley is white with black spots and Ian is a handsome all gray boy.

We would like to have Jack and Harley go to a home together. Ian, who is still trying to come out of his shell, will need a home where a person will have the patience to let him find his comfort zone.

If you would like to know more about these beautiful boys, please call (917) 282-2018 or email DRJLPK@aol.com.

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.

EXPERT PAINTER/TAPER. 25 years experience. Free estimates. Reasonable rates. Call Jim (845)679-0717 or (845)6334701.

HANDYALL SERVICES: *Carpentry, *Plumbing, *Electrical, *Painting, *Excavating & Grading. 5 ton dump trailer. Trees cut, Yards cleaned & mowed.

Snow Removal. Call Dave (845)514-6503mobile.

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 845616-9832.

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• Int. & Ext. painting • Power Washing • Sheetrock & Plaster Repair • Free Estimates Multiple References Available Upon Request Licensed & Insured • ritaccopainting.com

MAN WITH A VAN MOVING & DELIVERY SERVICE. 16’ trucks, 10’ van. Reliable, insured, NYS DOT 32476. 8 Enterprise Road, New Paltz, NY. Please call Dave at 255-6347.

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

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845-657-2494 845-389-0504 1 Ridge Rd., Shokan, NY 12481 Stoneridge Electric www.stoneridgeelectric.com • Standby Generators • Roof De-Icing Systems

• LED Lighting • Service Upgrades • Warm Floor Tiles

Authorized Dealer & Installer Low-Rate Financing Available

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

Reliable, Dependable & Insured Call for an estimate

845-688-7951

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AA Statuary & Weathervane Co. Liquidation Sale

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more redrockgardencenter.com 845-569-1117

ASHOKAN STORE-IT

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

YOU CALL I HAUL. Attic, basements, garages cleaned out. Junk, debris, removed. 20% discount for seniors and disabled. Gary (845)247-7365 or www. garyshauling.com

HANDYMAN, HOME REPAIR, Carpentry, Remodels, Installations, Roofing, Painting, Mechanical repairs, etc. Large and small jobs. Reasonable rates. Free estimates.

References available. (845)616-7470.

Quality service from the ground up

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Specializing in: Hardscape Tree trimming Fences Koi ponds Snow plowing

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

KIZER STONEWORKS. B l u e s t o n e Specialist for the Hudson Valley. Wall restoration, new walls, retaining walls, patios, walkways, steps, stone design and sculpture, rock gardens and landscaping. Free estimates and fully insured. Call 845-338-9180.

STONEHENGE: STONE WALLS, PATIOS, walks, fences, decks, gates, gazebos, additions, ornamental pools, stone veneer, masonry needs. Tim Dunton 339-0545.

890 WINECOFF QUALITY CONTRACTING, INC. New Construction, Additions, Renovations.

Decks, Kitchens, Bathrooms, All types of Flooring, Tile Work.

Demolition, Dump Runs, Rotten Wood Repairs. FREE EXTERIOR HOME INSPECTIONS. OH!!! HANDYMAN PROJECTS TOO. Stefan Winecoff, 845-389-2549.

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DELPHINUS INTERIOR PAINTING, CARPENTRY & HANDYMAN SERVICE. Indoor painting, carpentry, repairs and problem-solving solutions.

Door sticks? Window jammed? No job too small. Economically and environmentally friendly. $20/hour. Call 845255-2379.

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building services

TRANSFORMATION RESTORATION. Interior Painting*. WINTER SPECIAL! Get 1 room painted at regular price, get another room HALF price. References available. Fully Insured. Call Chris Today!

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DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each other- We have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/business cards & flyers or 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. And, if you have leftover merchandise youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)7581170. Spots are $12-$35.

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FOR ADOPTION- GLORIOUS CATS!!

1-year old boys are ready for their forever homes. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come such a long way from when they were found as orphaned kittens.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re learning to trust and to know that people can be kind and loving. All are neutered, litter pan trained and up to date w/ shots. Jack; black w/white markings (tuxedo). Harley; white w/black spots & Ian;

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handsome all gray boy. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to have Jack & Harley go to a home together. Ian, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still trying to come out of his shell, will need a home where a person will have the patience to let him find his comfort zone. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know more about these beautiful boys, please call (917)2822018 or email DRJLPK@aol.com

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DIANAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed For Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Dianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAT Shelter in Accord.

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SWEET SAMMY; black and has only one eye. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neutered, up-to-date w/shots and litter pan trained. He loves playing w/the other cats in the house and they all seem to know he has limited vision. They let this loving cat (about 1-year old) play w/them however he pleases. Sammy must be an indoor only cat. MORRIS; long haired orange and buff boy. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friendly and sweet. LUCKYMorrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; girlfriend, is black and white.

Morris and Lucky are very much in love and we are looking to have them adopted together. Both are about 8-months old, neutered, up to date w/shots and litter pan trained. MUFASSA (at most 2-years old) loves to play w/the other cats but wants to be outside more than inside. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely affectionate, adores human beings, neutered, up to date w/shots and litter pan

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PROJECT CAT is a non-profit cat RESCUE AND SHELTER. Please help get cats off the streets and into homes. Adopt a healthy and friendly cat or kitten companion for a lifetime. High Falls/Accord area.

845-687-4983 or visit our cats at www. projectcat.org

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NEEDED: Foster Homes for Kittens. If you have the time (little is needed) and space to foster kittens, our organization will provide kitten food and if necessary, medical attention for these wonderful beings. Please call (917)282-2018 if you are interested in this rewarding endeavor. petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reward..... VETERINARY HOUSE CALLS. Dr. B. MacMULLEN. (845)3392516. Serving Ulster County for 10+ years.

Very Reasonable Rates, Multiple Pet Discount... Compassionate, Professional, Courteous. *Pet Exams, *Vaccines, *Blood Work, *Lyme Testing, *Flea & Tick Prevention, *Rx Diet, *Euthanasia at home.

Want to help but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adopt a cat? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget about our Foster program! Visit our website, UCSPCA.org, for details and pictures of cats to foster. Come see us and all of our other friends at the ULSTER COUNTY

SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston (just off the traffic circle). Open 6 days a week, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Closed on Mondays.) (845) 331-5377.

WOULD YOU LIKE AN OUTDOOR CAT? Do you have a barn, garage, shed or outbuilding? Would you like to consider having feral cats? You can help cats in need who will help keep your barn, etc. free of rodents.

The cats will be neutered/spayed and up to date w/shots. Please call (973)713-8229.

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