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Critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling writer Gary Shteyngart wins over readers with humor, satirical takedowns of contemporary society and a compassionate examination of modern love and loss. Shteyngart will speak at Vassar on Thursday, March 27 at 8 p.m. in the Students’ Building Auditorium, delivering the college’s annual Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture. The event will include Shteyngart reading from his work and answering questions from the audience. It is free and open to the public, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

Vassar College is located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 437-5370 or visit www.vassar.edu.

Lorraine Nelson Wolf performs at Reformed Church of Shawangunk this Saturday

AMC Networks CEO Ed Carroll speaks at SUNY-New Paltz on Thursday

Uncle Willy’s in Kingston hosts benefit Happy Hour this Friday for YWCA Join the YWCA Team-in-Training in its fight against leukemia and lymphoma for a benefit Happy Hour on Friday, March 28 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen

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CRAZY HAT BINGO PARTY IN STONE RIDGE THIS SATURDAY Grab a hat (or a friend with a hat) and head for the High Falls Civic Association’s annual fundraising Crazy Hat Bingo Party on Saturday, March 29 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Marbletown Community Center on Main Street in Stone Ridge. The event helps to underwrite all of High Falls’s annual community events. The admission fee of $15 for adults or $12 for seniors includes a buffet meal with fresh homemade desserts, coffee, tea and lots of bingo fun. Bring your own bottle.

Hats are not required, but attendees are strongly encouraged to express themselves. Prizes will be awarded for Most Environmentally Friendly Hat, Most Humorous, Most Seasonal, Most Stylish, Best Couple and Most High Falls.

Prizes will be provided by local merchants. Reservations are requested by e-mail at eschoelwer6@gmail.com or call (845) 687-3473. For more information, visit www.highfallscivic.org.

at 31 North Front Street in Kingston. The event is for ages 21 and over only. There is no cover charge, but monetary donations are welcome, and all tips collected by the bartenders will be donated to the YWCA Team-in-Training in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Guest bartenders will be “Big” Jim Ferraro and Nadine Fescoe Ferraro of N & J Promotions in Kingston. Music will be provided

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Orange County Choppers will host March for Cancer, a 5K run/walk, on Sunday, March 30 at their facility in Newburgh. The registration fee is $25 for adults or $15 for students age 18 or under. Proceeds will benefit the Hudson Valley Cancer Resource Center. Runners and walkers will race 3.1 miles through a moderately challenging course that begins and ends at the Orange County Choppers (OCC) grounds at Route 17K in Newburgh.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the race start, rain or shine, takes place at 10:30 a.m. The OCC Café will be open at 9 a.m. for a light breakfast. The event includes awards, runners’ bags, giveaways and a celebration balloon release to honor and remember loved ones battling cancer.

Entertainment is provided by K104.7 and deejay Alex B. For more information, call the Hudson Valley Cancer Resource Center at (845) 457-5000 or visit www. hudsonvalleycancer.org. Register online for the run/walk at www. orangecountychoppers5k.com.

SUNY-New Paltz will welcome alumnus Ed Carroll (Class of ‘85) to its Distinguished Speaker Series to talk about the “new” Golden Age of television on Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 100 and 102 on campus. Carroll is CEO of AMC Networks and has developed some of television’s most successful series, including Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Inside the Actors’ Studio and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Advance ticket purchase is highly recommended at www.newpaltz.edu/ speakerseries or the Parker Theatre box office at (845) 257-3880, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or one hour prior to the event in the Lecture Center lobby. Tickets cost $13 for SUNYNew Paltz alumni, faculty and staff, seniors over age 62 or non-SUNY students from New Paltz, or $18 to the general public. For more information, call (845) 257-3972.

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For more information, call Nadine Fescoe Ferraro at (845) 594-1836 or Uncle Willy’s Tavern & Kitchen at (845) 853-8049.

The Reformed Church of Shawangunk will host an evening concert with pianist, singer and composer Lorraine Nelson Wolf on Saturday, March 29.

Wolf has played on the stages of Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. She has performed in over a dozen Broadway shows, from Sweeney Todd to Grease, and her composition credits include various commercial scores and songwriting for herself and other artists.

A social hour with local entertainment, finger foods, desserts and beverages will be held from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The church is located at 1166 Hoagerburgh Road in Wallkill. For more information, call (845) 895-2952.

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ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. WITNESSED some of the tensest moments in modern history firsthand as a JFK administration insider, discreetly advising the president against the Bay of Pigs invasion. During World War II, he was a spook in the Office of Strategic Services and then went on to co-found Americans for Democratic Action with Eleanor Roosevelt, Hubert Humphrey and John Kenneth Galbraith.

Foundation in New York City, Schlesinger fils is perhaps best-known for his books and film documentary work on the founding of the UN and on US involvement in the 1954 coup d’état in Guatemala.

Stephen C. Schlesinger’s talk, starting at 7 p.m., will focus on The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published in 2013. Copies

It’s hard to overestimate the degree to which our view of the doings of this country was shaped by the lens held up by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. of the book will be available for sale (and signing) after the talk. Admission to the program is free. For more information about the event, call (845) 486-7745, e-mail clifford.laube@nara.gov or visit www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu.

– Frances Marion Platt Stephen C. Schlesinger discusses The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m., free, Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Presidential Library and Home, 4079 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park; (845) 486-7745, www. fdrlibrary.marist.edu.

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Keeper of the chronicles Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s son discusses his father’s letters on April 3 at Hyde Park’s Wallace Center

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n Thursday, April 3, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum’s Henry A. Wallace Center in Hyde Park will continue its ever-impressive series of author talks by hosting third-generation historian Stephen C. Schlesinger, who, with his brother Andrew, recently released a collection of their father’s letters. Said father was, of course, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., the preeminent chronicler of Cold War-era America and presidential politics in the days when “liberal” was not yet a dirty word.

It’s hard to overestimate the degree to which our collective retrospective view of the doings of this country in the mid20th century was shaped by the lens held up by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The titles of his immensely popular books gave us phrases by which several presidencies are popularly defined: A Thousand Days for the Kennedy administration and The Imperial Presidency for Nixon’s. He won two Pulitzer Prizes – the first in 1945 for The Age of Jackson and the second in 1966 for A Thousand Days – and the National Book Award in 1979 for Robert Kennedy and His Times. He served as speechwriter

and campaign advisor to Adlai Stevenson, Jack, Bobby and Ted Kennedy and George McGovern, and witnessed some of the tensest moments in modern history firsthand as a JFK administration insider, discreetly advising the president against the Bay of Pigs invasion.

During World War II, Schlesinger was a spook in the Office of Strategic Services, which eventually morphed into the CIA; he then went on to co-found Americans for Democratic Action with Eleanor Roosevelt, Hubert Humphrey and John Kenneth Galbraith. Though he never earned a PhD, he became a full professor at Harvard and later at the Graduate Center at CUNY. Not least on his long list of accomplishments was the high position that Schlesinger occupied on Richard Nixon’s infamous “Enemies List,” and he spent his last years as a vocal critic of the 2003 Iraq War. Throughout his long and busy life, Schlesinger chronicled his personal experiences among the movers and shakers of the age in journals that sons Andrew and Stephen edited and published in 2007. Now they’ve collaborated again on a volume of their father’s voluminous correspondence with

such icons of American statecraft as Harry Truman, Stevenson, Humphrey, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton and John and Robert Kennedy (including a detailed critique of JFK’s manuscript for Profiles in Courage). His pen pals ranged from political allies like Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Gore Vidal and Jacqueline Kennedy to celebrities like Groucho Marx, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Bianca Jagger. Schlesinger also made time to reply thoughtfully to inquiries about his works and the issues of the day from ordinary citizens.

Wallace Center speaker Stephen C. Schlesinger has carried on the family tradition of both writing about history as it happens and helping to shape it through activism and commentary. He grew up volunteering in the Bobby Kennedy and Gene McCarthy campaigns, co-founded the progressive magazine The New Democrat, became a staff writer at Time and served as a speechwriter and foreign policy advisor to governor Mario Cuomo.

He later worked for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and went on to serve as director of the World Policy Institute at the New School from 1997 to 2006. Currently a fellow at the Century

The Tivoli Free Library at 86 Broadway in Tivoli will host “Trails, Roads and Paths to the Future” on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. The talk on the historic roads of Ulster and Dutchess Counties will be presented by avid outdoorsman and local trail guide Dave Holden.

The event is free and open to all. For more information, call (845) 757-3771 or visit www.tivolilibrary.org.

“Scandals of the Gilded Age” talk on Wednesday in Poughkeepsie Don Fraser, educator at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site (Mills Mansion), will give a lecture on “Scandals of the Gilded Age” as part of the Lunch & Learn series held at the Hudson Valley Community Center at 110 South Grand Avenue in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m.

A question-and-answer session is included at the end of the one-hour talk.

Fraser will speak about heiresses for sale, a celebrity’s murder, the horsewhipping of a sister’s fiancé and telltale clues in local children that shocked a bride, plus scandals considered far too racy for the society pages of the day.

Wallace Center in Hyde Park exhibits historic recordings Historians with the National Park Service have collected stories from friends, neighbors and staff of the Roosevelts and Vanderbilts since the 1940s. In order to carry on the tradition of oral history, the National Park Service and the Sound and Story Project have teamed up to offer two special events to be held at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt National Historic Site. An exhibit at the Henry

A. Wallace Visitor Center showcasing some of the recordings made over the years will be on view Tuesday, April 1 through Wednesday, April 30. In conjunction with the exhibit, a “Community Conversation” will be held on Tuesday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wallace Visitor Center, which will give participants the opportunity to share their thoughts about the stories and perhaps some of their own.

Admission to the event is free, but seating is limited. For more information about reserving a place, visit www.nps. gov/hofr.

Meeting for potential volunteers at Huguenot Street in New Paltz Historic Huguenot Street is seeking volunteers. Lead visitors through the history of the museum houses of Huguenot Street and the people who lived and worked there, educating visitors on the challenges and struggles of the past and how those struggles shape the present. Interpretive styles range from fully costumed characters guiding guests through the Colonial and Victorian Eras to Socratic-style teachers leading visitors on an engaging pursuit of knowledge.

An informational meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 8 at 4 p.m. at Deyo Hall at 8 Broadhead Avenue in New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 255-1660, extension 105, or e-mail Thomas Weikel at thomas@huguenotstreet.org.

Poughkeepsie hosts Exempt Firemen’s Association’s Black Heritage Committee awards next Saturday The Exempt Firemen’s Association’s Black Heritage Committee will have its sixth annual community service and scholarship awards luncheon on Saturday, April 5 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel at 40 Civic Center Plaza in Poughkeepsie. Honorees will include the Reverend Richard P. Butler, Sr., Ralph Coates, Darren Davis, Sr., James Haywood, Cheryl Kelly, Jeanne Meilak, ANP-C, MSN, CBN, Harriett Palmateer, Elder Ann E. McKitty Perry and Dr. Wayne Weiss, MD, FACS. Scholarship recipients are Tiyina Becnel and Kimara Richards.

Tickets cost $55 and include an afterparty at the Firemen’s Association at 200 Mansion Street in Poughkeepsie, where tickets can be purchased. There will be a $10 donation at the door. For more information, call Leila Howard at (646) 678-7712, Carla Bowen at (845) 849-1829 or Cheryl Felton at (845) 380-1500.

March 31 at 5:30 p.m. The talk is sponsored by the Department of Religion and the Program in Jewish Studies at the college. The event will be held in Rockefeller Hall, Room 300, and is free and open to the public.

Kashua is the creator of the hit Israeli television series Arab Labor (Avoda Aravit), now in its third season. With wit, irony and humor, Kashua offers a fresh and poignant perspective on the experience of Palestinians living in Israel and caught between two worlds. The event on Monday will feature the screening of one episode of the show, followed by a talk with the author.

Kashua is the author of the novels Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning and Second Person Singular and he writes a satirical weekly column in Hebrew for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz. Kashua was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize in Literature in 2004 and is the subject of the documentary Forever Scared.

Vassar College is located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 437-5370 or visit www.vassar.edu.

Mark Vonnegut to speak on “The Myth of Mental Wellness” at Bard

Vonnegut, the only son of the late Kurt Vonnegut and Jane Cox Vonnegut, is the author of The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity. A full-time practicing pediatrician, he lives in Massachusetts with his wife and son. For more information, call (206) 351-0777 or e-mail alegendr@bard.edu.

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Lunch is served immediately afterwards at a cost of $5 per person. For more information, call (845) 471-0430.

Kingston Library to host literacy volunteer training Join thousands of others in the community to become a literacy volunteer with the Ulster Literacy Association. Upcoming training at the Kingston Library starts on April 16.

Register at (845) 331-6837. For more information, visit www.ulsterliteracy. org or e-mail info@ulsterliteracy.org.

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Vonnegut will read from his book Just Like Someone without Mental Illness Only More So. He shares his story in a searingly funny, iconoclastic account of coping with bipolar disorder, finding his calling and learning that willpower isn’t nearly enough. His talk will include thoughts about growing up with his famous father and living fully with a mental illness.

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“THIS EVENT IS BRINGING A UNIQUE GLOBAL JAZZ SUMMIT TO WOODSTOCK, and I’m honored to share the stage with the great Uhadi and Etienne Charles,” said trombonist and bandleader Chris Washburne

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ike Gordon, best-known as the bassist of Phish, has struck out on his own as a singer/songwriter in recent years, releasing several collections of songs, including 2014’s curious and enjoyable Overstep. Gordon hardly oversteps at all on this disc. While entirely Phishy in its combination of prog, roots and jam, and in the mental effluvia for lyrics, Overstep is modest, casual and playful in a way that Phish’s largely fruitless angling for radio hits stopped being long ago.

Mike Gordon appears at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on Sunday, March 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $45 and $35. The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-4406 or visit www.bearsvilletheater.com.

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Jeremy Baum touts new CD The Eel this Saturday in Newburgh Instrumental blues, fusion and funk are typically live-experience genres that depend upon ensemble empathy and the living groove. They pose an interesting challenge in the recording studio: The question is not whether the players can approximate the interplay, spontaneity and organic dynamics of live performance in the lab environment of the studio – of course they can – but whether, once captured, that level of content and energy translates to the listener’s speakers much at all. What is rousing and immersive live can often be curiously flat and predictable when committed to tape. It is at this point of rude awakening that players (you know what I

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Jazz Ambassadors South African supergroup Uhadi & Etienne Charles to play Bearsville this Saturday

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ack in the days of the Cold War, one of the more successful global propaganda programs for our way of life was the State Department’s Jazz Ambassador Tours, which lasted from Eisenhower through Nixon. From its first outing with Dizzy Gillespie and his 18-piece band through tours with Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and a particularly effective trip through Africa by Louis Armstrong, the program drew large crowds, shifted music wherever it went and helped keep jazz considered the definitive American artform.

Now we’re seeing the reverse happening. Similar to the ways in which Europe kept our jazz greats alive through the 1960s and 1970s so that they could return, in top gear, in the 1980s and 1990s, our own jazz – and jazz audiences – are being reinvigorated by new programs bringing world versions of our great artform.

Take the coming of the South African jazz supergroup Uhadi to the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock this Saturday, March 29. It’s part of the Catskill Jazz Factory’s ambitious plan to make our region a hotbed for jazz’s rebirth, and will match the visitors with some top-shelf local talent for what promises to be a great concert.

Uhadi was created at the invitation of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Its band members – saxophonist McCoy Mrubata, pianist Paul Hanmer, trumpeter Feya Faku, bassist Herbie Tsoaeli and drummer Justin Badenhorst – are happy to be playing in the same town that has been home to such jazz greats as Dave Holland, Kenny Burrell, Sonny Rollins and Jack DeJohnette, as well as in a place that saw the music that they adore move forward several steps through the auspices of the town’s Creative Music Studio.

“This event is bringing a unique global jazz summit to Woodstock, and I’m honored to share the stage with the great Uhadi and Etienne Charles,” said trombonist and bandleader Chris Washburne, who keeps a place in Lexington and recently played a standing-room-only concert at Bard College. “The concert promises to be cross-cultural jazz diplomacy at its swingin’ best: a great continuation of Catskill Jazz Factory’s creative programming.”

Trumpeter Etienne Charles, originally from Trinidad, is also known for his use of African rhythms, which makes for a promise of danceability and uplift come the big Uhadi night in Woodstock. The commemorative performance, being held in conjunction with Jazz at Lincoln Center, celebrates both the 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa as well as the kickoff of the group’s first US tour as an ensemble. Tickets for the concert cost $20 for regular, reserved seating, $30 for the Golden Circle, which entitles you to meet the bands. Reservations are recommended.

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cord to appeal to more than just other players and niche fans.

Jeremy Baum, the high-visibility regional keyboard ace, has all this covered.

On his excellent new CD The Eel – his second as leader – Baum employs many smart and savvy strategies in preparing what is essentially live music for the other important music delivery system. First up is repertoire: Baum augments his originals

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(more on those shortly) with some choice covers and witty genre appropriations.

The album opens with a Beck cover: “The New Pollution” reenvisioned, quite naturally, as a spare and simple Booker T groove statement. Eight tracks later, in the penultimate position, we find a moody, gospelized pass at “Purple Rain” – which, now that I mention it, always was moody and gospelized, wasn’t it? In between is a James Brown tune (straight dutiful homage for anyone in the blues/funk field) and, perhaps the most surprising, a homey and rocking take on the Orleans soft-rock classic “Dance with Me.” None of these covers is very radical; radical genre displacement and

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line definition and note choice. While the understated session leader divvies up solo time evenly among himself and a fleet of really good bluesy guitarists, it is Baum’s own clarified, tuneful and thoughtful solos that elevate these jams.

Baum has obviously learned a lot about the Zen of groove-based songwriting from John Scofield and other masters of the form. Nothing fails the groove arts more than the song-as-a-vessel-ofsolos approach. A groove, a riff and a dynamic arc do not a song make; and yet, one arrangement detail too many

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and suddenly, your swinging groove tune is a prog suite. No-no. Baum treads the line perfectly. “Funky Monkey� is a relaxed groove-blues in the style of the Meters, with a clever head that reminds me of Scofield circa Uberjam. “Three More Bottles� – a song with winning vocals courtesy of Chris O’Leary – is a rollicking New Orleans piano piece driven with great subtlety and warmth by drummer Michael Bram. It is one of Baum’s most delightful compositions as well. On “Charlie Baum� and “The Eel,� Baum permits a little more formal ambition, with witty heads and

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The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the music begins at 7. There is no cover, but a generous donation is encouraged. The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, call (845) 236-7970 or visit www.liveatthefalcon. com.

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multiple meter and groove changes: Fusion, yes, but it never violates the homely grooving essence of the project.

The Eel was recorded – well-recorded – by Dave Gross at Fat Rabbit Studios in Montclair, New Jersey. The mixes are warm and natural, with plenty of breathing room in which to appreciate the palpability of the Hammond organ and the grand piano. In this genre, of course, much of the mixing is preaccomplished via the arranging, so Baum gets to claim a lot of the credit for these spacious, distinct mixes as well.

Jeremy Baum celebrates the release of The Eel with several local appearances: Saturday, March 29 at 9 p.m. at the Golden Rail in Newburgh; Friday, April 4 at 9 p.m. at 12 Grapes in Peekskill; and Saturday, April 5 at 9 p.m. at the Turning Point in Piermont. For more information on the shows and the CD, visit www. jeremybaum.com.

– John Burdick

“Voices of the Land” concert on Saturday in Poughkeepsie “Voices of the Land” includes Celtic-themed songs for treble voices and harp, excerpts from the opera Eric Hermannson’s Soul, based on a story

by Willa Cather, and the song cycle Oh Millersville! a whimsical portrayal of small-town life through the eyes of a 12-year-old schoolgirl. Jonathan Chenette, dean of the faculty and professor of Music at Vassar College, is composer and producer. The Saturday, March 29, concert is part of Christ Episcopal Church’s ongoing Concerts con Brio series.

Christ Episcopal Church is located at 20 Carroll Street in Poughkeepsie. The suggested donation is $12 at the door

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for this Saturday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. show; students get in for free. For more information, visit www.christchurchpok. org/concertsconbrio.html.

David Bromberg Band at Bethel Woods next Thursday In March of 2013, David Bromberg and his group entered Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, emerging 12 days later with Only Slightly Mad, a return to Bromberg’s genre-bending albums of the ’70s and ’80s. The album combines blues, bluegrass, gospel, folk, Irish fiddle tunes, pop and English drinking songs with a nonchalant ease.

Now Bromberg and his band perform at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Thursday, April 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $44 and $36 and are available online at www.bethelwoodscenter.org or by calling (866) 781-2922. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is located at 200 Hurd Road in Bethel.

Cyro Baptista plays the Falcon in Marlboro next Friday Known as the Mad Scientist of Brazilian Percussion, Cyro Baptista brings his new ensemble Banquet of the Spirits to the Falcon in Marlboro on Friday, April 4. Banquet of Spirits’ eponymous debut was released on Tzadik, the label run by the legendary jazz agitator John Zorn.

The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the music starts at 8. There is no cover, but a generous donation is encouraged. The Falcon is located at

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he homegrown American six-piece band Spirit Family Reunion began by busking street corners and subway stations in New York City, and from there have gone on to play the Newport Folk Festival the last three consecutive years. Spirit Family Reunion appears at BSP in Kingston on Saturday, March 29 at 10 p.m. Balkan Death Grip and the Old Double E open.

Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 on the day of the show, and are available for cash only at Outdated in Kingston, Jack’s Rhythms in New Paltz, Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie and the Woodstock Music Shop. The BSP Lounge is located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 481-5158 or visit www.bspkingston.com.

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Woodstock Writers’ Festival returns, April 3-6

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here will be great books, evocative stories and abundant opportunities for inspiration at the fifth annual Woodstock Writers’ Festival (WWF), April 3 through 6. Here’s a listing of who’s slated to show up, in alphabetical order: Elisa Albert, M. K. Asante, Sari Botton, Kelly Braffet, Henry Bushkin, Alison Cherry, Jennifer Clement, Rich Cohen, Stephen Cope, Joe Donahue, Beverly Donofrio, Pamela Erens, Tom Folsom, Martha Frankel, Holly George-Warren, CHARLIE SAMUELS Will Hermes, Baird Hersey, Brian HolJames Howard Kunstler is the author of several great nonďŹ ction books about the global energy predicament (The Long Emergency; lander, Lynn Johnston, Owen King, Lily Too Much Magic), the ďŹ asco of suburbia (The Geography of Nowhere), and the American revival of urban design (Home from Nowhere; Koppel, James Howard Kunstler, J. MiThe City in Mind). Kunstler will discuss the real-world issues he tackles in his nonďŹ ction books and how he was inspired to depict the chael Lennon, Jenny Offil, Domenica consequences of all that in his recent World Made By Hand series of novels set in the post-oil American future. The third in the fourRuta, Nan Gatewood Satter, Marianne book series, titled A History of the Future, will be published this September by The Atlantic Monthly Press. “It’s one thing to present Schnall, Bar Scott, Kitty Sheehan, Alison an audience with a set of rather scary facts about the fate of their society,â€? Kunstler said. “I wanted to reach a different part of their Stewart, Sean Strub, Gail Straub, Eva brains in my novels — to get them to feel the rich textures and sensations of life in the future in a fully tactile way. I also had a hidden Tenuto, Abigail Thomas, Stephen Toagenda: to present that future in a way that would make it appealing‌ a place you might actually like to be.â€? You can attend Kunstler’s bolowsky, Marion Winik, Koren Zailcktalk at the Woodstock Writers’ Festival on April 5 from 2-3:30 p.m. for $15. as and Carol Zaloom. “I’m getting educated,â€? says Festival and Carol Zaloom at Joshua’s CafĂŠ will director and author Martha Frankel. “It’s Friday’s daylong workshops will offer Golden Notebook on Tinker Street. not like I say, ‘That’s who we should get.’ lead into another afternoon of panel in-depth information on a variety of – Ann Hutton discussions.

It’s all been so organic this year; we must techniques and issues for writers, both Woodstock Writers’ Festival, April 3-6, It’s a jam-packed weekend; check out the have thrown around a hundred names for experienced and neophyte. Building a $10-$450, Kleinert/James Center for the the keynote speakers.� social media platform, writing fiction and full schedule at www.woodstockwriters.

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WHEN IT COMES TO CLEVER, sophisticated lyric-making, the king of living Broadway tunesmiths is still Stephen Sondheim. His compositional technique may be flawless, but he never ties up a happy ending in a safe, neat little bow.

Broadway babies Poughkeepsie’s Half Moon Theatre delivers slick, tuneful Side by Side by Sondheim

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eople with tweens or teens in their lives these days may be getting a little tired by now of hearing them obsess over the songs from Disney’s Frozen – especially the leather-lunged, Oscar-winning showstopper “Let It Go.” Not to say that those songs are bad; but don’t you get a little nostalgic for the days when a show tune was supposed to be at least a little clever and sophisticated, and not just boffo? It wasn’t that long ago.

When it comes to clever, sophisticated lyric-making, the king of living Broadway tunesmiths is still Stephen Sondheim.

His compositional technique may be flawless, but he never ties up a happy ending in a safe, neat little bow. Rather, odd harmonies, discords and minor keys, flippant or world-weary sentiments, acerbic ironies and heart-aching nearmisses, tongue-tangling wordplay, alliteration and internal rhyme are the hallmarks of this master’s form.

Sondheim’s songs generally prod you to think and feel more than they do to sing along – though there are exceptions.

The eight-time Tony-winner’s output has slowed in recent years, but by 1976 he had already amassed a strong and diverse enough repertoire to inspire the first of several revues. Though Side by Side by Sondheim stops short of such later works as Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods, it packs a great deal of punch into an evening’s entertainment. It’s currently running at Half Moon Theatre in Poughkeepsie, with an excellent cast that includes two very talented Broadway veterans: Half Moon executive director Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford, codirector of Half Moon’s School of the Arts. Kenneth Kyle Martinez ably sings the male parts (and the odd female one), while David Simpatico – who’s also the set designer – fills the role of the Narrator with affable humor. Musical director Sarah Brett England provides beautiful accompaniment on the piano.

Nearly half of the songs in Side by Side

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Denise Summerford, David Simpatico (back), Kenneth Kyle Martinez (front) and Molly Renfroe Katz in the finale of Half Moon Theatre’s Side by Side by Sondheim, running through April 5.

by Sondheim come from either Company or Follies, surprisingly skimping on the composer’s biggest early hits. The revue starts with a vivid demonstration of why “Love Is in the Air” was dropped in out-oftown tryouts and replaced with the hastily written “Comedy Tonight” as the opening number of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but that’s all we hear from that show. West Side Story is represented only by the Anita/Maria medley “A Boy like That”/“I Have a Love,” while this production cuts one of the two songs from Gypsy (“You Gotta Have a Gimmick”), keeping only “If Momma Was Married.” Even Company’s biggest hit, “The Ladies Who Lunch,” gets left out of the revue.

But that’s okay, because the lineup that makes the cut is varied in tone and topnotch in quality. In fact, much of this evening’s fun resides in the discovery of songs from shows that flopped, one-off efforts or projects that never got off the ground. One fine example, sung solo

by Renfroe Katz, is the wistful ballad “I Remember (Sky).” It comes from a madefor-TV musical called Evening Primrose that was otherwise quickly forgotten – possibly on account of its wacky plot premise, involving a group of odd people who secretly live in a department store

and turn into mannequins if they divulge their existence to outsiders.

Renfroe Katz aces the regretful “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music, and demonstrates a kinkier side with “I Never Do Anything Twice (The Madam’s Song),” written for the movie The Seven Percent Solution but mostly cut from the final edit. It’s a charming reminder of the truism that bawdy humor is funniest when couched in somewhat oblique language.

Sondheim is very good at this sort of thing, which also surfaces in “Can That Boy Foxtrot,” which was cut from Follies, sung here by both women.

Although the whole cast in this production is very strong, the real find is Summerford, who packs a belter voice into a petite frame. She particularly excels at patter songs and comic numbers like “The Boy from (Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz),” a bossa nova parody that Sondheim wrote under a pseudonym to music by Mary Rodgers for Linda Lavin to sing in The Mad Show, inspired by Mad magazine, in 1966. But Summerford’s biggest moment of the evening is the Follies showstopper “I’m Still Here,” which deservedly brought the opening-night audience to its feet.

Martinez holds his own well against these two formidable ladies, especially in embodying the reluctant suitor in the various songs from Company; his “Marry

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Me a Little” balanced yearning and hesitancy in equal measure. But the most fun was had by all in the zanier ensemble pieces like “Everybody Says Don’t” from Anyone Can Whistle and “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” from Follies – the latter delivered at such a brisk pace that it would hardly sound out of place in a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.

Michael Schiralli directs this most enjoyable evening of musical theatre, which runs through April 5 at Half Moon’s Black Box Theatre in the Oakwood Commons North Building on Route 9. Tucked away behind the Red Robin restaurant, the new 80-seat theatre space is intimate, acoustically fine, well-lit and comfortable, with utterly silent fans wafting the gentlest of breezes over the audience.

Discover it now with a performance of Half Moon Theatre’s very first musical production, Side by Side by Sondheim, beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3; Fridays, March 28 and April 4; and Saturdays, March 29 and April 5.

Sunday matinées on March 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Admission cost $30 for evening performances and $25 for matinées. To purchase tickets, call (800) 838-3006 or visit www.halfmoontheatre.org.

– Frances Marion Platt

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By OSCAR WILDE The Performers George Allen, Joseph Bongiorno, Ella Cattabiani, Virginia Chapman Neil Howard, Susanne Traub, Joe Veillette, Erika Young Directed & Designed by Robert McBroom March 28,29,30 April 4,5,6 and April 18,19,20 8 PM Mescal Hornbeck Community Center Rock City Road, Woodstock NY Tickets $20, $15 Senior Citizens and Students RESERVATIONS: 8456797900 performingartsofwoodstock.org

he folks at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck seem to have stumbled on a winning formula last year when they presented two consecutive shows with wildly different takes on a common theme in logical progression, from the sublime to the ridiculous: What better vehicle than the romantic Camelot to set the stage for the wacky Monty Python’s Spamalot?

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Sunday, April 6 & 13, 3 p.m., $22/$20, Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck; (845) 8763080, www.centerforperformingarts.org.

Kingston students to perform Young Frankenstein Kingston High School will present Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein in a live musical performance Thursday through Sunday, March 27 to 30 at the high school. For more information, visit www.kingstoncityschools.org.

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imes certainly have changed since Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest first opened in London in 1895. The spoof of Victorian manners was a huge hit; but the gay playwright had gotten wind of a plot by his lover’s disapproving aristocratic father to pelt him with rotten vegetables when he took his bows, so he had to have the Marquess of Queensberry barred from the premiere. A barrage of lawsuits and countersuits ensued, ending with Wilde sentenced to two years of hard labor for “gross indecency.” His stint in prison ruined his health and effectively ended his career, hard on the heels of his biggest success. Five years later he was dead.

If only this most celebrated wit of the late 19th century could have lived long enough to see the legalization of same-sex marriage, he might be delighted with today’s relaxation of social morés; but he would probably still uphold the same skepticism about the institution of marriage and the conventions of courtship that he displayed so cleverly in The Importance of Being Earnest. Stuffed with quips and epigrams and subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, the play follows the misadventures of two upper-class young men from the city who both create alter egos named Ernest to facilitate their romantic conquests in the country. It features one of Wilde’s most memorable (and quotable characters), the “Gorgon” Lady Bracknell.

Performing Arts of Woodstock’s new production of The Importance of Being Earnest opens this Friday and runs for three (non-consecutive) weekends, under the direction of Robert McBroom. The cast includes Joe Bongiorno as Jack Worthing, Neil Howard as Algernon Moncrieff, Virginia Chapman as Lady Bracknell, Erika Young as Gwendolen Fairfax, Ella Cattabiani as Cecily Cardew, Susanne Traub as Miss Prism, George Allen as Reverend Chasuble and Joe Veillette as Merriman/Lane.

Performances at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, March 28 to 30, April 4 to 6 and 18 to 20. Ticket prices are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors and students. For reservations call (845) 679-7900 or visit www.performingartsofwoodstock.org.

– Frances Marion Platt Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest by Performing Arts of Woodstock, Friday-Sunday, March 28-30, April 4-6 & 18-20, 8 p.m., $20/$15, Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock; (845) 6797900, www.performingartsofwoodstock.org.

Well, now they’re doing it again, only in the opposite direction, ridiculous to sublime: This year’s Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival at the Center has kicked off with a Centerstage Productions revival of Rodgers & Hart’s musical take on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, The Boys from Syracuse, running from March 21 to 30. Then, from April 4 to 13, the identical cast will play the corresponding roles in the Bard’s original farce of shipwrecked twins and mistaken identities.

Lou Trapani directs The Boys from Syracuse and Lisa Lynds The Comedy of Errors. Featured performers include Amy Gustin as Adriana, Molly Feibel as Luciana, David Foster as Antipholus of Ephesus, Fred Fishberg as Antipholus of Syracuse, Zack Marshall as Dromio of Ephesus, Patrick McGriff as Dromio of Syracuse and Lisa Lynds as Luce.

Performances for both shows begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and at 3 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets cost $22 for adults, $20 for seniors and children and can be ordered by calling the box office at (845) 876-3080 or visiting www.centerforperformingarts.org.

– Frances Marion Platt

Rodgers & Hart’s The Boys from Syracuse, Friday/Saturday, March 28/29, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 30, 3 p.m.; William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, Friday/Saturday, April 4/5, 11/12, 8 p.m.,

Do good musicals ever go out of style? Not with enthusiasts such as director, choreographer and educator Joe Langworth around, or programs such as the Broadway Musical Theater Showcase being put on by SUNY-Ulster, which culminates with a March 27 concert Langworth, who’s concluding his spring Larry Berk Artistin-Residency with the upcoming events that include two more master classes

at the community college, started his Broadway career in A Chorus Line before eventually hitting his stride with recent revivals of South Pacific and Next Fall.

Last year he earned big acclaim for his direction of a one-man concert performance by Tony Award winner Paulo Szot that premiered at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and went on to play New York’s 54 Below.

“I have been blown away by the natural talent of SUNY-Ulster students,” says Langworth. “The students’ excitement and desire to learn more about musical theater made it thrilling for me to share a few of the things I’ve learned throughout my career.”

The Musical Theater Showcase on March 27 will feature songs selected by the students and Langworth from various contemporary musicals, as well as a group number with vocal harmonies. The idea was to help each student find tryout material that would demonstrate his or her best talents effortlessly.

– Paul Smart Joe Langworth’s Musical Theater Showcase, Thursday, March 27, 7:30 p.m., Quimby Theater, SUNY-Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge; (845) 687-5262, www.sunyulster.edu.

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April 4-13 8 pm Fri & Sat QN 4VO Tickets: $22/$20 What happens when one set of twins winds up with their brothers’ wives, and another set of twins become servants of the wrong masters, and what about that old man searching for his missing children? Laughs galore! A CENTERstage production directed by Lisa Lynds and concludes this year’s Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival. Starring Molly Feibel, Fred Fishberg, Karen Forray, David Foster, Amy Gustin, Lisa Lynds, Zack Marshall & Patrick McGriff.

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ANDERSON’S AESTHETIC CAN DRAW YOU IN SO FORCEFULLY that you’re willing to give up all insistence on logic or plausibility without a struggle. It’s like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole. And where you land is someplace magical-realist – in the case of The Grand Budapest Hotel, a skewed facsimile of Eastern Europe on the cusp of World War II, where a few obsessive visionaries still fight to hold onto the grandeur and grace of gentler times

Infectious confection Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel is a giddily funny visual delight

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ilms by Wes Anderson are such a challenge to describe to the uninitiated. At the same time that I want to grab you by the lapels and insist that you go out to see The Grand Budapest Hotel right now, lest you risk missing the funniest, most delightful, intricately and artfully designed opus to grace the silver screen in many a moon, I also have to accept the fact that some audiences just aren’t going to get it. Worse, some have found Anderson’s

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works off-puttingly precious or twee, and The Grand Budapest Hotel won’t convert them. Haters, you know who you are.

There are good reasons why movie critics repeatedly turn to visual metaphors like “diorama,” “stereopticon,” “Cornell box,” “music box,” “spun-sugar Easter egg” and so on to describe the highly stylized look of Anderson’s works – a look like no one else’s. Though he does employ miniatures and animation at times – as obvious and crude as a Terry Gilliam collage in a Monty Python episode – he doesn’t need 3-D technology to convey an extreme depth of field and crystalline detail in every single meticulously arranged shot.

The key figure in an Anderson scene is nearly always in the precise center of the frame – sometimes looking straight into the camera – his or her surroundings radiating out in perfect symmetry. There’s a great artificiality to it all, granted; but aren’t all movies artifice? If you admire this sort of cinematic craftsmanship, Anderson’s aesthetic can draw you in so forcefully that you’re willing to give up all insistence on logic or plausibility without a struggle. It’s like falling down Alice’s rabbit hole. And where you land

is someplace magical-realist – in the case of The Grand Budapest Hotel, a skewed facsimile of Eastern Europe on the cusp of World War II, where a few obsessive visionaries still fight to hold onto the grandeur and grace of gentler times.

One of those is Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), the dedicated concierge of a pink Baroque/Rococo pile called the Grand Budapest Hotel, situated in a mythical mountainous country called the Republic of Zubrowka that is soon to be invaded by a grim foreign force closely resembling Nazis. Under Gustave’s watchful eye, the ornate establishment is one of the last outposts of polite civilization. A true believer in the ideal of providing optimal customer service, he runs a very tight ship, endlessly correcting his deeply loyal underlings as he strides like the Energizer Bunny about the hotel’s immense lobby and sprawling halls.

Who ever imagined that Ralph Fiennes could be this funny? Totally deadpan, he slides from supercilious politeness to swearing like a (very articulate) sailor without missing a beat. Gustave is the kind of character who will stand on the edge of ruin or deadly danger and get caught up in a heated argument on the finer points of etiquette. It’s a mad turn that Fiennes sustains at high intensity for the entire

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Monsieur Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) plays the dedicated concierge of a pink Baroque/Rococo pile called the Grand Budapest Hotel, situated in a mythical mountainous country called the Republic of Zubrowka that is soon to be invaded by a grim foreign force closely resembling Nazis.

Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Harvey Keitel, Owen Wilson and Bob Balaban all put in appearances. Well, who wouldn’t want a part in a Wes Anderson movie? For my money, the guy is a demented genius. If I were a movie star I’d do it in a heartbeat.

But since I’m not, I’ll just have to wait for this fabulous film to come out on DVD, so I can look at it frame-by-frame in total awe.

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movie and makes us believe in it, even though there’s nothing the slightest bit naturalistic about the performance. His mix of polished pretention and raging folly falls squarely into the comedic tradition of Peter Sellers playing Inspector Clouseau and John Cleese as Basil Fawlty; but most of all – especially in the stiff-but-purposeful way that he moves – he made me think of Jacques Tati as Monsieur Hulot.

The plot of The Grand Budapest Hotel turns, however, on a similarity between Gustave and another iconic figure of film comedy: Max Bialystock from Mel Brooks’s The Producers. For among the services that Gustave considers it his duty to provide to guests is amorous attention for rich elderly women. One of those, a nervous countess hilariously played by Tilda Swinton in a Bride-ofFrankenstein fright wig, drops dead shortly after returning to her mansion following a romantic sojourn at the hotel.

Gustave and his newly acquired protégé Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori as a young man, F. Murray Abraham in old age), a lad of questionable immigration status

who aspires to become the perfect “lobby boy,” hurry off to Madame D’s funeral and the reading of her will. It appears that the deceased has bequeathed the most valuable painting in her art collection to her concierge lover, but the despicable Desgoffe-und-Taxis clan does not take the news well, and Gustave and Zero are forced to flee with the painting.

Gustave is accused of poisoning Madame D and thrown into prison, necessitating what may be the longest and most preposterous jailbreak caper sequence in cinematic history. Enlisting the aid of Zero’s fiancée Agatha (Saoirse Ronan) – who works in one of those European bakeries where the confections are as elaborately constructed as a scene in a Wes Anderson movie – as well as some mysterious monks and a secret globe-spanning brotherhood of hotel concierges, Gustave and Zero are chased across Europe by the disinherited Dmitri Desgoffe-und-Taxis (Adrien Brody) and his nasty hitman Jopling (Willem Dafoe) as they seek to solve the mystery and clear their names.

On one level, this is a goofy caper

comedy, but it also has a lot of darkness around the edges, as fascism closes in on this Alpine land of opulent dwellings, fancy pastries and good manners.

There are some absurdly gruesome crimes, including dismemberings; Jeff Goldblum as Madame D’s executor meets as unpleasant a fate here as he did in Jurassic Park. And the hotel itself faces a bleak future as history marches on into the Cold War era.

Among its many attractions, The Grand Budapest Hotel is loaded with small roles for big-name actors: Jude Law and Tom Wilkinson play the younger and older versions of the unnamed author who coaxes Gustave’s story out of Zero, and

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ALMANAC WEEKLY HETTA GLÖGG IS CERTIFIED as a New York farm product because it is made from 75 percent or more New York grapes

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Rhinebeck-based company bottles new twist on traditional Scandinavian mulled wine

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o you want to try a different kind of tipple? Rhinecliff ’s own Hetta, released in November, offers a versatile new/old beverage with a modern spin on it. Either warmed, while the chill yet lingers in the air, or on ice in a creative cocktail, would be good times to sample this intriguing libation: the first such bottled glögg in the US. Although it’s pronounced “gloog,” it’s okay to call it glogg or grog, says creator Darren Davidowich, since that brings to mind for most people a warm mulled wine to soothe the soul and evoke festivity.

Although traditional for holiday time, Hetta glögg works well any time of year.

You may have noticed the distinctive apothecary-type clear bottles in the local section of your liquor store, full of a mysterious murky blood-red liquid, and wondered what it was. Hetta glögg is certified as a New York farm product because it is made from 75 percent or more New York grapes, but it’s entirely different from all other locally made wines, beers or distilled spirits.

Davidowich, a real estate developer, was inspired by an old Norwegian family recipe of his sister-in-law’s, although the name is Swedish: hetta meaning heat. “It’s an American twist on a Nordic glögg,” Davidowich says.

In a vintage Rhinecliff storefront in a brick building, he starts with a port wine from the Finger Lakes region – aptly, from Swedish Hill Winery – and adds cinnamon, orange peel, cardamom and raisins. Although the word “mulling” comes from when it traveled on boats in casks that rocked to and fro, Hetta is merely stirred now and then as it steeps for ten days, according to Davidowich.

Hetta glögg

Then a brandy from Clear Creek Distillery in Oregon goes in, to bring the concoction up to a hearty 21.9 percent ABV (alcohol by volume). “We’re searching for a source of New York brandy,” he adds.

At this point Hetta is ready for bottling, which also happens in the Rhinecliff rendering place – “‘rendering,’” he says, “because we don’t crush our own grapes for it.”

Although glögg is traditionally served warmed to 170 to 180 degrees, chillier and refreshing variations are in store for warmer weather. Davidowich recommends muddling peppermint, like you might muddle spearmint for a mojito, and serving the Hetta over that – and some ice, of course.

The skilled and well known mixologist Paul Maloney of Stockade Tavern on Fair Street in Uptown Kingston is working on developing cocktails with Hetta glögg.

Davidowich will also offer liquor-store tastings featuring local ice cream with Hetta drizzle.

The tradition of warm spiced wine is a universal one, but as an ancient Nordic beverage, glögg goes back to the early 17th century, when it got its start as mediocre wine jazzed up with assertive spices, then heated to warm bodies chilled in the frosty North. Over the centuries, the recipe was

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The symbol of Hetta is the Dala horse, a small painted wooden toy carved by Swedish woodcutters. It has become an iconic symbol of hospitality, friendship and good will, so appropriate to be the frontman (or horse) for Hetta.

Hetta is available at dozens of liquor stores around the area, and the number is growing.

See www.hettaglogg. com for a full list, or stop by (to name just a few) the Merchant or Blue 57 in Kingston, Partition Street Wine Shop in Saugerties, Woodstock Wine and Liquors, Sipperley’s Grog Shoppe in Red Hook and RR Corks or Old Mill Wine and Spirits in Rhinebeck, among others. Agnes Devereux serves it at her Village TeaRoom Restaurant & Bakeshop in New Paltz as well.

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Linguini and Lust Poughkeepsie’s Italian Center to host talk on food & sex in Italian American Culture on April 3

As an Almanac Weekly writer previewing things to do in our region, I see a lot of creatively titled events and festivals. My award for new personal

favorite title, however, has to go to the upcoming lecture, “Linguini and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture,” taking place on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Italian Center (pictured above) at 277 Mill Street in Poughkeepsie. The event is free and open to the public.

The presentation will be conducted by Fred Gardaphe, PhD, who teaches English and Italian studies at CUNY-Queens College and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. He is co-founder and co-editor of VIA: Voices in Italian Americana and editor of the Italian American Culture Series of SUNY Press.

His books include Italian Signs, American Streets: The Evolution of Italian American Narrative, Dagoes Read: Tradition and the Italian American Writer, Moustache Pete is Dead! Leaving Little Italy, From Wiseguys to Wise Men: The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities and The Art of Reading Italian Americana.

Gardaphe will address the evolution of the popular perception of Italians as lovers of food and lovers of sex. The images go back as far as the days of the Roman Empire, he says, against which Christianity grew as an antidote to the sensual excesses of the famous Roman decadence.

“American culture, with its Puritan foundations, has been characterized by a straitlaced attitude toward sex and a spiceless approach to food. The tensions between Italian and US Anglo American culture play out in public and in private, at the dinner table and in the bedroom.”

The talk promises to explore how Italian and Anglo American attitudes toward food and sex combine to create Italian American culture.

And to get fully in the mood for the presentation, arrive early to partake of an Italian dinner at the Italian Center.

On Thursdays and Fridays from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the public is welcome to join the members for dining: traditional Italian fare on Thursdays, pasta on Fridays. On Saturdays the Center serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with chalkboard specials and made-to-order appetizers, sides and entrées. Prices, they say, are “always reasonable.” Wine, beer, mixed drinks and frozen drinks are available from a full bar.

The fraternal organization is an independent group that seeks to promote and preserve Italian heritage. Its origins go back to 1889, when a group of men of Italian descent organized a benevolent society that they called Stella D’Italia (Star of Italy). Then, in 1928, as the Italian population in Dutchess County was really growing, many having moved up from the City to work in the construction trades, railroads and bridge-building, that

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NIGHT SKY

Spacetime It’s more real than space or time by themselves, but less useful

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irst, be sure to check out Mars this week. It has just gotten extremely bright, obvious and pale orange, while retrograding to hover now just above the blue star Spica in Virgo. Their combined color contrast is gorgeous. It merits a peek toward the east anytime after 10 p.m. or so.

Now to the weird stuff: Last week’s talk at WAMC’s Linda Auditorium in Albany explored space and time a little bit, and everyone seemed so fascinated that it’s probably worth a little attention here.

We’ve known for a century – thanks to Einstein – that time is not real. Rather, events elapse at different rates depending on the local gravity or the speed of the observer.

Space, too, has no absolute reality. It is not empty (since all space is permeated by microwaves, along with, most likely, a super-powerful, all-pervading vacuum energy).

Moreover, the distance between objects can wildly mutate. We may imagine that there’s a non-variable gap between us and another galaxy, but that separation physically alters depending on various factors. The bottom line (never mentioned on TV science shows) is that the cosmos is fundamentally sizeless.

With space and time each demoted from their previous incorrect status as a kind of framework in which everything dwells, we’re left with a far more astonishing universe.

And, as we’ll discuss in a few weeks after the upcoming eclipse, other recent discoveries show that space or distance may not constitute the reliable boundary between events or objects that we used to assume.

What about spacetime? Einstein invented the term to describe mathematically how objects move. He replaced gravity with a kind of geometry, showing that bodies distort their surroundings and thus determine how they and anything else will travel.

A common mistake is imagining spacetime as an actual thing, like pizza – and picturing the universe permeated by this mysterious invisible substance. In truth, spacetime is not an actual entity, but a way of mathematically understanding motion and events. By retaining the traditional view of space and time as separate and independent, and considering both as real and immutable, paradoxes arise at high speeds and in strong gravitational fields.

To avoid such contradictions, and also to view all points of view and frames of reference

group and several smaller clubs merged to form the current club. Today it claims approximately 800 members.

The Italian Center (Casa Italiana) hosts many events, sponsors youth sports teams and can accommodate parties of 25 to 200 people for weddings, reunions and all other special occasions. The facilities are available to the public (non-members), with professional staff and a fully licensed bar.

Every year the organization sponsors three $3,000 scholarships with academic criteria for two members or their children as well, through a fund started in 1960 by member Dr. Victor A. Bacile. Children and spouses of deceased members are also eligible to apply.

Members are required to be over age 18 and of Italian birth or descent and an American citizen residing in Dutchess, Ulster or neighboring counties. (Eligibility is also extended to spouses of a woman of Italian descent.) New members have to have their character vouched for by a current member, and an application fee of $100 is paid. An interview is conducted and if all goes well, the prospective member is admitted.

– Sharyn Flanagan

For more information about the lecture presentation, visit www.nyhumanities. org/sih or www.artsmidhudson.org. For more information about Casa Italiana, the Italian Center, call (845) 454-1492 or visit www.theitaliancenter.com.

Benefit lunch & auction for Thomas family next Saturday in Kingston Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at 72 Spring Street in Kingston, will hold a benefit luncheon and silent auction on Saturday, April 5 to raise funds for the family of Aron Thomas, the slain New York City Department of Environmental Protection employee. The church doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for the auction. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m. The menu will include ham or chicken cordon bleu with scalloped potatoes, vegetable, dessert and coffee or tea.

The cost of lunch is $12. Please make your reservations by April 2. Call the Church at (845) 338-2954 Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. All monetary contributions and

democratically, as equally valid, with no privileged positions in the universe, then time has to warp depending on circumstances; and space, too, must shrink or bend.

This notion was so radical early in the 20 th century that nobody could really believe it. Was it possible that a mile of distance to you could be experienced as an inch to me?

Could light take a curved path to our eyes through empty space? Could a million years pass on Earth while a mere second elapsed for someone else in the cosmos?

We now know, without any doubt, that the answer to all these is “Yes.” We actually witness the bending of space.

We routinely measure the slowing of time. It’s fact, not FERDINAND SCHMUTZER theory.

To navigate through Albert Einstein during a lecture in Vienna in 1921 this strange new universe, Einstein came to our aid with the complex field equations of General Relativity: the Esperanto of the cosmos. But the equations are so tedious, they’re avoided even by NASA when sending spacecraft to other planets. At slow speeds or in relatively weak gravity, Newton’s Laws work just fine, thank you, and are far simpler to use.

In short, spacetime is a mathematical description of how things move, necessary only in conditions that none of us encounter: lethally intense gravity or speeds thousands of times faster than a bullet, or to know why Mercury’s orbit slowly and slightly shifts its orientation over time. But if you obey the speed limit and keep away from the Sun’s subtly space-distorting mass, the need for spacetime will never arise.

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

proceeds from the luncheon and auction will be given to the Thomas family.

Monetary contributions will also be accepted for the Thomas family. Write checks to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and put in memo line: Aron Thomas Family. Send to 72 Spring Street, Kingston, NY 12401.

Musical Society of Kingston’s Spring Benefit Concert next Sunday The Musical Society of Kingston will present its annual Spring Benefit Concert on Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Cross at 30 Pine Grove Avenue in Kingston. There is no admission charge, but donations will be gratefully accepted to benefit a

Kingston High School music student’s further education.

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AT THESE HOUSE BALLS, high-spirited late-night pageants photographed by Gerard Gaskin, members of particular “houses” “walk,” competing for trophies in categories based on costume, attitude, dance moves, and “realness.”

GCCA Beaux Arts Ball this Saturday in Hunter

The Greene County Council on the Arts will host the 26 th annual Beaux Arts Ball, a black-tie gala and masked ball to raise funds for the arts, on Saturday, March 29 from 6:30 p.m. to 12 midnight at the Copper Tree Restaurant at Hunter Mountain. Ticket prices start at $150. The event includes a silent auction of art; advance online bidding is available. Online bidding closes on Friday, March 28 at 12 noon.

The highest online bid received will be noted as the starting bid on the item card at the Ball on Saturday.

Custom-designed masks will be available for purchase at $10 to $50 each at the Ball, fabricated by a team of professional costume designers and hatmakers. To preview art available for bidding or purchase tickets, visit www. greenearts.org.

Ottaway exhibit reception at Gardiner Library on Sunday Watercolors of New Paltz, Rosendale and Woodstock landscapes, photographs of birds at rest and in flight and postcard-size photos by Mary Ottaway of New Paltz will be exhibited in the Community Room of the Gardiner Library from now until May 19.

An artist’s reception will be held at the Library this Sunday, March 30 from 2 to 4 p.m.

In an artist’s statement for the exhibit, Ottaway wrote: “My watercolors are my meditations. They are mostly of places I love nearby, like Mohonk from Pine Road and the Rosendale Trestle bridge. I like to begin them outdoors, or at least with my car-studio window open.

“The small photographs are of birds and animals that cross my path. The swans I saw along Binnewater Road are here, as well as the juvenile hawk that flew into the front door, and the wood turtle that lays her eggs in the little garden at the foot of our door steps in June.... If the watercolors are meditations and the photographs encounters, my postcards are my conversations. They remind me of the baseball cards I loved as a child, minus the bubblegum...If they make it to a friend’s refrigerator, I am very happy.”

Ottaway studied painting with the late Alex Martin at SUNY-New Paltz in the Fine Arts program; and watercolor painting with Staats Fasoldt of Rosendale at the Woodstock School of Art. She

Framing Memories For Over 35 Years

Todd Knopke in his studio with Deluge

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TODD KNOPKE EXHIBITION OPENS THIS FRIDAY AT VASSAR

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wo site-specific, large-scale fabric installations by artist Todd Knopke will be on display in the atrium of Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. The exhibition opens with a reception featuring a conversation between the artist and curator Mary-Kay Lombino on Friday, March 28 at 5:30 p.m., followed by a reception at 6:30 p.m. The collages will remain on view through July 20.

The works are 26 feet tall. “I am most interested in making very large pieces that can transform a space and transport a viewer,” says Knopke, who begins each work with his sewing machine and a pile of old clothes, sheets, towels and blankets from friends and family. Although he has created large fabric collages previously, this project is his largest to date.

Deluge, the work commissioned by the Art Center, depicts water: a soaring waterfall on one wall and, on the opposite wall, a canopy of foliage that hovers over colorful ribboned posts wading in water. Rendered in hundreds of strips of sewn blue fabric, water is everywhere, giving one the sense of standing just below a spraying waterfall. Viewers are invited to step behind Knopke’s enormous waterfall tapestry to view the back from within a small area between the cloth and the wall.

Knopke holds an MFA from Yale University School of Art and has exhibited widely as a solo artist and in group shows. His work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, NY Arts Magazine, The Village Voice, Vision Magazine and Columbia Art Journal. His work is in many private collections and in the Santa Barbara Art Museum. Born in Los Angeles, Knopke currently lives and works in Brooklyn.

The Vassar campus is located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie. The Art Center is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open until 9 p.m. on Thursdays) and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call (845) 437-5632 or visit www.fllac.vassar.edu.

started making fine art photographs while living in Middletown in 1962.

The art exhibit will be open for public viewing during regular library hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call the

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ist with a farmstand for one year, and links the participating farmstands with a map developed by Orange County Tourism. Each stop on the Trail will feature a picturesque farm and an artist who loves it, and a geocache for viewers to offer their own comments.

Over the last year, 15 artists have been painting at 15 farms. Each of these artists will be featured in a monthlong solo show at the Wallkill River School of Art, starting with George Hayes, a Warwickbased palette knife painter who has been painting at Schuermann’s Farm, and Pine Bush-based oil painter Gene Bove, who has been working at Soon’s Orchards.

The exhibit opens Tuesday, April 1 and will remain on view through Wednesday, April 30. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. Fresh produce from the participating farms will be served at each of the receptions, and the artist’s work will be displayed at the farmstand for the rest of the year.

The May exhibit will feature Mike Jaroszko, a Montgomery-based oil painter who has been painting at Hoeffner’s Farms in Montgomery, and Mitchell Saler,

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p.m. at the Unison Arts Center at 68 Mountain Rest Road in New Paltz. The second seminar will be held on Monday, April 7 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Center for Photography at 59 Tinker Street in Woodstock. RSVPs are recommended for both events. For more information, call (845) 454-3222, extension 16, or visit www.artsmidhudson.org, www.tinyurl. com/uccspf-14-seminar or grants@ artsmidhudson.org.

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Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston hosts talk with photographer Gerard Gaskin this Saturday

erard Gaskin’s Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene – of which the photographer will discuss and sign copies at a special Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center event co-sponsored by the Center for Photography at Woodstock this Saturday afternoon, March 29 – is one of those epochal works that not only fits the times like a glove, but also represents a new vision. Its glimpse into the mostly Latino transgender dance club scene mirrors past glimpses by the likes of Diane Arbus and Andy Warhol, yet adds an element of contemporary glamour from intervening years of fashion celebrity to the mix.

What are the house balls that Gaskin’s sumptuous black-and-white and color portraits take us into? Think in terms of highspirited, late-night underground pageants where gay and transgender men and women, mostly African American and Latino, come together as members of distinct New Orleans Mardi Graslike clubhouses to strut their stuff runway-style, competing for trophies in categories based on costume, attitude, dance moves and “realness.” It demonstrates the innate artistry in selffashioning, as well as the role that theatricality and ritual play in bringing pride and meaning to that which feels marginalized in all of us.

Legendary, made up of portraits and documentarylike photos taken at events in the New York area, Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia and our nation’s capital, was selected from 200 entries in the sixth biennial First Book Prize competition. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Gaskin has seen his freelance photography published in The New York Times, Newsday, Black Enterprise, OneWorld, Teen People, Caribbean Beat and DownBeat; and the bills paid by a growing amount of record label work.

He was an artist-in-residence at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and has won numerous grants and awards, while also seeing his work shown in a growing number of galleries and museums. For more on the artist, visit www.gerardhgaskin. com.

– Paul Smart “Gerard Gaskin: Legendary” artist talk & book-signing, Saturday, March 29, 3 p.m., Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall Street, Kingston; (845) 331-5300, www.lgbtqcenter.org.

a Middletown-based Luminist painter working at Pierson’s Farm in Mount Hope.

The exhibit runs from May 1 to 30 with an opening reception on Saturday, May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Wallkill River School of Art is a nonprofit artists’ cooperative with the mission of preserving small family farms and open space while creating economic opportunity for local artists.

For more information, visit www. wallkillriverschool.com.

Unison in New Paltz hosts grant application

seminars Eve Madalengoitia, director of programs and arts services for Arts Mid-Hudson, will hold application seminars to help potential applicants understand the elements of a strong proposal in seeking a grant and how to develop a competitive application.

All interested parties are welcome to attend these seminars whether or not they have a specific project planned.

Seminars last approximately 90 minutes and will include time for questions and answers. Appointments for individualized feedback on potential

initiatives will also be available.

The first seminar will be held on Thursday, April 3 from 1:30 to 3:30

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Apply now for Ulster County Cultural Services grants Arts Mid-Hudson announces the availability of awards through the Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund. Established Ulster County nonprofits working in all arts disciplines are eligible and encouraged to apply for programmatic and institutional advancement projects.

The application deadline is Tuesday, April 29. Financial resources for this program have been made available by the Ulster County Legislature. For more information, visit www.artsmidhudson.org.

Fred Astaire Dance Studio opens Saturday in Wappingers Falls The Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Dutchess offers ballroom and Latin dance lessons for students of all ages and levels of skill. Classes are held Monday through Friday from 1 to 10 p.m. The studio will host a Grand Opening celebration on Saturday, March 29 to celebrate its new studio located at 1562 Route 9 in Wappingers Falls. The event will include live music

by Mario Tacca and his band and a professional ballroom dance demonstration by Hayk Balasanyan and Emilia Poghosyan, Fred Astaire Rising Star champions. Dinner will be catered by the Villa Borghese. The event is open to the public. For more information, visit www.fredastairedutchess.com.

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Psychic Dan Logan returns to the airwaves next Saturday Want a glimpse of the future? Starting from 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, Dan Logan’s The Psychic Hour, on 100.1 FM, WDST Radio Woodstock, will become a must-listen-to part of the week for many in the area.

“I was with WPDH for 11 years, and on and off again at WDST for the past 25 years,” Logan says of his upcoming return to the local airwaves.

“I’m back. I had a bout with cancer and lost 70 percent of my liver, but I am back and very much alive.”

Logan keeps tabs on the world and where it’s at, where it might be going. But mostly, Dan Logan he says, his shows have always been about his answering the more personal questions of the many who phone in regularly.

In addition to what he has done on radio over the years, Logan has written six books about the psychic and astrological worlds – plus his first novel, just out.

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He also maintains a business doing individual readings for people, both in person and over the phone. In addition, he maintains at least two other careers, which he handles through the modern gift of compartmentalization: He’s an actor and a playwright as well as a non-fiction author and novelist. He lives in a cabin in West Hurley, not far from Woodstock, to which he moved more than 30 years ago from New York City.

“I sort of fell into this,” he said. “My mother had the gift. If you can help somebody directly, by showing them alternative ways of facing their life and its problems, then this works. Otherwise, it’s nonsense.”

“I can’t be psychic for myself; there are too many emotions and other things in the way,” he added. “And I am fortunately not the sort who walks down a street having visions about everyone I see there; that would drive someone crazy. I have to turn it on. My success has come from being able to do that over the airwaves, on the phone.”

How does Logan think that we’re doing as a holistic entity, what with all that has been filling the news of late? He says that Putin’s bullying won’t lead to World War III, and will stop when he realizes that it won’t work as he wishes. He’ll back down.

But the climate problems are real, with no positive psychic side. Eventually, Logan sees cities walled against oceans and the rich fleeing the planet for their own space stations.

But then he paused. “If I knew what’s going to happen more specifically,” he added, “I’d be in the White House.”

Instead, he’s on Radio Woodstock.

– Paul Smart

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Perennials & annuals talk at Rhinebeck Town Hall this Friday Mark Adams of Adams Fairacre Farms will visit the Rhinebeck Town Hall on Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m. to talk about “What’s New in the World of Perennials and Annuals.” The presentation sponsored by the Rhinebeck Garden Club is for gardeners of all experience levels and interests. The event is free and all are welcome. Refreshments served. For more information, call Steven Mann at (845) 8766892.

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Signs of Spring Walk at Mohonk Preserve this Saturday Enjoy a leisurely 2.5-mile stroll during the season of the warming earth with Ann Guenther on Satur-

day, March 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Spring Farm Trailhead on Upper 27 Knolls Road in High Falls. The 26th annual Signs of Spring Walk will lead participants on a search for signs of emerging spring; new green shoots, a bug or sap dripping from a maple tree.

All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Dress for the weather and meet at the Mohonk Preserve’s Spring Farm Trailhead. The event is free. For more information, call (845) 255-0919 or visit www. mohonkpreserve.org.

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The theme for this year’s event is “Edibles and Ornamentals.� The day will include 16 different hands-on classes, including courses on managing pests organically, unusual fruits to grow in a home garden, growing aromatic and flavorful hops and an introduction to growing mushrooms. Shop and browse

the Garden Day Marketplace and ask questions of expert master gardeners, who will be on hand to share tips and offer free soil tests and diagnosis of plant disease.

Door prizes will be drawn at the end of the day.

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JOSHUA APPLESTONE, HIGH MEADOW DAD, co-author of The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat and founder of Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats, will lead a demonstration dedicated to whole-animal butchery, using a lamb, for those wishing to handle their kill from forest to feast.

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Farmer Ryan Fitzgerald will discuss the basics of raising backyard chickens this Saturday, March 29, at the Sustainable Living Fest at High Meadow School in Stone Ridge.

Do it yourself Sustainable Living Fest this Saturday at the High Meadow School in Stone Ridge

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ollowing the success of last year’s inaugural Sustainable Living Fest, the High Meadow School in Stone Ridge is bringing back the event on Saturday, March 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. The 2014 version of the Sustainable Living Fest will feature seven master classes on a variety of green topics in addition to a sustainable marketplace, book-signings, homemade treats and demos on buttermaking, maple syruping, gardening, natural dyeing, composting, ice creammaking and herbal remedies. A “spirits and libations” hour from 3 to 4 p.m. offers tastings of local beer, wine and other drinks along with hors d’oeuvres. The fair will close with a world music concert at the Performing Arts Center with electronic and percussion duet Susie Ibarra and Roberto Rodriguez of Electric Kulintang from 4 to 5 p.m.

Admission to the Fest costs $5 for an individual or $15 for a family, which includes the marketplace, live music, booksignings and demos. There is an additional charge of $15 to participate in each of the master classes, taught by members of the community and High Meadow staff and families who will share their expertise.

Leah Glennon and Jodi Palinkas, members of the school administrative

staff as well as Moms of High Meadow students, will offer a master class from 2 to 4 p.m. on “upcycling” old wool sweaters to create useful and beautiful home décor.

As crafters know, wool fibers will “felt” if washed in hot water and dried on high heat. The fibers mesh together and become a thicker, dense wool that feels more like felt than sweater knit, and it’s easy to work with because the edges will no longer ravel. (It also shrinks up quite a bit.) Glennon and Palinkas will show workshop participants how to turn that thick wool felting into a quilt, or maybe a pair of wristwarmers or a tea cozy.

The Sustainable Living Fest is all about learning how to use the things that you already have and do things for yourself, says Glennon. “We’re here to help raise awareness about how to live more sustainably and use our local resources in a really thoughtful and efficient – and very satisfying – way. There’s so much here in the Hudson Valley that we can take advantage of.” Workshop participants should bring their own scissors and sewing

Alexandra Zissu, will teach a master class on “Cleaning and Greening Your Home”

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p.m. will tackle “Butchery for Hunters” (or anyone else who is interested in the topic) with Joshua Applestone, High Meadow Dad, co-author of The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat and founder of Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats.

Applestone will lead a demonstration dedicated to whole-animal butchery, using a lamb, for those wishing to handle their kill from forest to feast. The class will cover how to break down whole animals into individual cuts, provide and explain what a cut list is for those who wish to use a processor and different cooking techniques for each cut; it will leave ample time for questions. Participants will receive an information packet with cutting instructions, recipe ideas and some fresh lamb to take home with them.

Add culture to your life (literally) with “Making Sauerkraut, Kimchi and Pickles” from 2 to 3 p.m. with Winnie Abramson, author of One Simple Change and the Healthy Green Kitchen blog. Before there was refrigeration and canning, lacto-fermentation was the way that foods were saved. We know now how healthy the process is, increasing the vitamin content of some foods and fostering the growth of natural probiotics that help the digestive system. Participants in this class will learn how to make simple

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As part of SUNY Ulster’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, Dr. Milliron will lead a thoughtful discussion about the future of and for community colleges- what is ahead and how we need to prepare to serve our communities.

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supplies, along with some preshrunk wool sweaters (thrift stores can be sources for those if none are handy at home). Several sewing machines will be available in the classroom, but participants can bring their own as well.

Another High Meadow Mom, Alexandra Zissu, will teach a master class on “Cleaning and Greening Your Home” from 2 to 3 p.m. Author of The Complete Organic Pregnancy, The Conscious Kitchen and Planet Home: Conscious Choices for Cleaning and Greening the World You Care about Most, Zissu will lead the class through each room of the house with straightforward advice, checklists, quick tips and resources, while revealing the hidden repercussions of daily routines that most of us take for granted. Learn how to improve the air quality in your bedroom, avoid mildew in the bathroom and safely launder clothing.

Participants in this class will learn how to make green cleaners and take home a sample. For more information about Zissu, visit www.alexandrazissu.com.

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

NO NEED TO TWIDDLE MY THUMBS

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waiting for the soil to warm. Sprinkling some wood ash on the garden should hasten disappearance of the snowy blanket. Wood ash also helps nourish garden soils, making the soil less acidic and adding potassium and a slew of micronutrients.

But restraint is needed to avoid too much of a good thing.

Sweet fern is easier to grow from rhizomes than from seeds

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id the cheery-looking box of Mickey Mouse adhesive bandages that my friend Bill handed me actually contain adhesive bandages? No. Instead, fuzzy green buds spilled out.

An illicit drug?

No again. Those “buds” were sweet fern seeds, which Bill suggested planting.

Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina) is a native plant, one of my favorites, valued for its resinous aroma.

That aroma always transports me in time back to summer days hiking in the White Mountains along sunny dirt roads lined with sweet fern when I was nine years old.

Poor (but well-drained) soil and hot afternoon sun bring out the best in sweet fern. The plant makes do in poor soil by getting its nitrogen from the air with the help of a symbiotic microorganism.

Sweet fern is attractive, even if it lacks the flamboyance of showy flowers or colorful leaves. Picture clumps of threefoot-high stems clothed in dark green fernlike leaves – “fernlike” because sweet fern is not in fact a fern, but a member of the myrtle family, along with bayberry.

So, yes, Bill, I would like to grow sweet fern. But I have reservations about starting it from seed. The seed retains its viability for decades, but sprouts only after jumping through a few hoops. Old seeds that have been lying dormant in the soil, perhaps for decades, sprout readily. Over time, their seedcoats have been softened, chemical inhibitors have been leached away and a spate of cool weather has

reassured them that winter is past and it’s safe to sprout.

To get seeds to sprout in a more reasonable time, the seedcoats need to be scarified, or made permeable.

Nicking the seed with a wire cutter, rubbing it with sandpaper or soaking it in sulfuric acid will do the trick, but care must be taken to avoid damage. Mixing the seeds with moist potting soil and refrigerating it for a month or two gives it the chilling required.

After that, greatest success in germination comes with soaking the seed in a solution of gibberellic acid, a plant hormone.

You know what? I’m not going to bother with the seeds. Sweet fern is easily propagated from rhizome (rootlike subterranean stem) cuttings – as long as I can find someone with sweet fern who will let me take a few cuttings. All that’s needed is to dig up some of the shallow, horizontal rhizomes, cut them into twoto-four-inch lengths (the longer pieces for the thinner rhizomes) and set them a half-inch deep in a mix of equal parts peat and sand or peat and perlite or just vermiculite. New roots and shoots will develop, and this summer I could imagine that I am again walking along again in my white tee-shirt with a pack on my back, canteen at my side and Keds on my feet, wafting in that delicious aroma from along a sun-parched road.

Much, much easier to grow from seeds than sweet ferns are peas. If I can only get out in the garden to plant them! The time to sow peas around

No need to twiddle my thumbs waiting for the soil to warm. Sprinkling some wood ash on the garden should

kimchi, sauerkraut and pickles, and take home samples and recipes.

For those who just can’t get enough culture, learn how to make kefir and kombucha from 3 to 4 p.m. with High Meadow Dad Michael Jacobson. Learn the simple steps of making delicious, healthy drinks in a home kitchen. Participants will receives samples and starters to bring home.

“Raising Backyard Chickens” is the

topic with poultry farmer Ryan Fitzgerald from 3 to 4 p.m. Starting with the basics, Fitzgerald will discuss the different goals and reasons why a person may want to have chickens, whether for eggs, meat, breeding, selling or just to have them as pets and insect control. Learn how to understand chickens and how to decide which breed to purchase depending on your needs, as well as where to purchase

your chickens and how to handle them.

“Improving Energy Efficiency in Your Home” from 3 to 4 p.m. with John Kotsides of Global Dwelling will help participants develop a plan to reduce their carbon footprint that is appropriate for them, their needs and their home. To save energy, a lifestyle change is in order, but Kotsides will guide the class in how to evaluate what differences need to be made

An illicit drug?

No again. Those “buds” were sweet fern seeds, which Bill suggested planting.

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Sweet fern seeds

here is April 1, but – as I write this on March 19 – night temperatures are in the teens and the garden sleeps beneath a blanket of snow.

St. Patrick’s Day, contrary to popular notion, is not the right time to sow peas around here, or in many other places.

It depends where you garden. That’s probably the right date for sowing peas in Ireland and in South Carolina, but it’s too late in Florida and too early here.

The reason to rush peas into the ground as soon as possible is because the bearing plants don’t like hot weather. The earlier they get into the ground, the sooner they begin to bear. Once weather turns torrid, I pull the peas out and plant bush beans, fall cabbage or some other vegetable where they stood.

The reason I don’t plant peas on St. Patrick’s Day is because, first of all, it would be hard to plant in usually frozen ground. Also, peas don’t germinate until soil temperatures hit 40 degrees Fahrenheit. If they just sit in cold, moist soil without sprouting, they’re apt to rot.

hasten soil warming. The ashes hasten disappearance of the snowy blanket both from a “salt” effect (from the mineral salts, not sodium chloride, in the wood ash) and from their dark color.

Wood ash also helps nourish garden soils, making the soil less acidic and adding potassium and a slew of micronutrients.

But restraint is needed to avoid too much of a good thing. Excess potassium or alkalinity ends up feeding plants an imbalance of nutrients.

The mere that dusting I spread yesterday has begun its work, already pitting the surface to look like a miniature range of jagged mountain peaks.

– 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, go to HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

You can also visit Lee’s garden at www. leereich.blogspot.com and check out his instructional videos at www.youtube. com/leereichfarmden. For more on local homes and gardens, go to Ulster Publishing’s HomeHudsonValley.com.

and how to go about implementing those necessary changes.

– Sharyn Flanagan Sustainable Living Fest 2014, Saturday, March 29 (snow date Sunday, March 30), 1-4 p.m., concert 4-5 p.m., $5 individual/$15 family (master workshops extra), High Meadow School, 3643 Main Street (Route 209), Stone Ridge; (845) 687-4855, www.highmeadowschool.org.

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Award-winning journalist Dan Fagin will discuss his new book — Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation. Learn the riveting story of a New Jersey beach town that made history for its cancer epidemiology, which was linked to industrial pollution and water contamination.

“Toms River is a microcosm of a world that has come to depend on chemicals without comprehending what they might do to our health.” — Carl Zimmer.

The event will be held in the Cary Institute auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Tpk. (Rte. 44) in Millbrook, NY. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Visit our website at www.caryinstitute.org or call (845) 677-7600 x 121.

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“YOU WILL DO FOOLISH THINGS, but do them with enthusiasm.”

– Colette

Thursday, March 27

Side by Side by Sondheim American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is quoted as saying, “Music straitjackets a poem and prevents it from breathing on its own, whereas it liberates a lyric. Poetry doesn’t need music; lyrics do.” Sondheim turned 84 on March 22, and one way to hear the music and lyrics of this Broadway legend is to bring youth ages 10 and up to a performance of Side by Side by Sondheim at the Half Moon Theatre. This musical features songs from Company, West Side Story, Gypsy, Follies, Mad Show, A Little Night Music and more, presented by a professional, non-profit union theater company without having to go to New York City.

Tickets range from $25 to $30 for performances on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday through April 5.

Half Moon Theatre is located at 2515 South Road in Poughkeepsie, in the Oakwood Commons Building North, ground floor, behind the Red Robin Restaurant. For tickets or more information, call (845) 2359885 or visit http://halfmoontheatre.org.

April Fools!

I would love to hear your family’s antics for April Fools’ Day! This April 1, I’m doing a one-two breakfast punch: First, I present a frozen bowl of cereal to the kids; then, when they set up new bowls of cereal, they’ ll be surprised by the colored milk pouring from the carton that I dyed blue.

Sit-upons Since springtime means more outside time for our family, I want to share a craft that we enjoyed making recently: sit-upons. As many of you current and former Scouts may know, sit-upons are handmade, portable cushions for sitting on the ground, and there are a variety of ways to make them.

Here’s what our family did: We recycled some shipping foam for the insert, about 12 inches square, then rolled it in a couple of layers of vinyl tablecloth, secured the edges with packing tape and left the end

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Friday, March 28

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open for the final step of attaching the handle. We recycled a jumprope that we had in the basement, removed the grips, cut and knotted the rope to a shoulderlength loop and rolled it up in that final length of tablecloth, which then got taped to the cushion.

We decorated the sit-upon with plenty of patterned duct tape, and voilà! a portable sit-upon, great for camping at Lake Taghkanic State Park, hiking at Minnewaska State Park Preserve, picnicking at Poets’ Walk and more. Now you’re ready for spring!

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Check out Creative Co-Op’s new Parents’ Night Out series, taking place on Friday, March 28 and continuing in April on the first and third Fridays.

On Friday, March 28, hours are from 6 to 10 p.m., for ages four and up, for $10. You supply your child with a snack, book and a blanket or sleeping bag, and Creative Co-Op does the rest.

Creative Co-Op is located next to the Rosendale Theatre at 408 Main Street, and behind the Big Cheese. For reservations or more information, call (845) 527-5672 or visit www.facebook. com/creativebcrosendale.

What to Expect Maybe you’ve had the birds-andthe-bees conversation with your older teen, but could use an inroad to go even deeper. Maybe you missed this show when it performed in different venues last year. Maybe you’re looking for a bold night out with friends.

Whatever your reason, here’s the event for you: On Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29 at 8 p.m., the TMI Project presents What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting: True Stories of Slips, Surprises and Happy Accidents, a sequence of personal stories about reproduction and identity, shared by the women and men who lived them.

Proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley and the TMI Community Outreach Initiative.

If you like to save money, order your tickets online for $20 instead of taking a chance at the door for $25.

What to Expect takes place at the Morton Memorial Library, located at 82 Kelly Street in Rhinecliff. For tickets or more information, call (845) 658-8410 or visit www.notexpecting.org.

Children’s Community Theatre I’ve been hearing some buzz about this event, so I wanted to pass the information along. This weekend, the Children’s Community Theatre of Dutchess

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Sunday, March 30

ROAD TRIP

Youth basketball at Marist

LEGOLAND DISCOVERY CENTER

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appy First Birthday to Legoland Discovery Center in Westchester! Our family visited the Center this week and had a great time. Legoland is located in Ridge Hill, an upscale shopping complex, and is at the end near the plaza fountains. We were delighted to learn that our North Otis Road parking garage space on Level 2 put us just steps away from the front door.

Buying tickets online guarantees entry at a given time, reduces ticket cost and makes for a fast and easy check-in. For an extra $4 per ticket, you get a lanyard with sheets of activities, including a stamping sheet that can be redeemed in the gift shop for a free collectible button.

The experience starts off with group photos in front of a green screen, followed by a colorful display room of how Legos are constructed. But the real fun begins with the laser shooting game Kingdom Quest, where automated carts Miniland at the Legoland Discovery Center. There are 836 Lego bricks in the St. move players slowly along a course of Patrick’s Cathedral construction. animated targets while keeping score.

After Kingdom Quest and Miniland, a massive Lego display of New York City-area landmarks, the rest of Legoland is a large room with the Lego Fire Academy play structure in the middle and all of the other activities around the perimeter.

One highlight is Lego Racers: Build & Test, where kids construct their own Lego vehicle with unlimited racing against other competitors down short downhill racetracks, one of which has a cool automatic starting gate. Lego Master Builder Academy offers multiple classes each day for kids to create the Project of the Month (ours was a model space shuttle) under the guidance of a Lego instructor, with an option to purchase the kit at the end of class for $5, the proceeds of which benefit the Merlin’s Magic Wand charity.

ONE HIGHLIGHT The pink and purple Lego Friends area features karaoke, complete with standing IS LEGO RACERS: microphone and touch-screen TV for making song selections, including snippets Build & Test, where kids construct their of tunes like Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” and Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend.” own Lego vehicle with unlimited racing Merlin’s Apprentice Ride mercifully has adjustable seating in all of its two-person against other competitors down short cars, which makes it comfortable for both kids and adults as you pedal furiously downhill racetracks to elevate your pod. The cinema countdown clock was helpful for us to time our arrival, and we watched all four 4-D movies in succession. Each 15-minute show includes “fourth-dimension” sensations of wind, rain and snow.

Note: Remember to bring socks for the younger kids, so that they can enjoy the fun Lego Fire Academy play structure, sized for children between 36 and 54 inches tall. Duplo Village is another area designed for the younger set, with larger blocks and a sweet slide to play on.

After a short pit stop at the café, we exited through the gift shop. It is loaded with Lego kits, but surprisingly little Lego Movie swag.

I recommend Legoland primarily for children two through 11 years. Admission includes all of the activities, and extras include photos, café food and gift shop. On Thursday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Legoland invites you to celebrate this first-year milestone by joining the birthday singalong, building a Lego birthday card and trying your chances to win prizes throughout the day.

Legoland Discovery is located at Ridge Hill at 39 Fitzgerald Street in Yonkers. For more information, call (866) 243-0770 or visit www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com.

– Erica Chase-Salerno

County, Inc. presents The Emperor and the Nightingale, based on the book

by Hans Christian Andersen. Performances take place at Spackenkill High School on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, March 29th and 30th at 1 and 4 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for adults, and $8 for seniors and students. Spackenkill High School is located at 112 Spackenkill Road in Poughkeepsie. For tickets or more information, visit www.cctdc.info.

Saturday, March 29

FDR WPA poster silkscreening workshop I feel so fortunate to have a presiden-

tial library located right here in the Hudson Valley. This weekend sounds like a great opportunity to round up the family to make a visit. On Saturday, March 29 at 11 a.m., the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum presents a Free Family Activity Day at the Henry A. Wallace Center, featuring a 90-minute Silkscreen Poster Workshop with Social Impact Studios founder and director Ennis Carter. Participants can print their own poster at this event, open to all ages, and children must be accompanied by an adult. At 2 p.m., Carter presents a book discussion and signing of her book, Posters for the People: Art of the WPA. Both programs are free, but space is limited and preregistration is required.

Help an Adult learn to Read Upcoming Training starts April 16th Call 845-331-6837 to register for the training at the Kingston Library.

For more information visit ulsterliteracy.org or email info@ulsterliteracy.org

The FDR Library is located at 4079 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park. For reservations or more information, call (845) 486-7745 or visit www.fdrlibrary. marist.edu.

Softball and baseball season are rapidly approaching, so for a chance to squeeze in a little more basketball fundamentals, register your players from ages seven to 17 for Marist’s youth basketball clinic. The clinic takes place at the McCann Center on Sunday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for boys, and from 2 to 5 p.m. for girls. The cost is $10 per child and benefits the Marist College Scholarship for Students with Disabilities.

Preregistration is recommended.

Bring recent college textbooks and DVDs up to five years old and receive up to five free tickets for the raffle held before each session. Snacks, water and Kids’ Day Out tee-shirts will be available for purchase.

Marist College is located at 3399 North Road in Poughkeepsie. To register or for more information, call (845) 575-3274 or e-mail specserv@marist.edu.

Wednesday, April 2

Sky Lake Lodge families Been meaning to get to Sky Lake Lodge for meditation but wish you could include your child in the experience? Seeking community for your family’s spiritual side? Come on out to Sky Lake Lodge with your children ages five and under this Wednesday, April 2 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for conversation, play and to walk the meditation trail. Reservations are suggested by calling (845) 532-5797.

And save the date for Wednesday, April 23 from 6 to 7 p.m. for Parents’ and Children’s Meditation. Meditation instruction will be provided to parents and children who are old enough or motivated enough to participate. After a 15-minute children’s meditation, the children will join the younger kids in activities in another room, while parents finish 45 minutes of sitting and walking meditation.

Sky Lake Lodge is located at 22 Hillcrest Lane in Rosendale. For more information about the evening program, call (845) 255-9188. To learn more about Sky Lake Lodge, visit http://skylake.shambhala. org.

– Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno is excited to introduce a new element to Kids’ Almanac starting April 3! Stay tuned! She and her husband Mike live in New Paltz with their two children: the inspirations behind hudsonvalleyparents.com. Erica can be reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

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8AM-2PM “The Road to Growth: Scale Your Business. Up Your Game.” A daylong conference that will provide future and current business owners the opportunity to gain valuable information about how to grow their businesses. Reg reqr’d. Info: Lrich@wedcbiz.org or 575-3438.

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, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-5PM Health Care Enrollment Assistance.

Open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace continues through March 31. Health Care Navigators available by appointment. Call for appointment: 800-4534666. Arlington Branch Library, 504 Haight Ave, Poughkeepsie.

9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. Web site: www.HudsonValleyParents.com NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After Fifty 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. Mescal HornbeckCommunity Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10AM Mohonk Preserve Thursday Tales at Ten: Story Time. For children ages 2-5 with their parents or guardians. Hear about napping animals, hungry birds, or icy tracks and celebrate the snowy season Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Visitor Center, New Paltz, free.

10AM-11AM Preschool Story Time. “Boogie Woogie Books!” with Amy Dunphy. Meets on Thursdays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

10:30 AM Book Explorers Storytime. For ages 4 and up. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

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. Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3PM-5PM “Speak up! Speak Out! Debate Workshop, led by Deborah Lundgren, an experienced debate coach and educator, is a seven-week program for children ages 11 and older to practice debate techniques and learn the Lincoln-Douglas debate format. Info:www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

5PM Circolo Culturale Italia. An Italianlanguage discussion group. More advanced Italian speakers are invited. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook.

5:30PM-6:30PM Mixed Levels -Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 March 27. Beginners need to call Martha Cheo directly to join the winter session at 256-9316.

Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

6PM La Dolce Lingua. Conversational Italian with native Italian speaker Patrizia. Anyone interested in learning or speaking Italian is welcome.

Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook.

ent lectures designed to prepare the avid home gardener for the upcoming growing season. Reg. reqr’d. Info: 340-3990 ext. 335 or www.cceulster.org. CCEUC Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, $15 /per class, $50 /for 4 classes.

7PM Live @ The Falcon:Gabe Butterfirld Band with Joe Louis Walker. Info: www.liveatthefalcon. com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Monthly Non-fiction Book Club. The group discusses Daniel James Brown’s book The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Info: www. poklib.org or 485-3445 x3702. Adriance Memorial Library, Greenspan Board Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Eighth Step Open Mic & Jam. Cathy Winter hosts. The month’s suggested song theme, “Vamps, Vipers & Vagabonds: Notable & Notorious Women.” Jam at 8:15 pm. Info: cwinter@aol. com or www.8thstep.org. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady.

7PM-11PM Best Open Mic in Hudson Valley.

No cover. Primo’s, 1554 Rt 44/55, Clintondale, 883-6112.

7:30PM Broadway Musical Theater Showcase.

Participants will showcase solos, duets and group performances from Broadway Musicals, under the direction and instruction of Joe Langworth. Open to the public. Info: 687-5000 or www.sunyulster. edu. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theater, Stone Ridge.

7:30 PM -9:30 PM Life Drawing Sessions On-going on Tuesday and Thursdays. Info: www. unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $13, $48 /4 classes.

8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20.

8PM Quartet. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston, free, 657-6303.

8 PM Annual Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture. Gary Shteyngart will read from his work and answering questions from the audience. It is free and open to the public with seating on a first-come first-served basis. Info: www.vassar.edu or 437-5370. Vassar College, Students’ Building, second floor auditorium, Poughkeepsie.

8PM-11PM John Simon & The Greater Ellenville Jazz Trio. Free. Aroma Thyme Bistro, 165 Canal Street, Ellenville, 647-3000.

8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch and Bill Keith. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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9 AM-4PM Winter Blues Flea Market at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, 2578 Route 212 in Woodstock. New-found treasures at this annual flea market featuring furniture, clothing, art and books. Ample free parking. 679-8800.

9AM-3PM Indoor Yard Sale. Bake sale, soup and chili sale (by the quart). Many new and interesting things. Info: 399-8339. Katsbaan Reformed Church, Ladies Aid, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties.

6PM-8:30PM Lenten Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality. Led by the Reverend Deacon James Krueger. Sessions will begin on Thursday March 6, and run every Thursday until April 10. Reservations required. Info: info@ monsnubifer.org or 254-4872. 61 Bonnieview Ave, Pine Hill.

9:30AM-3:30PM The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program provides free, reliable tax preparation service for low to middle income families, individuals and seniors. By appointment only. Please call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment. Info: www. poklib.org or 485-3445 x 3702.Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, free.

6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

6 PM-7 PM Community Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public.

Contact info: 658-8556 orwww.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6:30PM Author Discussion and Signing: Peter Aaron. He will discuss and sign copies of his book, “If You Like the Ramones...Here Are Over 200 Bands, CDs, Films, and Other Oddities That You Will Love”. Info: 336-0590. Kingston Barnes & Noble, 1177 Ulster Ave, Kingston.

6:30PM-7:15PM Advanced Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 March 27. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

7PM-9PM Grow Your Own! Winter Lecture Series for Home Gardeners. Four different two hour courses each containing two differ-

10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3.

Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

12PM-5PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. Every Thursday from 12 to 5pm, when school is in session. Info: www.vassar.edu or 437-7035 Vassar Main Building, College Center, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie.

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. Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3:30PM After School Crafts. For ages 8-12. Info:

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

www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

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

Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for second and third graders meet on Fridays.

Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@ aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

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

4PM-9PM Charity Happy Hour for YWCA TeamIn-Training. Join the YWCA Team-In-Training in their fight against leukemia and lymphoma for a benefit Happy Hour. 21+ only please. There is no cover charge but monetary donations are welcome, and all tips collected by the bartenders will be donated to YWCA Team-In-Training in their support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Guest bartenders will be ‘Big’ Jim Ferraro and Nadine Fescoe Ferraro of N & J Promotions in Kingston. Music will be provided courtesy of renowned area DJ Mike Longto aka ‘The Spin DRx.’Uncle Willy’s Tavern ,31 North Front Street (corner of Wall Street),Kingston Meals are available for eat-in or take out by calling 853-8049.

Info: 594-1836.

4:30PM-7:30PM 3rd Annual Fish Fry. Every Friday during Lent. Adults/ $12;, $11/srs, $8/ kids under 12. Info: 255-1633. New Paltz Elks Lodge, 290 Rt. 32 South, New Paltz.

5:30PM Poetry Reading: Bob Elmendorf . The half hour reading will be followed by a discussion and refreshments. Info: www.chathambookstore. com or 518- 392-3005. The Chatham Bookstore, 27 Main St, Chatham.

5:30 PM-7:30 PM Friday Night Dinners at Germania of Poughkeepsie. Sauerbraten.

Enjoy authentic, hearty German fare and cold beer! Info: Info@germaniapok.com or 471-0609.

Germania of Poughkeepsie, 37 Old DeGarmo Rd, Poughkeepsie.

5:30PM Exhibition Opening Event. Conversation with artist Todd Knopke and curator MaryKay Lombino. 6:30pm Reception, Art Center Galleries Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Atrium, Poughkeepsie.

6PM-8PM Lotus Healing presents Ohashiatsu® Classes with Johanna Schwarzbeck, Certified Ohashiatsu® Instructor. Free Introductory workshop: The Living Seed, Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main Street (Rt 299), New Paltz.

Contact Johanna (917)881-7554. Wear comfortable and loose clothing.

6:30PM-8PM Swing Dance Workshops. 6:307:15pm & 7:15-8pm . Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S. Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie, $15, $20 /both workshops.

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 Rhinebeck Garden Club. Speaker Mark Adams, of Adams Fairacres Farm, will present “What’s New in the World of Perennials and Annuals”. Refreshments served. Info: 876-6892.

Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 E. Market St, Rhinebeck, free.

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

7:15PM Spotlight on Maximilian Schell: “Judgment At Nuremberg.” (1961). With Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Montgomery Clift, and Judy Garland. Directed

by Stanley Kramer. Info: 229-7791 ext. 205. Hyde Park Library Annex, 2 Main St, Hyde Park.

7:30PM Cris Williamson. Pioneering femi-

nist singer-songwriter. Info: 518-346-6204 or www.8thstep.org. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady, $35 /golden circle, $28.

8PM-11:30AM Swing Dance to Eight to the Bar. Beginner’s lesson 8-8:30pm; Dance 8:3011:30pm. . Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S. Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie, $15, $10 /fulltime student.

8PM Acting Group at ASK. New Acting Group led

by Actress-Director Trish Hawkins. Six meetings on Fridays, through May. Info: 331-4097 or trishhawk3@gmail.com. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, $100.

8PM March Star Party. View the night sky away from the lights of the cities and towns of the area! Bring your own telescope or view the stars through one brought by members. RSVP is required. Info: www.midhudsonastro.org. Lake Taghkanic State Park, Ancram, free.

8PM Equivocation. Art and politics collide in Bill Cain’s play. Presented by Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 255-1559.

Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $25, $12.50 /student w/ID. 8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20.

8PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, $30, $25.

7PM-9 PM Elly Wininger. Info: 679-3484.

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

8PM The Boys from Syracuse. Info: 876-3080.

The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

9PM Reality Check. Info: 229-8277 or www. hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

9PM Foster McGinty. Info: 679-4406 Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Bearsville, $10.

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

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9AM-10:30AM 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.

9AM-3PM Indoor Yard Sale. Bake sale, soup and chili sale (by the quart). Many new and interesting things. Info: 399-8339. Katsbaan Reformed Church, Ladies Aid, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties.

9AM-3PM Maple Weekend. See first-hand how real maple syrup is made & get a tour of a maple farm. Info: 853-4240 or www.mapleweekend. com. Platte Creek Maple Farm, 808 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties.

9AM-3PM Babysitting Preparedness Course.

This course is for ages 12 and over. Learn about the most recent guidelines for care and how to handle emergencies. Reg. reqr’d. Reg & Info: 475-9742. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, $45.

9 AM Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge.

246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

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876-2903. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Performance and Story-Telling for the Tibetan New Year (3/30, 2-4PM).

Lingdro Ritual Dance for Peace by The New York Lingdro Dance Troupe. Lin Lerner will introduce the background of the dances and tell a story of one of King Gesar’s exploits. $10 suggested donation, children under 12 free. www. tibetancenter.org/events or 383-1774 for details. The Tibetan Center, 875 Route 28, Kingston.

Sign Up Now. Help an Adult Learn to Read. Upcoming Training Starts April 16th. Become a literacy volunteer with Ulster Literacy Association.

Info: 331-6837 or www.ulsterliteracy. org or info@ulsterliteracy.org. Kingston Library, Kingston.

Auditions Notice: “The Robber Bridgegroom.” Directed by Laurie Sepe-Marder, Musical Direction by Fooch Fischetti. March 30, 31 and April 2nd at 6:30pm. STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street Phoenicia. Visit http:// stsplayhouse.com/auditions for full details/character breakdown, or call 373-7083 with questions.

The Big Read Comes to the Hudson Valley ( 3/ 15 -5/2). Featuring Housekeeping by Pulitzer PrizeWinning Author, Marilynne Robinson.

Info: bard.edu/hannaharendtcenter/ bigread/or bigread@bard.edu.

Broadway @ The Woodstock Playhouse (5/3, 7:30pm). Mark Cortale presents Two Time Tony Award Winner Patti LuPone. Featuring Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky as Pianist & Host. Tickets: Begin at $150. Gala details can be found at: www.woodstockplayhouse.org or 679-6900.

Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Register Now! 4th Annual United Way “Leo Lasher” Catfish Derby.

Everyone who registers before 3/31 is in the running to win two box seat tickets to the Boston Red Sox. Derby will be held on 7/19. Info: www.uwcg. org or 518-943-3285. Dutchman’s Landing, Catskill.

Register Now! Armed Forces Weekend Run 4 Our Warriors. Registration Closing Date: 4/27. Race Date: 5/18. 2 Mile Walk - 12 years and under $10. 2 Mile Walk - 13 years and older $15. 4 Mile Race - 12 years and under $10. 4 Mile Race - 13 years and older $15. Info:hudsonvalleyrailtrail.net.

Hudson Valley Rail Trail, 75 Haviland Rd, Highland.

Rice & Beans Celebration/Fundraiser (3,29,5:30-8pm). Welcoming Spanish exchange students & teachers

from Algete, Spain into the Rondout Valley High School community! Your generosity will help to offset the expenses involved in making this travel opportunity available to all. Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge.

5:30-8pm. Suggested donation: Kids $5, Adults $10, Family $20.

ton Juried Exhibition (April 5-26).

Drop Off: April 1. Artists are invited to submit works in all two-dimensional media (no free standing sculptures).

No mailings. Info: www.askforarts. org/assets/2014-juried-show-call-forentries.pdf or 338-0331. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston.

Ulster County 4-H seeks Host Families for Foreign Exchange Students.

Have an opportunity to experience Japan by hosting an exchange delegate between the age of 12 and 16 for four weeks from July 21 through August 19.

Info: klf37@cornell.edu or 340-3990.

Lotus Healing presents Ohashiatsu® Classes with Johanna Schwarzbeck, Certified Ohashiatsu® Instructor. Free Introductory workshop (3/28, 6-8pm).

The Living Seed, Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main Street (Route 299), New Paltz. Contact Johanna (917)881-7554. Wear comfortable and loose clothing.

Upcoming Film: Wheel of Time, by Werner Herzog(3/15, 8pm). Documentary film about the largest Buddhist ritual to promote peace and tolerance, in Bodh Gaya, India and Graz, Austria in 2002, including exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama, access to secret rituals for the first time on film. 2003, English, 80 minutes. $8 suggested donation. The Tibetan Center, 875 Route 28, Kingston. 383-1774 and info@tibetancenter.org.

Register Now: 10th Annual Taste of Rhinebeck. (4/8) Guests stroll along the streets of Rhinebeck, stopping and sampling food and beverages provided by more than 20 restaurants & select stores. Proceeds benefit the Northern Dutchess Hospital. Registration required.. Info: 871-3505 orwww. health-quest.org/taste. Rhinebeck, $75.

Sign Up Now! Summer StudioLab @ New Paltz. July 6-20. Application deadline: April 15. Intensive 2-week summer residential program for high school students. Drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, figure and landscape painting, fiield trips, visiting artist & portfolio preparation.

Info: 257-3860 or www.newpaltz.edu/ studiolab SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz.

Soundpainting Workshops with Steve Rust. Learn the gestural live composing language for musicians and performers of all styles and levels. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at Trillium Gallery, 228 Main St, Saugerties.$20 per session. Info: 706-6309 or stephenrust54@gmail. com.

Art Exhibit: The Architect’s Library.

Exhibits through 5/2014. A spotlight on the history of architecture and the many architectural influences that resulted in the buildings on campus.

Info: 437-5370 or www.vassar.edu.

Vassarr College, Libraries, Poughkeepsie.

Submit Now! Arts Society of Kings-

9:30AM-12:30PM Ulster County Historical Society/SUNY Ulster Collaboration. Continuing education class - “Why Stone: Bevier House and Other Classic Stone Houses in the Marbletown Area, “ presented by architect Warren Ashworth.

Reg. reqr’d. Info:www.sunyulster.edu or www. ulstercountyhs.org. Bevier House Museum site, 2682 Route 209, Marbletown, $90.

10AM Mixed-Level Yoga. This mixed-level hatha yoga class, taught by Kathy Carey, focuses on gaining strength, flexibility, balance, and alignment, while learning yoga poses in greater detail.

Please bring a mat. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

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

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-4PM Third Annual Sacred Being Health and Wellness Fair. Over 30 of the best wellness businesses in the Mid-Hudson Valley offering free samples, mini-consultations, and specials on products and services. Pre-registration for workshops suggested. Info:www.green-brain.org or ksaroop@priyacomm.com. Locust Grove Estate, Rte 9, Poughkeepsie, free.

10AM-12PM Annual Open House. For prospective students, parents and the community. Activities include door prizes and campus tours. Info: 518-828-4181, ext. 5513 or www.mycommunitycollege.com. SUNY Columbia-Greene, Main Building, Student Services Court, Greenport.

10:30AM Meditation and Stress Reduction.

Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, , Kingston, free, 339-8567.

10:30AM-2:30PM Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing - Bonticou Crag. Ages 18 and above. No reservations required. A moderate, 7-mile hike led by Sherry Ronk (687-6400).

Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Spring Farm Trailhead, New Paltz, $12.

10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace

Nectar, High Falls is Seriously Reducing Inventory (3/28-4/28) in both stores! 25-40% off ALL in-stock furniture, architectural details and some gifts. An architect’s, interior designer’s or yoga studio’s dream.

Come help support our Spring Into Change Sale!! www.shopnectar.com.

Call for Submissions: RHCAN Sculpture Expo 2014. Deadline: 5/1. For full details about Sculpture Expo, prospectus: www.rhcan.com. Red Hook.

Art Exhibit: Group Show. Featuring artists Anne Crowley, Cristeen Gamet, Maria Katzer and Rob Wade. Exhibits through 5/19. Info: 679-6003. WFG Gallery, 31 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Submit Now: Fall for Art 2014. Deadline 4/30. Show will be 9/4. Benefits the Jewish Federation of Ulster County and community programs it supports.

Info: www.fallforart.org or info@fallforart.org or 338-8131. Wiltwyck Golf Club, Kingston.

Free Income Tax Assistance. Time: Walk-in hours on Mon, Tues, and Thurs: 10 am - 8 pm.; Wed: 10 am - 4 pm; and Fri: Noon - 8 pm. For individuals with a gross income below $50, 000. Info: 257-2662 or hansenv@ newpaltz.edu. SUNY New Paltz, van den Berg Hall, New Paltz.

Register for the Farm to Market Connection (3/30, 9:30 am - 4 pm).

Workshops focus on beginner farmers, new markets and scaling up. Registration & information:: www.purecatskills.com or 607- 865-7090 x 217.

The Center for Discovery, Hurleyville, $35.

Sign Up Now! Bus Trip to “Garden in the Woods” (5/28). Completed registration forms with payment must be postmarked no later than May 21. Info: 340-3990 x 335. or www.cceulster.org.

MAC Fitness, Parking Lot, Kingston.

Register Now! Karma and Rebirth- A Weekend Teaching (March 28-30).

Teacher: Lama Zopa Tarchin. Karma and rebirth can be difficult concepts for Western Buddhists to accept. Yet they are the very foundation of Buddhist teachings. Shakyamuni Buddha said that all things arise through causes and conditions and that there is nothing that arises causelessly. This special teaching will help you gain a proper understanding of karma (action, cause and result), the process of continual rebirth that it entails, and the path to liberation. Teacher: Lama Zopa Tarchin. Teaching Times: 3/28, 7-8:30pm; 3/29, 10am- Noon; 3-5pm.

3/30, 10am - Noon; 2-4pm. Admission is free. For more information call 845-679-5906 x 3.Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

Call To Artists! RHCAN Sculpture Expo 2014. Award Winning Public Art Exhibition returns to Red Hook for it’s Second Season! June - November 2014. For full details about Sculpture Expo, prospectus and press go to www. rhcan.com.

Raise a Guiding Eyes Puppy. Guiding Eye for the Blind is currently accepting applications for puppy raisers in the Ulster, Dutchess and Orange County regions. Orientation classes begin soon so don’t delay! RSVP. Contact Maria Dunne at 230-6436 or visit www. guidingeyes.org.

A Golden Anniversary: 50 Years of Mid-Hudson Artists Exhibit.The exhibit showcases over 50 artists that have been supported in the past five decades. Exhibits through 3/28. Info: 454-3222 or www.artsmidhudson. org. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, 317 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

Casting Notice for The Woodstock Playhouse. The Playhouse will be producing the following productions and are casting for:Spamalot; Jesus Christ Superstar; & West Side Story.

Performances will run from June through August. Please send a note of interest to info@woodstockplayhouse.org. Please include a photo and resume, if available.

The Morton Food Drive. Sundries and groceries: shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, peanut butter, jelly, canned meats, coffee, fruit juices, cereal, oatmeal, hearty soups, canned pastas, canned fruit, cat food, laundry detergent, bleach. Ends 4/30. Info:

The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship.

The Newyorkers Chorus is a male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style” of close

& Non-Violence. Hosted by Kingston Women in Black. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston.

11AM-1PM Legal Workshop for Seniors. Legal questions will be answered by the Elder Law Pro Bono Project. Info: 758-324 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook, free.

11AM-1PM WWE Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter.

Info: www.collectorsrealm.net. Collector’s Realm, Dutchess Marketplace, 453 Rt. 9, Fishkill.

11AM Free Family Activity Day: 11 am: Silkscreen Poster Workshop - Print Your Own WPA Poster. 2 pm: Book Talk and Signing with Ennis Carter, author of Posters for the People: Art of the WPA. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park.

11:30AM Spring Penny Social. Sponsored by the Rhinecliff Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary. Calling begins at 1:30pm. Refreshments available. Tickets start at $1. for 25 tickets. Info: 835-8384. Rhinecliff Firehouse, corner of Shatzell and Orchard, Rhinecliff.

12PM-3PM Bicycle Rodeo. Ages eight to twelve, and their parents are invited to attend. Practice the safe way to exit a driveway, how to scan, approach an intersection, and avoid road and trail hazards. Walkway Over The Hudson, 87 Haviland Rd, Highland.

1PM-7PM Sustainable Living Fest 2014. A day of healthy, insightful workshops, demos, food, products and family fun Info: 687-4855 or www. highmeadowschool.org. High Meadow School, 3643 Main St, Stone Ridge.

1PM “Middletown: An Ice Age Origin, “ An illustrated talk by geologist Bob Titus and Johanna Titus, authors of The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age. Info: www.mtownhistory.org. Historical Society of Middletown, 778 Cemetery Rd, Margaretville, $4.

2PM-4PM Free Comedy Improv Classes for Teens. Facilitated by Walt Batycki of “The People’s Glorious Improv Collective.” Ages 13-19 are welcome to attend. Six week series. 518-7198244 or email laura@catskillcommunitycenter.

org. Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St, 2 PM-4 PM Mohonk Preserve 26th Annual Signs of Spring Walk. Enjoy a leisurely stroll during the season of the warming earth. Dress for the weather. All ages are welcome. Children must always be accompanied by an adult. Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Spring Farm 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, 679-5906 Ext. 1012 Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

3PM Douglas Nicholas presents The Wicked, the sequel to his historical suspense novel, Something Red. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

5PM-10:30PM Grand Opening Celebration live music by Mario Tacca and his band, a professional ballroom show by Hayk Balasanyan & Emilia Poghosyan. Dinner will be catered by the Villa Borghese. Info: www. fredastairedutchess. com. Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 1562 Route 9, Poughkeepsie.

5PM-7PM Wine and Chocolate Tasting. Taste Grenda Chocolate. Island grown. Island harvested. Processed using solar power. Shipped to America on sailboats. Info: 518-828-3139 or www.

VerdigrisTea.com. Verdigris Tea & Chocolate Bar, 135 Warren St, Hudson, free.

5PM-7PM Artist Exhibition – R.O. Blechman.

On view through May 11. For further information, please call the Opera House at 518 822-1438 or email Dale Stewart at dale@hudsonoperahouse. org. Hudson Opera House, Hudson.

5:30PM-8PM Rice & Beans Celebration/Fundraiser. Welcoming Spanish exchange students & teachers from Algete, Spain into the Rondout Valley High School community! Your generosity will help to offset the expenses involved in making this travel opportunity available to all.

Christ the King Episcopal Church, Stone Ridge.

5:30-8pm. Suggested donation: Kids $5, Adults $10, Family $20.

four-part harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required.

Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org.St. Andrews Church 110 Overlook Rd. Poughkeepsie.

Studio Move! DC Studios LLC Moves to Germantown! New address: 136 East Camp Rd, Germantown. Hours: Tuesday Sunday, by appointment (please call ahead) 876-3200 (the studio telephone number remains the same). E-mail: dcstudios@msn.com.

Digital photos(.jpg’s) available Info: www.dcstudiosllc.com.

Audition Notice: Les Miserables (4/5 & 4/6). Needed: Adult male & female actors and singers, two young girls, and one young boy. Prepare: 16 bars of a song either from the show or in the style of the show. Bring a copy of your sheet music. Info: upinoneprod@aol. com. The Center for Performing Arts, Rt. 308, Rhinebeck.

Audition Notice: She Loves Me (3/22-23). All parts are open and no appointment is necessary. Needed: adult male and female actors who can sing and move. Also, 1 male teen actor who can sing and move, age 15 - 17.

Info:karenforray@aol.com Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 New York 308, Rhinebeck.

Arts Society of Kingston [ ASK] Regional Juried Exhibition ( 4/5-4/26). Dropoff date April 1st.

Artists are invited to submit works in all two-dimensional media (no free standing sculptures), in any subject for this juried exhibition (no giclees please). Open to artists from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont who can hand-deliver and pick up their work. No mailings. Juror is Jenny Nelson, nationally represented artist www.jennynelson.com/resume.html.

ASK 97 Broadway, Kingston, 338-0331. http://www.askforarts.org.

Youth Can Learn to Take Perfect Photos. Youth in grades 3+ can participate in a workshop series that will help them learn to take perfect photos. Wednesdays, 3/19 and 26 and 4/2. The registration deadline is Friday, 3/14. Info: 828-3346 x0 or ew387@ cornell.edu. Extension Education Center, Route 66 N, Hudson, $5.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics for Cats March 31 Newburgh; March 27 Walden (Montgomery residents only).

Performed by appointment only, by NY state licensed veterinarians of The Animal Rights Alliance (T.A.R.A.) mobile clinic. $70 per cat includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, and nail trim. Newburgh residents, $10 per cat. Mamakating residents, $25 per cat. Also available for an additional fee: distemper vaccine, flea treatment, deworming, and microchipping.

855-754-7100. tara-spayneuter.org.

6 PM An Evening Concert with Lorraine Nelson Wolf. Social Hour: 6-7pm. Concert:78:30pm. Beverages, desserts and finger foods.

Info: 895-2952. Reformed Church of Shawangunk, Fellowship Hall, 1166 Hoagerburgh Rd, Wallkill, free.

6PM - 8PM Reading! Featured readers Chris Wood, Editor-in-Chief of Heyday Magazine and Guy Reed, poet. Hosted by Laura Lonshein Ludwig and Sean Willett. Inquiring Minds Book Store, 66 Partition St, Saugerties.

6:30PM Fundraiser for The Woodstock Shakespeare Festival. Slueth’s Comedy Murder Mystery Dinner. Reservations strongly recommended. Info: 246-0900 or www.Birdonacliff. org. New World Home Cooking, 1411 Rte 212, Saugerties, $42.95.

6:30PM Laura Ludwig presents poetry and performance art. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

6:30PM-12AM 26th Annual Beaux Arts Ball.

Opening with the silent auction accompanied by fabulous hors d’oeuvres and an open bar.

Reservations required. 18-943-3400 or gcca@ greenearts.org or www.greenearts.org. The Copper Tree Restaurant, Hunter.

7PM-9PM “Acting Out: Words that Connect.”

Still Here & Meeting Chen Zhen: Drum as Doorway between Worlds. Two 1-act plays. The plays will be set in front of the artworks that inspired them. Info: www.hvcca.org or 914-7880100 or info@hvcca.org. HVCCA, 1701 Main St, Peekskill.

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 Live @ The Falcon: Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Family Movie Night: Frozen. (Rated PG)

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Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s sister Elsa. Info: 657-2482.

Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan.

org. The Storm King School, Walter Reade, Jr. Theatre, 314 Mountain Rd, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

7PM-10PM Annual Crazy Hat Bingo Party.

A buffet meal with fresh homemade desserts, coffee, tea, and lots of bingo fun are included.

BYOB. Reservations required. Info: eschoelwer6@ gmail.com or 687-3473. Marbletown Community Center, Main St, Stone Ridge, $15, $12 /senior.

8PM Bryan Gordon, Solo. Info: 229-8277 or www.hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

7PM Pairings: Art Songs and Cabaret, Performance by vocalist, Gilda Lyons, and composer and pianist, Daron Hagen. Info: 518- 822-1438 or dale@hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, Hudson, $20.

7:30 PM Double CD Release Celebration Concert: Mitch Katz and Vince Sauter. Info: .229-6521 or www.hydeparkfreelibrary.org. Hyde Park Free Library, 2 Main St, Hyde Park, $10.

7:30PM Voices of the Land: Songs and Opera Scenes by Jonathan Chenette. Info: www.christchurchpok.org/concertsconbrio.html. Christ Episcopal Church, 20 Carroll St, Poughkeepsie, $12.

7:30PM Annie & the Hedonists. Pioneering feminist singer-songwriter. Info: 518-346-6204 or www.8thstep.org. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady, $35 /golden circle, $20.

8PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Regina Carter. Web: www.theegg.org. The Egg, Swyer Theatre, Albany, $29.50, 518-4731845.

8PM Storm King’s Acoustic Music Series: Amanda Penecale and Friends. Web: www.sks.

8PM Young Frankenstein. Musical by Mel Brooks. Kingston High School, 403 Broadway, Kingston.

8PM The Saints of Swing. Featuring Miss Rene Bailey. Info: 658-9048 or www.rosendalecafe. com. Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $10.

8PM-11PM The Art & Music of Patti Rothberg. An evening of an acoustical performance surrounded by her original & reproductions of her visual art. Info: 331-2662. AIR Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil St, Kingston, $5.

8PM Equivocation. Art and politics collide in Bill Cain’s play. Presented by Mohonk Mountain Stage Company. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 255-1559.

Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $25, $12.50 /student w/ID. 8PM The Intermezzo Dance Company. Open to the public. Info: dancetix@vassar.edu or 437-5541. Vassar College, Frances Daly Fergusson Theater, Poughkeepsie, free.

8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20.

8PM The Boys from Syracuse. Info: 876-3080.

The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

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

9PM Bryan Gordon. Solo in the taproom. Info: 229-8277 or www.hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

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9PM Uhadi. South African Jazz Band. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock.

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9AM Orange County Choppers 5K Cancer Walk/Run. Runners and walkers will race 3.1 miles through a moderately challenged course starting and ending at OCC grounds. Race start rain or shine 10:30 am. Register online atorangecountychoppers5K.com. Orange County Choppers, 1400 Crossroads Court, Newburgh.

9AM-3PM Maple Weekend. See first-hand how real maple syrup is made & get a tour of a maple farm. Info: 853-4240 or www.mapleweekend. com. Platte Creek Maple Farm, 808 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties.

10AM-3PM Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing: Lost City. Aged 18 and above.

No reservations required. A moderate, 7-mile hike led by Roberta Forest (750-7059). Info: 255-0919.

Minnewaska State Park, Peters Kill Lot, Gardiner, $8 /per vehicle.

10AM-3PM Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing - Lost City. Aged 18 and above.

No reservations required. A moderate, 7-mile hike led by Roberta Forest (750-7059). Info: 255-0919.

Minnewaska State Park, Peters Kill Lot, Gardiner, $8 /per vehicle.

10AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: The Erik Lawrence Quartet. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

10:30AM-2PM Omelet Brunch. Omelets made to order. Sausage gravy and biscuits, French toast, Apple crisp, juice, coffee, tea. Info: 255-8058.

Lloyd United Methodist Church, 476 New Paltz Rd, Lloyd, $7, $3.50 /10-5, free /free.

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11AM-3PM Brunch Buffet. Info: 853-8124. The Anchor, 744 Broadway, Kingston, $12.

11:30AM-6PM Merlin’s Guide to Awakening Your Divine Potential: Part Two In this all-day intensive workshop you will learn and understand your unique Starseed imprint, how to free yourself from the impacts of your “trigger buttons” and karma. Examine your darkside and free yourself from fear. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $125.

12PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Gear 101 in the Gunks with Eric Van Deuse. He will share his vast knowledge about rain gear, backpacks, hiking boots, jackets and all those new-fangled, technical fabrics. Also a 3 mile leisurely hike.

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

Minnewaska Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $8 /per car.

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

1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish 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.

1:30PM Classic Film Series: “Mrs. Miniver.”

(1942) with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.

Directed by William Wyler. Info: 229-7791 ext.

205. Hyde Park Library Annex, 2 Main St, Hyde Park.

2PM-4PM Artist’s Reception: Mary Ottaway.

Watercolors and Photographs. Exhibits through 5/19. Info: 255-0470. Gardiner Library, Gardiner.

2PM Upstate Women & the Civil War: How They Changed America. The program is in celebration of women’s history month. Guest speaker Juanita Leisch Jensen. Refreshments will be served. Bronck Museum, Vedder Research Library, Coxsackie, free.

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10:30AM-12:30PM Community Meditation Practice at Sky Lake. Meets every Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm. Meditation instruction available. Video or reading teaching from Pema Chodron, with short discussion at 11:45 am. Free and open to all. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

2PM-4PM Workshop being given by artist, Martin Edward Davis. He demonstrates the techniques of light and shade and blocking out in portrait painting. Attendees who wish to participate should bring acrylics, brushes and canvas or paper. Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Hugenot St, New Paltz.

2PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

2PM The Intermezzo Dance Company. Open to the public. Info: dancetix@vassar.edu or 437-5541. Vassar College, Frances Daly Fergusson Theater, Poughkeepsie, free.

2PM Young Frankenstein. Musical by Mel Brooks. Kingston High School, 403 Broadway, Kingston.

3PM Organ virtuosa Gail Archer. She will play a program of music from her latest album The Muse’s Voice: A Celebration of Women Composers. Info: 437-7294 or www.music.vassar.edu.

Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie, free.

3PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20.

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3PM The Boys from Syracuse. Info: 876-3080.

The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

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5PM-7PM “Acting Out: Words that Connect.”

Still Here & Meeting Chen Zhen: Drum as Doorway between Worlds. Two 1-act plays. The plays will be set in front of the artworks that inspired them. Info: www.hvcca.org or 914-7880100 or info@hvcca.org. HVCCA, 1701 Main St, Peekskill.

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6:30 PM Auditions Notice: “The Robber Bridgegroom.” Directed by Laurie Sepe-Marder, Musical Direction by Fooch Fischetti. STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street Phoenicia. Visit http://stsplayhouse. com/auditions for full details/character breakdown, or call 373-7083 with questions.

8PM Monday Jazz Session. Hwang/Takeishi Leading instrumentalists Jason Kao Hwang on violin and viola and Satoshi Takeishi on drums and percussion come together for this rare collaboration.

Info: 831-8065?. Quinn’s, 330 Main St, Beacon.

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

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

8PM Mike Gordon. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $45, $35.

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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, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-9:50AM Senior Fit Dance for Seniors with

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Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9:30AM Serving and Staying in Place Social Meeting. Seniors wjho want to remain in their homes and community. Meets every Mon. Info: 339-8210. 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.

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

11AM-12PM Senior Qigong With Zach Baker.

Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

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, $2 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

2:30PM Morrow’s Innovative Contemporary Fiction Reading Series: Biographer and New Yorker staff writer D. T. Max will read from his highly acclaimed biography of David Foster Wallace, Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story.

Info: conjunctions@bard.edu or 758-7054.

Bard College, Bertelsmann Campus Center, Weis Cinema, Annandale-on-Hudson.

3PM-7PM Bounce! Trampoline Sports Family Time. Mondays. Special price of $35 which will include one hour of jump time for five immediate family members. Each additional family member $7/hour. Reservations must be made in advance.

Info: www.bounceonit.com or 206-4555. Bounce!

Trampoline Sports, 2 Neptune Rd, Poughkeepsie.

3PM-4:30PM Monday Programs for Tweens, in grades Four and up include Reader’s Theatre, working on speech, reading and acting skills. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com.

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 Frederick C. Wood Lecture. “Arab Labor: An Evening with Sayed Kashua.” This lecture is held in honor of Tova Weitzman, senior lecturer in religion. Info: www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Rockefeller Hall, Room 300, Poughkeepsie.

5:30PM-6:30PM Qigong With Zach Baker. No evening class on the 2nd Monday of the month.

Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

5:30PM Frederick C. Wood Lecture: “Arab Labor: An Evening with Sayed Kashua.” This event will feature the screening of one episode of “Arab Labor” followed by a talk with the author.

Info: 437-5370 or www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Rockefeller Hall, Room 300, Poughkeepsie.

6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

6:30 PM Auditions Notice: “The Robber Bridgegroom.” Directed by Laurie Sepe-Marder, Musical Direction by Fooch Fischetti. STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street Phoenicia. Visit http:// stsplayhouse.com/auditions for full details/character breakdown, or call 373-7083 with questions.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Simi Stone + Band’s March Residency. Every Monday Night. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

97PM Open Poetry. Featuring poet Elizabeth Gordon. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

7PM Seven Shots: The Inside Story of the NYPD Raid on a Terrorist Cell that Aborted a Suicide Bombing in the Subway. Dr. Jennifer Hunt will speaks about the New York City Police Department’s efforts to keep the city free from terrorist attacks. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, free.

7:30PM Be Happy! Learn to Mediate. 4 sessions, Mondays in March. Res reqr’d. Info: 797-1218 or wwwSriChinmoy.org. Woodstock Community Centerq, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, free.

8PM Hwang/Takeishi — Leading instrumentalists Jason Kao Hwang on violin and viola and Satoshi Takeishi on drums and percussion come together for this rare collaboration.” Quinns, 330 Main St, Beacon, 202-7447.

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9AM-10AM Senior Dance Exercise with Inyo Charbonneau. An emphasis is on fun while benefiting from strengthening and aerobic exercise.

Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-11:30AM Women’s Tuesday Bible Study.

The Shelter of God’s Promises by Sheila Walsh includes DVD viewing, discussion groups and a workbook. Beginning April 1 to June 3. Info:

679-8164 or 246-8094. Grace Community Church, Lake Katrine, $10.

9:15 AM -11:15 AM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. 55 and older. Sept. thru June. $80.

Drop-in $5 per class. 657-581. American Legion, Mountain Rd, Shokan.

9:30 AM “Paint Can Opening” RUPCO ’s re-construction on the United States Lace Curtain Mill. Tours of the Lace Factory at 169 Cornell St. will be offered starting at 9:30am The formal celebration will be hosted at Cornell Street Studios at 11am. RSVP. Info: 331-2140. Cornell Street Studios, 168 Cornell St, Kingston.

10AM-11:30AM Parkinsons Exercise Class w/ Anne Olin. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Kingston, 679-6250.

10AM Preschool Story Hour. Each week do a craft activity, read some books, do yoga, sing, make music together, and make a parade through the library. All are welcome! Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

10:30AM Babies & Books Storytime. For ages 0-2. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580.

Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

11AM-12PM Bounce! Trampoline Sports Special Toddler Time. This separate time gives parents and caregivers a chance to play with their little ones, ages 2 - 5, in a quieter setting. Reservations must be made in advance. Info: www.bounceonit. com or 206-4555. Bounce!Trampoline Sports, 2 Neptune Rd, Poughkeepsie, $10 /parent/child/ hour, $8 /additional child/hour.

12PM-6PM Private Spirit Guide Readings with psychic medium Adam Bernstein. First Tuesday of every month. Call Mirabai to schedule an appointment. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /one hour, $40 /half an hour.

1PM Petite Picasso Preschool Art Program. At each class children will have a hands-on painting experience. Come dressed for a mess. Tuesdays.

Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook.

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

Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for kindergarten and first graders meet on Tuesdays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

5PM-7PM “It’s Folly!” Poetry Reading, with readings by Codhill Press poets Pauline Uchmanowicz, Larry Carr, Jan Schmidt, Bob Waugh, Harry Stoneback, Dennis Doherty, and Steve Clorfeine. Presented by David Appelbaum. Info: www.newpaltz.edu or 257-3844. SUNY New Paltz, The Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, free.

6PM-7PM Community Meditation Practice at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 or www.skylake. shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6:30PM Hudson Valley Libertarians meet to share ideas. Tuesday April 1 at the College Diner on route 299, New Paltz. 236-7545.

7PM Open Mic with Chrissy Budzinski. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties.

7PM QSY Society Amateur Radio Club’s March Meeting. This month’s topic: Wire antenna building. They will demonstrate the construction of simple wire dipoles using coax and ladderline. Bring your own wire and coaxial cable. Info: 914-582-3744 or www.qsysociety.org. East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction.

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

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

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

7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 246-5775.

7:30 PM -9:30 PM Life Drawing Sessions On-going on Tuesday and Thursdays. Info: www. unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $13, $48 /4 classes.

8PM Marilyn Kirby & Friends. Info: 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.

8PM Student Honors Recital. Info: www. newpaltz.edu/music or 257-2700. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz, $8, $6, $3.

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8:30AM Open Mic Blues Jam hosted by Petey Hop. Info: www.hydeparkbrewing.com or 229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

9 AM-4 PM Evidence-Based Strategies for Addressing Problem Behaviors in Students with Autisms. Presented by Thomas M. Caffrey, Renowned Autism Expert Board Certified Behav-

ior Analyst. Registration deadline 3/28/14. Info: www.centerforspectrumservices.org or336-2616.

Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, $95.

9AM-4PM Autism Conference. Evidence-Based Strategies for Addressing Problem Behaviors In Students with Autism. 8am - 8:50am Breakfast and Sign-in. Breakfast and Lunch Included. Info: 36-2616 x110 or www.centerforspectrumservices. org orkbark@centerforspectrumservices.org. The Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel, 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, $95.

9:15AM-10:15AM Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. Gentle yoga class with each student encouraged to move and stretch at his or her own pace. Includes warmups, poses for strength and balance and breath work for relaxation. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9:30AM-1:30PM Mohonk Preserve Bob Babb Wednesday Walk: Cedar Drive. Aged 18 and above. No reservations required. A moderate, 4-mile hike. Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Spring Farm Trailhead, New Paltz, $12.

10AM-11AM Toddler Time. Meets on Weds. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org orjulimuth@aol.com.

Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

10:30AM Plumflower Story Time! It’s a magical, sing-song, story, art making celebration for Toddlers every Wednesday. Info: 679-2213.

Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

10:30AM Classics in Religion - Housekeeping.

Marilynne Robinson’s first novel is the story of Ruth. The leaders of the series will be Debbie Schnide and Kathy DeMatteo. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

11AM Art Lecture Series. Featuring Helen Britton, metals, jewelry. Info: www.newpaltz.edu or 257-3830. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 108, New Paltz, free.

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

Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston.

12PM-6PM Private Soul Readings with with Celestial Channel Kate Loye. First Wednesday of every month. Call Mirabai to schedule an appointment. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour, $40 /half an hour.

12 PM Woodstock Senior Citizens’ Club.

William McKenna will speak on the renovation of the Community Center. Info: 679-8537.

Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

1 PM Kingston Community Singers Open Rehearsals. Old Dutch Church, Wall St, Kingston, 339-0637.

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

4PM-6PM Free Comedy Improv Classes for

27 Teens. Facilitated by Walt Batycki of “The People’s Glorious Improv Collective.” Ages 13-19 are welcome to attend. Six week series. 518-7198244 or email laura@catskillcommunitycenter. org. Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St, Catskill.

6:30PM-8:30PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale. Info: 331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

6:30PM Spanish Storytime. On-going every Wednesday at 6:30pm. Led by Stephanie Santos. Info: 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary. org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

6:30 PM Auditions Notice: “The Robber Bridgegroom.” Directed by Laurie Sepe-Marder, Musical Direction by Fooch Fischetti. STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street Phoenicia. Visit http:// stsplayhouse.com/auditions for full details/character breakdown, or call 373-7083 with questions.

6:30PM-8:30PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale. Info: 331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

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

Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

7PM-9:30PM Jazz Wednesday at Dave’s Coffee House. Guitarist Tom DePetris, Jody Sumber on drums and Allen Murphy on bass and special guests will be performing an ongoing jazz night starting at 8pm Dave’s Coffee House, 69 Main St, Saugerties, 246-8424.

7 PM-8 PM Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop led by Frayda Kafka, certified hypnotist. Sponsored by the Health Alliance.

Open to the community. 1st Wed of each month, 7-8pm, through December. To register: call Doris 339-2071 or email: Doris.Blaha@hahv.org or www.CallTheHypnotist.com. Reuner Cancer Support House, 80 Mary’s Ave, Kingston.

7PM “The House I Live In.” Directed by Eugene Jarecki, this 2012 documentary film “makes a shattering case against the War on Drugs. Info: 845-452-4013 or patla42@gmail.com. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 South Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, free, 7:30PM-8:30PM O. C. Audubon Society Live Animal Program. Bill Robinson will bring his birds of prey and his reptiles. Suitable for all ages. Info: www.orangecountynyaudubon.com or lbarber7@juno.com. First Presbyterian Church of Goshen, 33 Park Pl, Goshen, free.

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

8 PM Old Dawgz Band.

Info: 679-3484.

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

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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, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

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

9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After Fifty 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. Mescal HornbeckCommunity Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10AM-11AM Preschool Story Time. “Boogie Woogie Books!” with Amy Dunphy. Meets on Thursdays.. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

10:30AM Book Explorers Storytime. For ages 4 and up. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580.

Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

11:30AM-6PM Raindrop Technique Private Energy Sessions with Donna Carroll. First Thursday of every month. Call Mirabai to schedule an appointment. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour.

12:30PM “A Window into the World of Children’s Literature, “ Writer Linda Patterson Kujawski will lead this master class. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, OCTC Great Room, Newburgh, free.

12:30PM Ladies Who Launch Network Inaugural Meeting. Women who are interested in learning more about returning to the job market after an absence are invited to attend. Info: 758-3241 or 758-0824. Ulster Savings Bank, Red Hook, free.

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

Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3PM-5PM “Speak up! Speak Out! Debate Workshop, led by Deborah Lundgren, an experienced debate coach and educator, is a seven-week program for children ages 11 and older to practice debate techniques and learn the Lincoln-Douglas debate format. Info:www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

6PM-8PM The Big Read: Community Book Discussion: Housekeeping. Written by Marilyn Robinson. Discussion moderated by distinguished Bard professors Deidre D’Albertis & Mary Caponegro. Info: 876-0500 or www.oblongbooks.com. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, free.

6 PM-7 PM Community Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public.

Contact info: 658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6PM-8:30PM Lenten Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality. Led by the Reverend Deacon James Krueger. Sessions will begin on Thursday March 6, and run every Thursday until April 10. Reservations required. Info: info@ monsnubifer.org or 254-4872. 61 Bonnieview Ave, Pine Hill.

6:30PM-8:30PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale. Info: 331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

7PM Trails, Roads & Paths to Future: Historic roads of Ulster and Dutchess County, presented by outdoorsman and local trail guide, Dave Holden. Info: 757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

7 PM Fireside Chat: “Eleanor Roosevelt: Humanitarian and Civil Rights Pioneer.” The First Lady’s drive for equality and rights for all.

Presenters: Linda Bouchey, Al Vinck. St. James Chapel, 10 East Market St, Hyde Park.

7PM Free Public Lecture: “Linguine & Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture.

Talk by Distinguished Professor Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D. He explores how Italian and Anglo-American attitudes toward food and sex combine to create Italian American culture. Info:471-0313 or r.calista@hvc.rr.com. Italian Center, 277 Mill St, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Author Talk and Book Signing: Stephen C. Schlesinger, co-editor of The Letters of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Henry A. Wallace Center, Hyde Park, free.

7PM Live@ The Falcon: Chris O’Leary Band.

Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-11PM Best Open Mic in Hudson Valley.

No cover. Primo’s, 1554 Rt 44/55, Clintondale, 883-6112.

7PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

7:30 PM -9:30 PM Life Drawing Sessions On-going on Tuesday and Thursdays. Info: www. unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $13, $48 /4 classes.

8PM The David Bromberg Band. Info: www.

BethelWoodsCenter.org. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Event Gallery, Bethel, $37, $47.

8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch and Bill Keith. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10AM-3PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale.

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

10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3.

Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

11AM “Music Therapy... A Path With Heart, “ Music therapist Terry Blaine will offer a general overview of the music therapy profession and reflect upon how relationships formed in music therapy can inspire and transform our lives. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall, Middletown.

11:30AM-4:30PM Past Life Regression and Angelic Channeling Sessions with Margaret Doner. First Friday of every month. Call Mirabai to schedule an appointment. Info: 679-2100.

Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $125 /90 minute session.

12PM-5PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. Every Thursday from 12 to 5pm, when school is in session. Info: www.vassar.edu or 437-7035 Vassar Main Building, College Center, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie.

March 27, 2014

Circle. A positive, not for skeptics, discussion group for experiencers of the paranormal. Open to all dreamers, contactees, abductees, ET Ambassadors. Info: www.SymbolicStudies.org. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Rd Ext, Tillson.

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.

8PM Swingtime Duet. Pianist Mark Shane and vocalist Terry Blaine will perform an evening of classic jazz. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, OCTC Great Room, Newburgh, $10, $5 / senior/staff, free /student.

8PM Side by Side. Musical revue of some of Sondheim’s best-known songs. Featuring Broadway actors Molly Renfroe Katz and Denise Summerford. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Info: 235-9885 or www.halfmoontheatre.org. Half Moon Theatre, Oakwood Commons, 2515 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Richard Marx. American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter and musician. Info: www.BethelWoodsCenter.org. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Event Gallery, Bethel, $69.50, $59.50.

8:30PM Freestyle Frolic Community Anniversary Dance. Barefoot, smoke-free, no drugs or alcohol allowed.No partner necessary. $5-10/ adults, $2-7/teens & srs, free/kids & volunteers. Info: www.freestylefrolic.org or 658-8319.

Knights of Columbus, 389 Broadway, Kingston.

9PM Frank Gadler & the Amrod Band with special guests. Info: www.bearsvilletheater.com or 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15.

9PM Shawn Mullins with Max Gomez. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $50, $35, $20.

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7AM Roscoe-Rockland Chamber of Commerce Meet and Greet. Ryan Broshear, Nashville County Music star as the celebrity caster. Info: www.roscoeny.com. Junction Pool, Roscoe.

8:30AM St. Mary School Run/Walk 5K. Deadline: April 4. Also, Kids 1 Mile Fun Run, which starts a 9:45am. 5K begins at 10am. Info: www. stmaryfishkill.org. St. Mary School, 106 Jackson St, Fishkill, $25, $10 /kids run.

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. Mescal Hornbeck CommunityCenter, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-10:30AM 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.

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

Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for second and third graders meet on Fridays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com.

Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

9AM-1PM John Burroughs Natural History Society Field Trip: Geology Walk. Ray Haberski ( rhaberski@earthlink.net ). Info: www.jbnhs. org. Mohonk Preserve, West Trapps Parking Lot, New Paltz, $12.

3:30PM Pornland: Sexism, Identity and Intimacy in a Pornographic Culture. Family Services’ Crime Victims Assistance Program invites Professor Gail Dines to speak on the intersections between pornography, sexuality, and men’s violence against women. Info: 452-1110.Family Partnership Center, Lateef Islam Auditorium, 29 Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie, $15 /suggested donation.

9AM-12PM Spring Rummage and Bake Sale. $3.00 Bag Sale. Info: 331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington.

3:30PM After School Crafts. For ages 8-12. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

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

4:30PM-7:30PM 3rd Annual Fish Fry. Every Friday during Lent. Adults/ $12;, $11/srs, $8/ kids under 12. Info: 255-1633. New Paltz Elks Lodge, 290 Rt. 32 South, New Paltz.

6PM-9PM Artists’ Reception: Pier Wright and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen . Exhibits through 4/27. Info: 347-387-3212 or www.ihgallery. com. Imogen Holloway Gallery, 81 Partition St, Saugerties.

6PM-9PM Opening Reception: “The Picturesque, The Pastoral, and The Sublime.” Works

by Dutchess artists, painter Tarryl Gabel and photographer Gregory Martin. Exhibits through 4/27. Info: www.gallery66ny.com or 809-5838.

Gallery 66 NY, 66 Main St, Cold Spring.

7 PM Live @ The Falcon: Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits. Info: 236-7970 or www. www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Pornland: Sexism, Identity and Intimacy in a Pornographic Culture. Family Services’ Crime Victims Assistance Program invites Professor Gail Dines to speak on the intersections between pornography, sexuality, and men’s violence against women. Info: 452-1110.Vassar College, Rockefeller Hall, Rm 300, Poughkeepsie, $15 /suggested donation.

7PM Douglas Nicholas presents The Wicked, the sequel to his highly-acclaimed historical suspense novel, Something Red. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz.

7PM-9PM 1st Fridays: Star Nation Sacred

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Read Ulster Publishing’s It’s the Economy column and hudsonvalleybusinessreview.com for insight into the local economy.

9 AM Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge.

246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

9 AM -4 PM Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program educational conference.

“Flowing Through Time: Streams and Catskill Mountain Communities.” Registration required.

Info: www.ashokanstreams.org, Ashokan Center, Olivebridge.

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.

11AM-4PM Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. A shelter for over 300 pigs, goats, sheep, cows, chickens and more. Meet the animals, hear their heartwarming stories and walk away with a deeper understanding of who they are. Located in the hamlet of Willow, just 7 miles from the center of Woodstock. Tours at 11:30, 1:15, 3:00. $10 Adults, $5 kids 12 and under, members and toddlers 3 and under free. WFAS is a charitable organization. 35 Van Wagner Road, Willow, 679-5955 or www.WoodstockSanctuary.org.

10AM Mixed-Level Yoga. This mixed-level hatha yoga class, taught by Kathy Carey, focuses on gaining strength, flexibility, balance, and alignment, while learning yoga poses in greater detail.

Please bring a mat. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan, 10AM-4PM AARP Driver Safety Course. Payment accepted by check only and should be made Payable to AARP and dropped off at the library.

Space not guaranteed until fee is paid. Info: 724-3414 or www.beekmanlibrary.org. Beekman Library, 11 Town Center Blvd, Hopewell 10AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market.

Offering breads & baked goods, fresh fish, meat & eggs, fruits & veg, gourmet peanut butter & local wine. Cooking Education Series: Farmers’ Market Cooking. Classes 11 am-1pm on the 3rd Sat of the month thru April . $30 /per class. Old Dutch Church, Bethany Hall, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

Info: lori@kingstonfarmersmarket.org .

7-mile hike led by Tonda Highley (255-9933).

Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Pine Road Trailhead, New Paltz, $12.

10AM-4PM Defensive Driving Course. Bag lunch recommended. Registration required. To register call Digital Defensive Driving 787-2180 or visit www.digitaldefensivedriving.com/. Hyde Park Library Annex, 2 Main St, Hyde Park, $40.

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.

11:30 AM -2 PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: The Road Less Traveled. A 2.5 mile hike. Pre-registration is required. Info: 255-0752.

Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Awosting Parking Area, Gardiner, $8 /per car.

11:30AM Penny Social Fundraiser. Calling begins at 1pm. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Info: 247-3560. Reformed Church of Saugerties, 173 Main St, Saugerties.

1PM Mohonk Preserve: How Did the Rope Get Up There? History and Practice of Gunks Rock Climbing. No reservations required. Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Trapps Bridge, New Paltz, $12.

1PM Audition Notice: Les Miserables. Needed: Adult male & female actors and singers, two young girls, and one young boy. Prepare: 16 bars of a song either from the show or in the style of the show. Bring a copy of your sheet music. Info: upinoneprod@aol.com.The Center for Performing Arts, Rte. 308, Rhinebeck.

2PM-4PM Free Comedy Improv Classes for Teens. Facilitated by Walt Batycki of “The People’s Glorious Improv Collective.” Ages 13-19 are welcome to attend. Six week series. 518-7198244 or email laura@catskillcommunitycenter.org.

Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St, Catskill.

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, 679-5906 Ext. 1012 Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

3PM-4:30PM Mohonk Preserve - The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age: A Geological History and Tour. Join Professors Robert and Johanna Titus on a tour of the Hudson River Valley and see this familiar region with new eyes-the eyes of geologists who see a half-mile-thick sheet of ice grinding its way down the valley. Res reqr’d. Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, free.

4PM YA authors Jennifer Castle and Laurie Boyle Crompton. share bits from their novels, both of which imagine what it’s like be a teenager on a reality TV show or in a documentary. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz.

5PM Library Forum: Innovations reporter talksabout high tech at DARPA.“The Department of Mad Scientists: How An Obscure Department Of Defense Agency Shapes Our Society.” Talk by journalist Michael Belfiore.Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock, 679-2213.

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: A Juried Show of Art by Adult Students of Mira Fink. Exhibits through 4/30. Info: 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: 2014 Annual Landscape Show. More than a dozen Hudson Valley Artisan’s will display their interpretations of the landscape in many different styles. Exhibits through 4/27. Info: www.tivoliartistsgallery.com or 298-8735. Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli.

7PM Come all! Bring a Friend! Have a Ball! Come Laugh! Come sit and watch, come be in the show!

You can even do both .. that’s entertainment, you know! Info: 657-2326. Reservoir United Methodist Church, 3056 State Route 28, Shokan.

7PM Live@ The Falcon: David Johansen w/ Brian Koonin. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. 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.

7:30PM Carolyn Dorfman Dance Theatre. Info: 757-5106 x2 or 10 or www.kaatsbaan.org. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, $30, $10 /student rush, $10 /child.

8PM Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Resurrection. Mahler: Symphony No. 2, C minor (Resurrection) w/ Maria Todaro, Mezzo; Michelle Jennings, Soprano; and Vassar Choir, Christine Howlett, Choral Director. Info: 473-2072 or www. upac.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

8 PM Banjo legend Tony Trischka. Info: 255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $28, $14 /student w/ID. 8PM Cricket Tell the Weather. An indie string band featuring bluegrass-inspired original music.

Info: www.RosendaleCafe.com. Rosendale Café, Main St, Rosendale, $10.

8PM John Sebastian in Concert. Fundraiser for Woodstock Fire Co. 1. Info: 679-6900. Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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

8PM The Hudson Valley Philharmonic 201314: Resurrection. Web: www.bardavon.org.

Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 473-5288.

10AM-3PM Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing: Duck Pond. Aged 18 and above. No reservations required. A moderate,

9PM Shawn Mullins w/Max Gomez. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, Tinker St, Woodstock, $50, $35, $25.

March 27, 2014

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SOUS CHEF: Full Time.

Responsible for the preparation and production of fresh and wholesome meals for a hotel with 600 overnight and 500 day guest capacity. Hotel exp. preferable.

Apply online at www.mohonkjobs.com or fax Cover letter & Resume to: (845) 256-2049 WAITERS/WAITRESSES. Part-time, full-time. Apply in person: College Diner, 500 Main St., New Paltz.

CLEANING HELP FOR B&B. Looking for an experienced and meticulous cleaning person to help w/a small B&B, 3 miles south of New Paltz. This person needs to have transportation and be available for a two-hour period minimum between the hours of 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Flexible schedule. References required. Please call for more details at 845750-6252.

CLERK, PART-TIME. The Saugerties Public Library is looking for a friendly, customer service orientated individual to work the circulation desks at our busy library.

Approximately 15-20 hours per week, including nights and Saturdays. Library or customer service experience preferred. Basic computer skills are required. High School diploma or equivalent required. Please send resume with cover letter to the attention of Frank Rees, Director, Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Avenue, Saugerties, NY 12477, FAX to 845-246-0858, or e-mail: director@saugertiespubliclibrary.org.

CROSSING GUARD- New Paltz Middle School. Hours: 7:15 a.m.-8:15 a.m. (or 7 a.m.8 a.m.) and 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Please be advised a background check and brief training session by New Paltz Police Department is required. Salary will be $12 per hour.

Please send a letter of interest to Chief Joseph Snyder, New Paltz Police Department, 83 Suite 1 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY 12561.

EXPANDING HOUSE CLEANING COMPANY seeks conscientious, reliable, hardworking, fun individuals.

Serious inquiries only. Please call 845-853-4477.

Send resume to info@welcomehomecleaners.com EXPERIENCED ADVERTISING REP NEEDED IMMEDIATELY. Youth journal is seeking a reliable motivated individual to service Dutchess County exclusively.

Favorable commission. Send resume to goodlifejournal@gmail.com 845-332-3353.

GROUNDSKEEPER/HANDYMAN, PART-TIME, WOODSTOCK, 12-15 hrs./ week, flexible hours. $15-$20/hr. depending upon skills/experience. Gardening, cleanup, stonework, painting, basic carpentry.

Strong; able to use chainsaw, 32’ extension ladder. Need own vehicle. Local references.

Call/text 845-901-0553.

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.

PROJECT MANAGER. Leading Design/ Build firm requests resumes for project/ construction manager. Current computer skills req’d. Hudson Valley residential projects. $65k to start w/health & 401k benefits.

Email: sullivancountydesign@gmail. com SEASONAL CAMP EDUCATOR: Develop & lead daily programs for summer day camps.

Exp. in outdoor and/or Environmental Education. Exp. working for summer camp programs needed. Must be able to hike up to 5 miles w/some elevation gain while carrying program equipment. Mail cover letter, resume, 3 references by April 4 to: Summer Camps, Mohonk Preserve, PO Box 715, New

Paltz, NY 12561. No phone calls please.

Details: http://www.mohonkpreserve. org/jobs-fellowships-and-internships EOE. SITE MANAGER: Oversee the maintenance of buildings, grounds, equipment, and care of livestock at Glynwood’s Hudson Valley Farm Business Incubator site. Residence in a private apartment on the incubator site in New Paltz, NY is a required condition of employment. http://www.glynwood.org/ about/opportunities-at-glynwood/jobopportunities/ SUPERVISING LIFEGUARDS, Lifeguards, WSI’s, Attendants for Moriello Pool (Town/Village of New Paltz Pool) for summer 2014. Appropriate certifications required. Application and information available at: Office of Town Supervisor, 1 Veterans Drive, New Paltz. 255-0604. EOE. TIMING IS KEY TO SUCCESS! Calling All Sales People, Networkers, Business Professionals&CollegeStudents.NewMobile APP Technology is Creating Huge Incomes.

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WALLKILL VIEW FARM now hiring parttime CASHIERS and a BAKER. Please call 845-255-8050 to inquire or stop in and fill out an application.

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LOTUS HEALING PRESENTS Ohashiatsu® classes with Johanna Schwarzbeck, Certified Ohashiatsu® Instructor. FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP: March 28, 2014, Friday 6-8 pm. LOCATION: The Living Seed, Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main Street (Route 299), New Paltz. Contact Johanna (917)881-7554. Wear comfortable and loose clothing.

Soundpainting workshops

JACKIE OF ALL TRADES. Tree cutting/ pruning, dog behavior specialist/walker/inhome boarding, painting, house cleaning, yard work, dump runs, organize your clutter and haul it away, cooking, baking, will transport you to appointments, shopping or run errands for you. Prices by the job. Please call me, I need the work- 845-687-7726.

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with Steve Rust Learn the gestural live composing language for musicians and performers of all styles and levels.

2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month 7pm, at Trillium Gallery, 228 Main St., Saugerties. $20 per session.

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Tutoring... Science/Math/English. RIT grad, BS/Electrical Engineering, New Paltz High grad. Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre-Calc, Calc, Earth Science, Physics, Essay Writing, Eng. Lit. Reasonable rates. Dana Kolner.

(845)541-5572, dfk2645@g.rit.edu

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You don’t need a bicycle or a horse and buggy, call STU’S CAR SERVICE and have it your way. 845-649-5350, stu@hvc.rr.com

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real estate

FOR SALE BY OWNER: $20,000 to buyer at CLOSING. Prof./Bus./Res. 1.9A, Rt. 28, Shokan, NY. 9 rm., 3-bedroom, large office w/private entrance, 2 fireplaces, family room, wet bar, additional trailer lot rental & large outbuilding. $325,900. (845)6887720.

REAL ESTATE AGENTS NEEDED for our Woodstock & Phoenicia office. Experienced or new. We train! Call 679-2929 xt. 100 for personal interview. Great office, friendly agents and good commission splits.

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PRIME BUILDING LOT. 3 ACRES; $30,000. Town of Woodstock.

Call (845)246-2525 or (518)250-4305.

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NEED LAND to RENT or BUY for RV. Electric, septic & water preferred but open to possibilities. Flexible on location. Open to renting your RV on your land as well. Paul (347)526-5795, phelou@aol.com 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.

SEEKING TO BUY Woodstock to Bearsville multi-family unit or adaptable. 2200 sf plus.

Serious sellers only. No brokers. nywriter@ earthlink.net

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office space commercial rentals

NEW PALTZ: OFFICE/PROFESSIONAL SPACE(S) for rent. Large, beautiful Soho loft-like space(s) w/brick walls & new large

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We Are... Locally Grown, Nationally Known, Globally Connected We Are... Making a Difference We Are... #1 in Sales in Ulster County*

WE BUY HOUSES! CASH PAID, QUICK CLOSINGS! Will look at any condition properties. We are the largest private buyer of homes in Ulster County and can provide references. Please call Dan @ Winn Realty Associates, LLC, 845/514-2500 or email dan@winn-realty.com.

3-BEDROOM HOUSE. 1.5 baths. $2100/ month includes utilities. Available 8/1.

Walking distance to S.U.N.Y. New Paltz.

First, last, security. No pets. Non-smoker.

Call 845-255-4526.

4- & 5-BEDROOM APARTMENTS for student housing. 2 blocks from college. Village of New Paltz. $450/month per bedroom excluding utilities. First, last, 1 month security. Available June 1. Email: porpigliaelec@ yahoo.com

Awaiting your personal touches – There’s so much potential in this 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths home with a spacious attic just waiting to be finished. A little TLC will make this beautiful Kingston Victorian home shine. This lovely space with 1890 sq. ft with Hardwood floors, country kitchen, & a full basement. The property is conveniently located to all Uptown Kingston has to offer. $139,000

Private country retreat makes for a great place to get away from it all! Located on 14+ surveyed acres with trails to the creek! With nature at your doorstep, enjoy this outdoor playground and smell the fresh country air. The home has 3 Bedrooms, 2 baths and 3 different heat sources to help you economize on the fuel. Several outbuildings provide you with extra storage. $199,900

Elegant Victorian style home on 1.74 acres has all modern upgrades and amenities. Custom kitchen w/ granite counters, light filled Sunroom with seating overlooking meadows and mountain views. Master bedroom w/ fireplace, walk-in closet, finished 3rd floor has a sitting-room, office & game room. Beautiful landscaped yard, in-ground pool, pool house and guest Cottage. $449,000

EARLY SPRING SPECIAL!! COTTAGE FOR RENT. Full bath, 2-bedrooms, living room, kitchen. No pets. No smoking. Call 845-255-2525, leave name & number.

LARGE BEDROOM. Share large apartment w/modern kitchen & bath, washing machine, Wi-Fi. $625/month includes all utilities.

Security required. Call 845-304-2504.

MULBERRY SQUARE: LARGE 2-BEDROOM. First floor walk-in unit.

Central A/C, washer/dryer connection, dishwasher, private balcony. $1300/month. No pets. References. Call (845)255-5047.

ROOM FOR RENT in 2-bedroom apartment; $500/month all utilities included.

Half mile from SUNY campus. Call 914850-1968.

Very charming 3 bedrooms, 2 baths Cape located in New Paltz, on 2 acres is very convenient to the Thruway, Poughkeepsie, and New Paltz village. This home features hardwood floors throughout, Granite countertops in kitchen, newer windows, bright and sunny rooms, cedar wood fenced in yard with additional fencing for garden area, and six beautiful apple trees (never sprayed). $219,000

Nestled on a quiet dead end road, this beautifully maintained 3 BR, 2.5 Bath Colonial has a lovely sweeping front yard and graceful curved driveway that lead you up to this impressive, inviting home that sits on 5 acres! Custom Centurion stone work and a wide front porch greet you as you enter the warm and welcoming entry. Custom Kitchen w/ 9ft Center Island, S/S Appliances, granite counter. $415,000

Sweet Arts and Crafts Bungalow so conveniently located 5 minutes to Woodstock and 8 minutes to the Thruway.

Thoughtfully updated throughout while retaining its original character, this charmer awaits a new owner to love living here as much as these sellers have. All the work has already been done! Newly painted inside and out, new roof, woodstove, Pella windows in ‘07 and bluestone patio just to name a few! $169,000

9LOODJH*UHHQ5HDOW\ FRP Kingston 845-331-5357 New Paltz 845-255-0615 Stone Ridge 845-687-4355 Windham 518-734-4200 Woodstock 845-679-2255 *Ulster MLS Statistics 2013 windows. Faces the Gunks w/great views.

71 Main Street. Best downtown location.

Former architect office(s). Will divide. Call owner (917)838-3124.

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highland/ clintondale rentals

HIGHLAND EFFICIENCIES at villabaglieri.com Furnished motel rooms w/micro, refrig, HBO & WiFi, all utilities. $135-$175 Weekly, $500-$660 Monthly, w/kitchenettes $185 or $200 weekly, $700 or $760 monthly + UC Taxes & Security. No pets.

845.883.7395.

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MARLBORO. Country setting. SPACIOUS GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT. Open floor plan w/separate kitchen, bathroom & washer/dryer. $895/month. ALSO, 1-BEDROOM cottage. Heat included.

Suitable for 1 or 2. $950/month. No dogs.

No smokers. References. Security. 845-7955778; C: 845-489-5331.

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1 ROOM. Share modern kitchen & bath.

Good student location. Wi-fi & utilities included. $475/month. Security required.

Call 845-304-2504.

1-BEDROOM; $825/month. Available April.

2-BEDROOM; $1150/month. Available June. BOTH: 1 month security. 31 Church Street. Laundry room & private parking on premises. No pets. No smoking. 1-year lease, good references required. (845)255-5319.

NEW PALTZ/HIGHLAND: 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Newly painted & renovated.

Small LR, kitchen, full bath. Country setting.

2 miles Exit 18. $900/month plus heat and utilities. Suitable for 2. References, security.

Pet okay. 718-851-7940.

NICE ROOMS; $415 & $470/month.

Excellent location. Close to SUNY college.

All utilities included. Call (914)474-5176, between 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (845)255-6029, between 12-9 p.m., leave message.

STUDIO; SUNNY, QUIET, separate kitchen, picture window, magnificent views, high ceilings, hardwood floor, free Wi-Fi, laundry, porch. 12 acres. 1 mile New Paltz. $825/ month includes heat, electric, HW. 914-7251461.

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

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, large living room, eat-in kitchen, full bath, hardwood floors, freshly painted. Ground level entrance. $1150/month all utilities included.

1 month security. Call 845-901-0063.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT next to the Rail Trail. 2 blocks from village center.

Beautiful views. No smoking, small pet friendly. $1100/month includes heat, water, garbage, snow removal & off-street parking.

(610)955-4658, emly35@hotmail.com 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Freshly renovated. Centrally located in the middle of New Paltz. Please call for information: (845)213-8619.

Meadowbrook Farms II Apartments Now Accepting Applications For Spacious 1 Bedroom Apartments!!!

• Heat and Water INCLUDED! • On-site Laundry • On-site Parking • 24 Hour Maintenance Service • $0 Application Fee Located in the heart of New Paltz convenient to all your shopping needs. Low Income Affordable Housing so some restrictions apply.

Please call (845) 255-5305 for further information regarding rent ($725-$955) and maximum and minimum income limit requirements.

2-BR COTTAGE for rent. Country setting but only half mile from Thruway. $800/ month plus utilities. No pets. Email dietzrentals@hvc.rr.com for info and appointment to see.

3-BED, 2 BATH OPEN CONCEPT MOBILE HOME, great condition to rent. $1200/ month. In Aloha Acres, a 55 plus retirement community. Call Laura Rose Real Estate 845-255-9009 or e-mail: laura@lauraroserealestate.info

ROOM FOR RENT in large 3-bedroom apartment. Located in quiet residential area, close to SUNY New Paltz. $500/month plus shared utilities. First, last, security, references, lease. On-site parking. Available immediately. No pets. No smoking. 845-255-7187.

ROOMS AVAILABLE for STUDENT HOUSING. Close to SUNY, New Paltz.

Newly renovated, clean, large kitchen, appliances, WiFi/computer access/TV, plenty of parking. $550/month/room, electric & heat included. $550 deposit. Available now. 845705-2430.

RUSTIC, COZY STUDIO CABIN. $900/ month plus utilities. Includes electric.

Beautiful location, 3 miles north of town.

Car necessary. References. (845)594-4300.

SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Fall 2014 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 HOUSING- 6-BR house share 1.5m from campus on UCAT route. $575$615/room/month includes all. Lease starts 8/18. 4 SINGLE ROOMS left at South Oakwood. $595/room/month. Lease starts 5/26. Subletting permitted. Email dietzrentals@hvc.rr.com for info and appointment to see.

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1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Rosendale.

Newly renovated. Private entrance in house.

No smoking, no pets. Available April.

Utilities included. $800/month. First, last, security and references required. Call (845)658-7047.

3-BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOUSE. Country setting. Hardwood floors, modern kitchen, dishwasher, W/D. Large Master suite w/bath/jacuzzi, private deck. 3 miles to Thruway, 10 miles to Woodstock. Rondout Schools. $2000/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Credit, references required.

845-332-3419.

BEAUTIFUL 2/3 BEDROOM HOUSE. $1450/mo + utils. Avail 4/1. Rte 213 Rosendale, great country setting, recently remodeled, awesome place. 845-256-0811 or cottage@digitalvariant.com BEAUTIFUL 24’x24’ PINE-PANELED STUDIO w/cathedral ceiling, skylights, sleeping loft, kitchen facilities and full bath on 3 lovely acres in Cottekill, adjacent to solar-powered Sustainable Living Resource Center. For residential use or as office or studio. $750/month plus phone/cable, a portion of plowing and low utilities. 845-687-9253.

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845-687-2035.

QUIET, Senior Citizen, non-smoker & loves cats: 2 ROOMS, partially furnished, private bath, at a very friendly cat shelter 5 miles from Stone Ridge, 2 miles from Accord. Rent = $350/month includes utilities & use of small kitchen. Please call Dianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cat Shelter at (845)626-0221.

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2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. $900/ month (+ low Utilities). All new & efficient. Large ground floor apartment w/front porch. Bright w/big windows. Laundry on site. Great locationCentrally located on 44/55 Minnewaska Mtn. (Kerhonkson, Near Rt. 209), 20 min. New Paltz, Stone Ridge, Ellenville.

30 min. Poughkeepsie, Kingston. 40 min.

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NICE, CLEAN, APARTMENT. 1 block from Kingston Hospital. Second floor.

First, last, security, 1-year lease, references required. 2 occupants preferred.

Pet friendly. 845-331-8258.

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1-BD GUEST HOUSE w/high ceilings on nice property. New electric fireplace, warm, well-insulated. Near Palenville in Saugerties. $825 + propane and electric. (917)6673970. Pet considered.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT, SAUGERTIES Skyline Woods Apartments. Private country setting. Convenient location.

Under new management. Bright, updated, spacious, wall-to-wall carpet, lots of closet space. Laundry room and plenty of parking avail. 1- & 2-bedrooms starting at $750/month + utilities. Call Don at 845-443-0574 SAUGERTIES VILLAGE: 2-BEDROOM HOME. Washer/dryer, off-street parking. $995/month. (845)246-1844.

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1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Beautifully renovated in Woodstock Center. Kitchen w/dining area, living room, full bath w/ clawfoot tub. Walking distance everywhere. Parking lot. No smoking/drugs/ pets. For person with steady income, quiet, responsible w/recommendations.

Security. $930/month includes all utilities. 845-679-7978.

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. $700/ month. & 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $675/month. BOTH plus security and utilities. Walking distance to town. No pets please. Call 845-679-8442.

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2-BEDROOM West Saugerties quiet, separate APARTMENT w/private entrance, second floor & attic of historic house. Airy & sunny, overlooking year round creek, waterfall. Very private, serene, no houses in sight. Woods, gardens, winter view of Mt. Overlook. Deep Roman tub in bathroom, Vermont Casting wood stove. Recently renovated & painted. Rent includes baseboard oil heat, electricity, snow plowing drive, trash removal, laundry. Standby generator so no problem with power outages. Around midway between Saugerties and Woodstock.

Picture available. $1100/month. arnnmn@ gmail.com BRIGHT & COZY, REDONE, 1-BEDROOM, 1 BATH COTTAGE. Suitable for one or couple. Hardwood floors, freshly painted with redone bathroom. Washer hook-up. Snow removal and garbage pick-up included. $1000/month plus utilities. 845-633-5155 or 845-901-7999 MODERN STUDIO APARTMENT. Country setting, near Wilson State Park.

Skylight, hardwood floor, private deck, mountain views, 5 acres, free wireless internet, quiet, seasonal laundry. $625/month plus utilities. 914-725-1461.

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. $875/month includes all utilities. No smoking. References.

No pets. (845)679-9717.

WOODSTOCK: 4-BEDROOM. Great family neighborhood. Large den. Woodstove.

New LP gas boiler. 1-car garage. Corner lot. RENT= $1850/month- Also FOR SALE: $279,900. 3-BEDROOM= $1600/ month, SALE= $199,900. Call Property Management (845)532-2000.

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WOODSTOCK/LAKE HILL: Peaceful furnished room in restored colonial farmhouse/tavern. $500/month includes all utilities. NYC bus.

Huge kitchen, living room, fireplace, balcony, gardens, piano, cat, parking, pond. NO Smoking/ Pets. homestayny@msn.com; 679-2564.

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MODERN STUDIO APARTMENT. Country setting, near Wilson State Park. Skylight, hardwood floor, private deck, mountain views, 5 acres, free wireless internet, quiet, seasonal laundry. $625/month plus utilities. 914-725-1461.

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FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com

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COZY FURNISHED 3 BDRM 1½ Bath House on 6.5 Acres on Glasco Turnpike (one mile from center of Woodstock) $1,000 per week / $3,500 per month

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FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com WILDERNESS AREA COTTAGE & STUDIO. Situated in the heart of one of the more remote areas of the Catskill Mountains known as the HunterWestkill Wilderness Area. Mink Hollow Cottage

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HUDSON RIVER VIEWS!- Exciting Lindal Cedar contemporary with walls of glass overlooking seasonal Hudson & Rhinecliff Bridge views! Sunwashed interior features vaulted beamed ceilings, cozy stone fireplace in 30’ living room, skylit eat-in kitchen, dining room, 2 generous bedrooms, 2 full baths, hardwood & ceramic floors, full basement, 2 car garage with breezeway & expansive warp around decking. SWEET!........$285,000

REBORN FARMHOUSE- Perfect combination of original details - HW floors, tin ceilings & plank doors, and wellchosen updates - sunwashed country kitchen with granite counters open to cozy family room & patio. There are 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, new roof, A/C, MBR suite with luxe bath, dining room, energy efficient windows and breezy screened porch & deck to welcome warm weather entertaining. All on 4.8 acres. ................................ $239,900

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MODERN MASTERPIECE- Experience “Creek House”, an exceptional architect designed country home with glass walled views of rushing water & treetops. Flawless interior features master crafted details throughout a brilliant flowing floor plan, stunning wood floors, marble & Italian tile baths, custom built-ins, sleek fi replace, 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths, red cedar decking & radiant heat. TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND. ..........................$975,000

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1951 mid-century stone Cape is nestled in the quiet hamlet of Cairo in the heart of the Catskills. Enjoy the panoramic mountain views and a natural wooded landscape, cozy up to the brick fi replace in the 21’ living room, and enjoy 3 or 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, wood floors, newer furnace, full basement, stone patio and sweet 2 car det. garage with studio potential. $149,000

REMEMBER MINI-ME? Here’s mini-mall that’s perfect for him right between Woodstock and Saugerties, and what an investment it is!

Sylvie Ross and John Lavalle listed this opportunity. The mall has an established deli (of English origins), an apartment above it, 3 retail stores and an auto service center. The buildings have had many upgrades, and are in very good condition. With a rent roll that exceeds $4750 per month, the numbers work and this property will show a profit at the asking price of $499,000. This is a great opportunity for those of the deli persuasion ............................................ $499,000

HOW FAST CAN YOU WALK 2 MILES? Because that is how long it will take you to get from the center of Woodstock to a wonderful Log home on 4.55 splendid acres! The soaring cathedral ceilings will delight you and the craftsmanship is really something to see. 2 bedrooms and a loft bedroom, 2 full baths (one with a Jacuzzi tub!), a huge array of windows with mountain views, hand cut bluestone floors, and surprising details that make this home “Woodstockie” unique. The separate 3 car garage has heat, skylights, electric and a loft... what a studio this would make! Must be seen .........$565,000

TINKER ON TINKER? Rare opportunity to live and work in the heart of Woodstock on Tinker Street. Property offers a myriad of opportunities at a most reasonable $495,000. Ask Toby Ress for all the opportunities associated with this 7200 square feet of possibilities, which includes a two family farm-style home (mother daughter?) and a separate 5,000 square foot commercial space, currently a publishing company with 20 ft ceilings, office, 2 loading docks, conference room, kitchen & handicapped bath room. Delivered vacant or not. A Perfect location for all you tinkerers ............................................. $495,000

LASTY BUT NOT LEASTY, THIS IS GRAND; FIVE GRAND Wonderful Contemporary split with vaulted ceilings, spacious kitchen, and pickled hardwood floors in the bright living room. The family room has an efficient pellet stove, and there is a 3-season room, which runs the entire length of the house! The beautiful landscaped yard, holds perennials, weeping cherry tree, wisteria, mysteria, hysteria (not really), and much more, enjoy them from the deck or from the lawn. The Sawkill Creek just across the road, begs you to step in and chill in the summer or just enjoy the sounds of flowing waters. There has been a BPI energy audit completed on this home. Victoria Hoyt says $5,000 toward closing costs on an accepted offer. Now that’s grand.........$155,000

WATCH THE SPRING BULBS AND TREES BLOOM from your expansive deck looking out to Bonticou Crag cliffs and horse pasture. Ride your bike to New Paltz and Rosendale eateries and farm markets by way of the Rail Trail that is only minutes away. This early 1900’s romantic home is filled with character, has 3 bedrooms, living room with cathedral ceilings and an open family room to the kitchen and dining room. One car garage is detached from house but is attached to a heated studio w/200 amp electric service, heat & composting toilet giving you the added space to be creative!

Spring at this opportunity!.............$298,500

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WONDERFUL LIGHT FILLED CONTEMPORARY $319,000 2,700+sq ft, Full BSMT, FPL, Updated Kitchen, 4 Large BR’s, 2 Car Gar. Ideal for families, fun or work from home professionals. Call for list of amenities!

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Cash and carry. Call 845-255-0909.

Decorating a new home or interiors project? NECTAR in High Falls is SERIOUSLY REDUCING INVENTORY, 3/28-4/28, in both stores! 25-40% off ALL in-stock furniture, architectural details including carved doors, columns and corbels, Moroccan lan-

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Specialized Transportation Service Lowbed / Fully Insured / NYS Certified Escort Call Harrison 845-344-7487

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LEG EXTENSION & LEG CURL MACHINE w/weights attached. Plus more exercise equipment.... Call (845)255-8352.

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MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20” leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs- 2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352.

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ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood.

Top quality wood at reasonable prices.

914-388-9607 Getwood123@gmail.com We accept cash, checks, & credit cards.

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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. 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)246-0214.

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Holy Cow Shopping Center Red Hook, NY HEALTH & WELLNESS FESTIVAL...

Seeking Practitioners & Vendors- Massage, Reflexology, Chiropracty, Acupuncture, Nutrition ~ Energy Healers, Crystals, Music, Healthy Food, Yoga, Zumba, etc.

We will be holding the Health & Wellness Festival in Big Indian, N.Y. on Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. We are NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS/VENDORS. This will be a wonderful day to showcase your products & services. Please e-mail us @ sageassist@gmail.com or call Stephanie Brennan (845)586-6201. We look forward to having you.

VENDORS WANTED for Flea Market at St. Augustine’s Church, Highland, on Sunday, April 13. 8’ Space= $30 includes table. Must reserve space by April 10. Contact: staood@ gmail.com or call (845)214-3800.

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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, stress, relationship issues, questions about your life past & current life’s path. Call Laurie Oliver at (845)679-2243. Laur50@aol.com

690

legal services

DROWNING IN CREDIT CARD DEBT? CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY CAN HELP!

We’re continuing our Personal Hygiene Drive to benefit The People’s Place.

Drop off new/unopened soaps, shampoos, etc. to help us deliver smiles to those in need!

$1,495 complete. Free Consultations. Payment Plans.

Steven Gottlieb (845) 339-5556

VINTAGE HAMMOND B-3 ORGAN with model 122 Leslie Cabinet. Built in 1969 and in mint condition- only 2 owners. (Originally in a recording studio for 40 years.) Price negotiable. 845-661-3522.

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flea markets

WINTER BLUES FLEA MARKET at Saint Gregory’s Episcopal Church March 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Always great! Don’t miss it. FURNITURE! Route 212, 1 mile East of Woodstock.

The Law Offices of Moran & Gottlieb 60 Pearl Street, Kingston NY.

695

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.

700

personal and health services

LOTUS HEALING PRESENTS Ohashiatsu® classes with Johanna Schwarzbeck, Certified Ohashiatsu® Instructor. FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP: March 28, 2014, Friday 6-8 pm. LOCATION: The Living Seed, Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main Street (Route 299), New Paltz. Contact Johanna (917)881-7554. Wear comfortable and loose clothing.

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly. 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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organizing/ decorating/ refinishing

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. margotmolnar@netzero.net (845)679-6242.

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cleaning services

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.

HANDYALL SERVICES: *Carpentry, *Plumbing, *Electrical, *Painting, *Excavating & Grading. 5 ton dump trailer.

Trees cut, Yards cleaned & mowed. Snow Removal. Call Dave (845)514-6503- mobile.

HB Painting & Construction INC. *Painting: Interior/Exterior, PressureWashing, Staining, Glazing... *Construction: Home Renovations, Additions, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Doors, Windows, Decks, Roofs, Gutters, Tile, Hardwood Floors (NewRefinish), Sheetrock, Tape. Snowplowing.

Call 845-616-9832.

NYS DOT T-12467

Incorporated 1985

COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices • Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 *CONSCIOUS CLEANING, CONSCIOUS CARE!* Bundle of energy w/a Zen attitude.

Efficient and very organized. I can make beauty out of disorder. Allergic to cats.

Woodstock/Kingston/Rhinebeck vicinity.

Call Robyn, 339-9458.

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• Residential / Commercial • Moving • Delivery • Trucking • Local & NYC Metro Areas

Shandaken, NY 845-688-2253 • Interior & Exterior painting • Power Washing • Sheetrock & Plaster Repair • Free Estimates

caretaking/ home management

Multiple References Available Upon Request Licensed & Insured 845-255-0979 • ritaccopainting.com QUALITY • VALUE • RELIABILITY • SINCE 1980

HAB HABERWASH PRESSURE WASHING PR & EXTERIOR PAINTING & STAINING.

art services

Residential and Commercial Specializing in decks, fences, roofs, driveways, patios.

FREE ESTIMATES, FULLY INSURED Accepting All Major Credit Cards

Contact Jason Habernig

720 OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished. Also frames & wood sculptures repaired. Call Carol 6877813. 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 17 years. As an Enrolled Agent, he can represent clients in tax matters w/the IRS. Call for an appointment 679-6744.

painting/odd jobs

“ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura.

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. Call 679-9036 for Free Estimate. Senior Discount.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, clean-outs.

Second home caretaking. All small/medium jobs considered. Artist friendly. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References.

Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

845-331-4966, 845-249-8668 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.

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

725

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

BOILERS, (oil & gas), FURNACES, HOT WATER HEATERS INSTALLED, SERVICED & REPAIRED. Water leaks repaired. Emergency service available.

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712 Ulster Ave., Kingston 845.339.5141 WINECOFF QUALITY CONTRACTING. New Construction, Additions, Renovations.

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR. Decks, Kitchens, Bathrooms, All types of Flooring, Tile Work.

Demolition, Rotten Wood Repairs, Minor Repairs and Property Maintenance. Dump trailer services. Stefan Winecoff, 845-3892549.

Exit 19 off NYS Thruway

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www.AllAmericanFord.net SPRING SPECIAL- heating system cleaning & tune-up; $120 PLUS TAX. Call Mike Areizaga (845)340-0429.

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building services

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30 years moving experience. Fine Art Antiques Handler.

Local, Long Distance, Fast, reliable, reasonable. Also, Dump runs, Estate clean-outs. Car service to all area Airports.

Call Michael at (845) 684-5545

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Authorized Dealer & Installer Low-Rate Financing Available

Building with pride.

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Plumbing & Heating Well Pumps • Water Heaters Tankless Heaters • Boilers Radiant Heat NEW & OLD CONSTRUCTION KITCHEN & BATHROOM REMODELLING • EMERGENCY SERVICE

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gardening/ landscaping

Excavation Site work Drain ¿elds Land clearing Septic systems Demolition Driveways

Paramount Contracting & Development Corp.

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SNOW PLOWING & SANDING Call William, for your free estimate (845) 401-6637

Down to Earth Landscaping Quality service from the ground up

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Specializing in: Hardscape Tree trimming Fences Koi ponds Snow plowing

AA Statuary & Weathervane Co. Liquidation Sale

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more

Benjamin Watson, Owner Phone: (845) 389-3028

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locksmithing

YES VIRGINIA, Woodstock Lock does make house calls. For locks, safes and keys that work, call Woodstock Lock (845)6794444.

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 HANDYMAN, HOME REPAIR, Carpentry, Remodels, Installations, Roofing, Painting, Mechanical repairs, etc.

Large and small jobs. Reasonable rates.

Free estimates. References available.

(845)616-7470.

890

24 Hour Towing

Light & Heavy Duty – Flatbed on Request

ROUTE 9 (7317 So. Broadway), RED HOOK (845) 758-5800 or 876-4222

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excavating services

Septic Systems • Drainage Driveways • Tree Removal Retaining Walls • Ponds

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eclectic services

• Computerized 4-wheel car, truck & motor home wheel alignment and balancing • Auto Air Conditioning Service • Tire Sales • Truck Repair Service • Welding

spirituality

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.

Intuitive, Sensitive Guidance Spirit Communicator

(845) 679-2243 • laur50@aol.com

950

animals

ADOPT A RESCUED DOG OR CAT. Come see us at the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston. (845)331-5377.

DOGS: Isabelle; 3-years old. She’s picky about who she spends time w/in the canine world, but is great w/cats. Amazing w/people, loves any human she’s ever met, especially if you have a tennis ball. Sheba; 7-years old. Sheba can be moody, but who isn’t? She’s a great couch potato! Has spent the majority of her life at shelters. Please give her the life she has always dreamed of! She won’t judge your reality TV addiction. LorettaADOPTED!!! Spot; 4-years old. Need lots of love & calm house. Can be shy when meeting new people but once he loves you, it’s forever!

He’ll keep all of your secrets! Meko; Best w/ experienced dog owners. Sweet & will protect you from anything! Never jog alone again!

Dutchess; 3-year old Neapolitan Mastiff.

She’s very playful w/dogs, but would do best in home w/no children as sometimes she does not know her own strength. CATS: Gemma; Female, 13-years old. Has lived at the shelter for years. Needs a home. Kisses; 4-5 year old female, very sweet. She’ll keep your house full of love & entertainment. Morocco & Margarita- in foster care... These two best friends are both Feline Leukemia positive.

They love each other & everyone who stops by to visit them. Morocco is about 7-years old male cat. Margarita is the baby girlshe’s only 6-months old. Victoria; 8-years young, brown & black tiger. She’s our sassiest cat. Would do best in a home all to herself.

She’s spent most of her shelter life in a cage because she isn’t a fan of other cats. Please give her some room to run! You’ll never eat late night snacks alone again! Lt. Danny; ADOPTED!!! Jasmine; 9-year old female.

This unique looking feline loves humans but would rather not have to deal w/other cats, she wants to be the only one receiving your love!

FOR ADOPTION: “Copper” “Sweet Cream” & “William”; Copper (big, copper boy w/marbleized swirl pattern) & Sweet Cream (petite cream color girl) were found together when they were feral. They’re now tame & oh, so sweet! William is especially shy. Perfect scenario is if all 3 could be adopted together as they support one another. If interested in just Copper & Sweet Cream or only William, please let me know! For more information about these wonderful cats, please email carriechapman@gmail.com or call (347)258-2725.

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845-338-5400

MUST PRESENT THIS ADVERTISEMENT AT THE TIME OF SALE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ADVERTISED PRICES ON ADVERTISED VEHICLES. Offers includes all costs to consumer except tax, title & MV fees and includes all mfr rebates/incentives. Lessee resp for maint/excess wear/tear. Leases incl. 12 mi/yr @ .15/mi over. Tlt pmts/Res: Civic $3204/$12,065.80, Accord $4644/$13,891.55, CR-V $8364/$15,765.75, Pilot $8964/$18,618. In stock units only. Closed end leases with Tier 1 credit approval by Honda Financial Services. Not all lessees will qualify. Higher lease rates apply for lessees with lower credit ratings. Offers expire 3/31/14.

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 TWO OLDER CATS available for adoption. Their loving caregiver recently passed away, and these two cats are in need of a new home. They’re being fed by someone but currently living in an empty house. MENINA is a 5-year old black and white cat. She’s sweet, playful, social, and loves to be w/people. She was adopted from the Bruderhof Community about 4 years ago. Her kitty pal is SIBILA who’s a lovely tabby and white cat, 8-years old, slightly overweight, very sweet but shy.

She’ll hide at first but then will sleep by your side every night, as she did w/her previous caregiver. Sibila was adopted from the UCSPCA about 4 years ago. If you can open your heart and home to these two sweet and loving creatures, please call 845-532-6587.

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vehicles

2008 WHITE FORD F150 TRUCK, 79,000 miles, long bed, V6 with tow package. $12,500 OBO. Please e-mail jthomas@theteal.com or call 914-466-4479.

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