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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 18 | May 1 - May 8 Explore New Paltz Regatta • MacGyver on Mars • Beltane Festival • Hudson Valley Garden Fair • Women’s Health & Fitness Expo Music Soundout for Seeger in Woodstock • Marshall Crenshaw at the Falcon • Chris Young at Civic Center • Rach on at the Bardavon Stage Shadowland opens its season with Greater Tuna • Miss Saigon in Rhinebeck Taste Ramping it up in Hudson

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Artist John Wolfe, with his painting Slave Music, in his New Paltz studio

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Richard Moe, author of Roosevelt’s Second Act, at FDR site The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present an author talk and book signing with Richard Moe, author of Roosevelt’s Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War. Moe is president emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, former senior staff member to President Jimmy Carter and former chief of staff to Vice President Walter Mondale. The program will be held on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library

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Hudson Valley Garden Fair at Montgomery Place this Saturday

The Hudson Valley Garden Association will host the second annual Hudson Valley Garden Fair on Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Montgomery Place estate in Red Hook. The event will include more than 40 local and specialty garden vendors and organizations, free demonstrations by regional experts, landscape tours with Robert Toole (author of Landscape Gardens on the Hudson), garden tours with the former Montgomery Place landscape director, mansion tours and a Jan Johnsen lecture based on her new book, Heaven is a Garden. Tickets cost $9 for the fair or $24 with Johnsen lecture included. Montgomery Place is located at 25 Gardener Way in Red Hook, at Route 199 and the light on 9G. For more information, call (845) 418-3640, email info@hvga.org or visit www.hvgardenfair.com.

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WOMEN’S HEALTH & FITNESS EXPO THIS SATURDAY

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iller Middle School at 65 Fording Place Road in Lake Katrine will host the 14th annual Women’s Health & Fitness Expo on Saturday, May 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The event will include more than 100 booths and exhibits, more than 20 free health screenings, seminars, workshops, a healthy food court with cooking demos, exercise and fitness demonstrations, NBC nutrition expert Joy Bauer (pictured above), a “The Doctor is In� booth for private consultations with specialists, book signings by noted authors, spa treatments, aromatherapy and more. Admission costs $7 if purchased online or $8 at the door. For more information, email getfit@womenshealthexpo.com or visit www.womenshealthexpo.com.

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In his book, Moe focuses on a turning point in American political history: FDR’s decision to seek a third term. Often overlooked between the passage and implementation of the New Deal and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, that decision was far from inevitable. As the election loomed, FDR refused to comment, confiding in no one, scrambling the politics of his own party; but after the Republicans (surprisingly) nominated Wendell Willkie in July 1940, FDR

became convinced that no other Democrat could both maintain the legitimacy of the New Deal and mobilize the nation for war.

With Hitler on the verge of conquering Europe, Roosevelt, still hedging, began to maneuver his way to the center of the political stage.

Copies of Roosevelt’s Second Act will be available for sale after the talk, when Moe will be available to sign copies of his book. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (800) 337-8474 or visit www.fdrlibrary.marist. edu.

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THE YOGA VIDEOS FEATURE KIDS FROM SAUGERTIES, where Koral now makes her home with husband Danny Melnick, artistic director of Carnegie Hall’s “The Shape of Jazz” series

Posing questions Saugerties kindie-rock star Bari Koral touts yoga for kids on cable TV

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ometimes the choices that we make in life lead to a kind of organic unfolding of our future selves. For singer/songwriter/ musician Bari Koral, years of touring on the college circuit as a folk and pop singer eventually led to her success in family music, after a friend suggested that she’d be well-suited to writing songs for children. Before long, Koral’s catchy original tunes were getting regular airplay on Sirius/ XM Radio’s Kids’ Place Live and Bari Koral Family Rock Band recordings were receiving national recognition from parents’ groups. Her music even got a nod from People Magazine, who named her 2012 release Anna and the Cupcakes as one of that year’s “coolest albums for kids.”

And that led to Koral’s involvement in the kids’ yoga movement. Her live shows had always had the kids up and dancing around, but as a longtime yoga practitioner and certified teacher of yoga, she saw a way to channel all that energy that the kids expended into yoga movements. “Music and yoga naturally go together,” Koral says, “and it seemed like

the next logical step.”

While it may seem contradictory to ask a child to hold still long enough to maintain a yoga pose, Koral says that with kids, they are still “very much about play, but they’re also forming these shapes, which are very challenging.

They’re working on their balance and their c o o r d i n a t i o n .”

And beyond that, yoga helps them to tell stories and to understand their world, she says.

For example, take the concept of spring. Koral explains that kids will understand intellectually that a seed in the ground will grow if it gets rain and sun, but in learning the same concepts through yoga, they might start out in child pose listening to a song like her “Apple Tree” and act out being the seed. As they get rain and sun and grow, they’ll move into bigger poses, maybe downwardfacing dog. “Eventually, when the seed gets enough sun and rain, it grows into a tree, and then they’ll do tree pose,” Koral says.

“Not only are they learning the poses, but they’re learning sequence and how to put the natural world into their bodies. And if they put their whole bodies into it with yoga, then they’re learning from a place

“I’ve probably written most of my songs at Byrdcliffe. It was always a dream of mine to have a house up here”

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of multiple intelligences.”

Koral will soon be seen as host of the first yoga-based movement-and-music TV show for kids on the Veria Living Network, a 24/7 health and wellness channel (not yet available locally, but seen in millions of homes worldwide). She has produced a yoga activity book with CDs for kids, and recently filmed a series of kids’ yoga videos in Woodstock for release on YouTube.

The videos feature 20 or so kids from Saugerties, where Koral now makes her home with husband Danny Melnick, president and director of Absolutely Live Entertainment, which produces festivals, concerts, tours and events. Among his numerous affiliations in the jazz world, Melnick is artistic director of Carnegie Hall’s “The Shape of Jazz” series and is producing partner and artistic director of the Saratoga Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs.

Moving to Saugerties is something that both halves of the couple wanted to do. Many of the musicians with whom Melnick works live in the area, says Koral; and as for herself, she came to love the Hudson Valley through her sessions as an artist-in-residence at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony over a long period of years.

“I’ve probably written most of my songs at Byrdcliffe,” she says. “It was always a dream of mine to have a house up here. I was constantly so productive when I was there and inspired, so I just wanted to be in it all the time. But I never could have predicted that those songs actually helped make that dream come true.”

Koral and Melnick almost saw the dream derailed when Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island right after they’d put their

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Winnakee Nature Preserve opens in Hyde Park Celebrate the opening of the new Winnakee Nature Preserve Educational Arboretum with a ribbon-cutting and guided walk through the site on Friday, May 9 at 11 a.m. Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro will be the guest of honor. The Winnakee Nature Preserve Educational Arboretum is located at Van Dam Road and Route 9 in Hyde Park. For more information, call (845) 8764213, email info@winnakeeland.org or visit www.winnakeeland.org.

Bradford Graves Sculpture Park opens for the season The five-acre Bradford Graves Sculpture Park on Route 209 in Kerhonksen will open for its fifth season on Saturday, May 3. The park is open by appointment only.

Bradford Graves (1939–1998) was a little-known sculptor who worked primarily in limestone, inspired by archaeology and a feeling of connection to the earth. His work has contemporary sensibilities and yet also recalls ancient megaliths. The Sculpture Park has a “please touch” policy, with each work positioned on a bluestone slab from local quarries. There are smaller pieces and bronzes on display in a gallery.

Drawings and prints, as well as his extensive personal library, are available

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home there up for sale. But in the end, they sold their apartment and found what Koral calls a “magical place” with a pond in Saugerties, where they began settling in just a few months ago.

In May, Koral will release her fourth album, The Apple Tree & the Honey Bee, recorded in Nashville with noted producer Brad Jones. For more information, visit www.barikoral.com.

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Fantastic voyage Even if your boat sinks at this Sunday’s Regatta, you’ll help keep Family of New Paltz afloat

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hile it began as a fraternity activity for college students back in 1955, the New Paltz Regatta has become with the passing years one of the best-attended community events: an eccentric and whimsical way to celebrate spring and to raise money for Family of New Paltz.

This year the Regatta is slated for Sunday, May 4. A parade of homemade watercraft will begin its journey at Village Hall at 1 p.m., and registration begins at noon. The HAVILAND-HEIDGERD HISTORICAL COLLECTION | ELTING MEMORIAL LIBRARY raucous procession of eccentrically designed boats – and Photo of the 1958 New Paltz Regatta, courtesy of Louis Mosconi designation as a “boat” is a term used loosely here – makes its way down Plattekill Avenue before turning left onto Main Street, the action punctuated by squirt-gun fire before ending up at the boat Prizes for the winners include gift certificates to local restaurants and bottles of wine. Categories include Most Elegant, Best Theme, Most Innovative and Most launch on Plains Road.

But before the vessels take to the Comical, the latter awarded for the past 13 consecutive years to the combined forces Wallkill, there is another tradition to of the Hasbrouck, Strothenke, Harrington and Ridgeway families. kick things off: Family of New Paltz Music will be provided all day at the Gilded Otter by DJ Bona-Q, with food and will sell rubber ducks for $5 each children’s activities outside the restaurant on the lawn provided by the Woodcrest for the fundraising Rubber Duck Community. The eating is free, but donations for Family of New Paltz are welcome.

Race that starts at 1:45 p.m. All the The New Paltz Regatta raises thousands of dollars each year that benefit the ducks are tossed at once into the programs of Family of New Paltz. And it’s not too late to participate. Prospective boaters can bring registration and waiver forms, available on the website, to Village river, and the first couple of ducks to make it across the finish line – a Hall in New Paltz at noon on the day of the event. The fee is $25 per craft. Make rope strung across the Wallkill – win checks out to “Village of New Paltz Regatta,” and bring driver’s licenses. If under prizes for their owners along with the age 18, a parent needs to complete the waiver form, and all documents need to be satisfaction of knowing they’ve helped raise money for an organization that does a notarized (a notary will be available on the race day). lot of good for local families in need of food, shelter and counseling.

-Sharyn Flanagan After the Rubber Duck Race, volunteers help load the paraded boats into the river.

New Paltz Regatta, Sunday, May 4, Noon to 4:30 p.m., free, www.newpaltzregatta.

At 2 p.m. they maneuver – or try to – about a quarter of a mile to the finish line at com. the Carmine Liberta Bridge, where judges will be posted to determine the official

The Regatta began as a fraternity activity for New Paltz college students in 1955

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for viewing upon special request. All of the sculpture is for sale, with prices given on request. The sculpture park also welcomes photographers for photo shoots. Admission costs $5. For more information, call (845) 230-0521, email bradfordgravessculpturepark@ gmail.com or visit www. bradfordgravessculpturepark.com.

Gardiner Open Studio Tour returns Sixteen Gardiner-based artists will open their studio doors again this year for the second annual Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST) on Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participating artists include Craig Booth, ceramic sculpture; Pam Booth, ceramic sculpture; Lynn Isaa-

cson, ceramic pottery; Marsha Massih, oil painting; Andrea McFarland, pastel landscapes; Jonathan Pazer, abstract photography; John Varriano, oil painting; DM Weil, contemporary painting; Annie O’Neill, ceramic artist; Greg Glasson, sculptor; Leonie Lacouette, clock artist; Jean Tansey, painter; Stacie Flint; painter, Marilyn Perry, painter; Robert Goldwitz, photography and Brenda Bufalino, pottery.

To begin the tour, visit the DM Weil Gallery at 208 Bruynswick Road in New Paltz to pick up a GOST map. The tour is free. Meet the artists, see their work and enjoy views of the Shawangunk Ridge and surrounding countryside.

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Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions I & II

Vocal Studio Recital

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May 9-13 - Reception: May 9, 5-7:00 p.m.

May 16-20 – Reception: May 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

May 8 at 8:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion @ The Dorsky Remembering Eugene Speicher

May 14 at 7:00 p.m., Free Nadia and Max Shepard Recital Hall

ON THE VERGE, by Eric Overmyer April 24–May 4, $18, $16, $10

www.newpaltz.edu/museum 845.257.3844

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Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition II

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May 2–6 Opening reception: May 2, 5-7:00 p.m.

Senior Student Compositions May 1 at 8:00 p.m.

Free Gallery Tour Along His Own Lines: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher May 4 at 2:00 p.m.

Collegium Musicum May 4 at 3:00 p.m.

Nadia and Max Shepard Recital Hall

College Youth Symphony May 4 at 7:00 p.m.

The Choral Ensembles May 6 at 8:00 p.m.

Portrait of a French Girl (Jeanne Balzac), Eugene Speicher

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SHADOWLAND STARTED 30 YEARS AGO AS AN EXPERIMENT, an attempt to bring New York City quality drama and musicals to a small jewel of an upstate theater and turn it into a cultural destination.

Thriving at thirty Shadowland starts its 30th season with a comedy, Greater Tuna, & an expanded offerings

Jarek Zabczynski and Jasmin Sue Rogers in Miss Saigon

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MISS SAIGON OPENS IN RHINEBECK Jim Ligon and Michael Irvin Pollard in Greater Tuna

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rendan Burke of Shadowland Theatre grins like a kid when asked how things are going. The artistic director, actor and stage director kicks off his Actors’ Equity destination venue’s 2014 season this week, nearly a month earlier than usual. And he’s buzzed by the prospects.

Shadowland started 30 years ago as an experiment, an attempt to bring New York City quality drama and musicals to a small jewel of an upstate theater and turn it, and its community, into a cultural destination.

And it worked, drawing some big names in its founding years, including the likes of Judd Hirsch and Orson Bean, as well as a great mix of works each year with sterling casts. Eventually, some great restaurants opened up in the vicinity, Burke came on board, the theater was renovated, and programming began to expand.

What’s hitting the boards over the next few months in Ellenville?

The seven-production season kicks off on Friday, May 2 with the Texas-based comedy Greater Tuna, starring veteran

Shadowland actors Jim Ligon and Michael Irvin Pollard. Following that will be David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony-nominated play, Good People, which explores the troubles of a single mother struggling to make ends meet, and the fireworks that happen when she confronts a more fortunate old friend.

Good People runs May 30 to June 15, and will be directed by Burke. From June 20 through July 6, expect fun and revelation in the trio of woven monologues taking place in a Midwestern funeral home that is the setting of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings. That will be followed July 11 through August 3 by a comedy about two rookie cops and a pretty accountant trying to bust their mayor in an ill-fated undercover sting operation, Unnecessary Farce, also directed by Burke.

The 30th season at Shadowland continues with the country western musical, Honky Tonk Highway, with Michael LaFleur directing, from midAugust into early September; Deanna Jent’s riveting play Falling, in September, about the complicated reality of a family

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ow that Les Misérables has been introduced to a new generation thanks to its recent film adaptation, isn’t it time for the popular musical’s authors, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, to see a similar renaissance of their even bigger follow-up production, Miss Saigon? The musical is a retelling of Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, with new music and a plotline that follows a Vietnamese woman (Jasmin Sue Rogers) abandoned by her American soldier/lover (Jarek Zabczynski) during the Vietnam War. Miss Saigon will hit the stage of the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck starting this Friday, May 2, for nearly a month of weekend performances.

While setting records in London and New York for the size of its original production, including an actual helicopter for the dramatic scene depicting the US evacuation of Saigon, Miss Saigon has since won accolades for the intimacy of its storyline, along with its ability to draw resonance in modern audiences.

“This is a beautiful and haunting musical, with a tragic message about war and love lost,” says the Rhinebeck show’s producer Johnny Dell. Furthermore, it’s quite timely, given that a revival is now set for the London stage later this year, and film director Lee Daniels is looking at the property for Hollywood updating.

See it now, in other words, right here in this production directed by Anna Marie Palercio.

– Paul Smart Miss Saigon, The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, May 2 through 25 on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m.; Route 308, Rhinebeck; (845) 876-3080, www.centerforperformingarts.org.

with an autistic young man, and finally the fall musical blockbuster, Side by Side

by Sondheim, in revue style with hits from the likes of Company, Follies, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West Side Story and Into the Woods.

“What a way to celebrate 30 years of producing live theatre,” Burke said. “Our

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capital campaign was a marriage of our needs and ambitions. Over the last two years, we’ve been able to make the necessary repairs and modernizations to our buildings, which has allowed us to follow our ambitions and expand our programming beyond the typical summer months.”

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A jam-scene star-studded band featuring members of the Trey Anastasio Band, Max Creek, God Street Wine and more, Gratefully Yours plays dream Dead sets submitted by audience members to their website.

Their next customized performance happens at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on Friday, May 2 at 9 p.m.

Tickets cost $12 in advance and $15 on the day of the show.

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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ALMANAC WEEKLY A VERBAL CRAFTSMAN, an effortlessly agreeable singer and a vastly underrated lead guitarist, Marshall Crenshaw has made a career out of blowing the curve for the rest of the triple-threat songwriters out there.

options with dinner at the neighboring Cucina Restaurant and backstage time with LuPone and Seth Rudetsky.

– Paul Smart Broadway at the Woodstock Playhouse with Patti LuPone & Seth Rudetsky, Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m., $150+, Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock; (845) 679-6900, www. woodstockplayhouse.org.

Salsa at BSP this Saturday night BSP in Kingston hosts a night of Salsa dancing featuring the seven-piece band Cuboricua on Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. The spacious Kingston venue will be transformed into a high-end dance club with music provided by this masterful traditional and modern Latin dance music band. Admission is $10. BSP is located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, visit http://bspkingston.com.

Chris Young at Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on Saturday

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op diety Marshall Crenshaw, he of the one mega-hit and the 200 should-have-been-hits, performs at the Falcon in Marlboro on Saturday, May 3. The longtime Hudson Valley resident is the fully fit and worthy embodiment of the bespectacled pop tradition that runs from Buddy Holly through the Beatles to Emitt Rhodes, Elvis Costello, Squeeze and a dwindling pool of torchbearers.

In his songs, the simple, giddy joys of rock and roll meet the subtleties and sophistication of Tin Pan Alley, Cole Porter and the Liverpudlians.

A verbal craftsman, an effortlessly agreeable singer and a vastly underrated lead guitarist, Crenshaw has made a career out of blowing the curve for the rest of the triple-threat songwriters out there. His reward: he’s the poster child for inexplicable obscurity, a man who has become widely known mostly for deserving to be more widely known. Players: do yourself a favor and cover one of his songs today. You will find an embarrassment of riches to choose from. I do “T.M.D.,” a timeless gem of a song from a gem of an album called #447. What will you pick?

– John Burdick Marshall Crenshaw with special guest Ben Fields, Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m., The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. For more information, call (845) 236-7970 or visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

Patti LuPone & Seth Rudetsky this Saturday at Woodstock Playhouse Two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone will perform a one-night benefit for the Woodstock Playhouse on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.

LuPone came out of the first graduating class of Juilliard’s Drama Division, alongside the equally talented Kevin Kline. She was placed into starring roles on Broadway right off the bat, and then hit it huge as Eva Perón in the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit Evita, after which she headed for the London stage when the film role was handed to Madonna. In the decades since, La LuPone has been nominated half a dozen times for major theater awards; she has played the leads in Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables, Anything Goes, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. She has done one-woman shows, concert performances and award-winning stints at opera.

LuPone’s one of the few A-listers who can pack a house the way that Ethel Merman or Mary Martin, Julie Andrews or Angela Lansbury once could. And she does so in both New York and London, as well as everywhere she sings.

This performance in Woodstock will feature LuPone with “Mayor of Broadway” Seth Rudetsky, who will lead the star through tales of her career and backstage revelations, revealed recently in a best-

selling memoir, question-and-answer volleys and LuPone’s own singing of a host of standards from her many hit shows.

Tickets for the May 3 gala include VIP

681< 8/67(5 63(&,$/ (9(176 College Wind Ensemble Tuesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Victor Izzo Jr.

Spring Choral & SUNY Ulster Guitar Ensemble Thursday, May 1, 7:30 p.m.

College Chorus under the direction of Janet Gehres. SUNY Ulster’s Guitar Ensemble under the direction of Greg Dinger.

Community Band/Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, May 7, 7:30 p.m.

College Community Band under the direction of Victor Izzo Jr. SUNY Ulster Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Chris Earley.

SUNY Ulster String Ensemble Monday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.

College String Ensemble under the direction of Anastasia Solberg.

All free concerts & held in Quimby Theater.

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Country Star Chris Young performs at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center on Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. On his current single “Aw Naw,” and throughout his new album A.M., the new traditional balladeer Young shows his bawdy and electric side. Young will be joined on the bill by country genre upand-comer Jerrod Niemann. Tickets range from $29.50 to $55.85 are available at www.ticketmaster.com. The Mid-Hudson Civic Center is located at 14 Civic Center Plaza in Poughkeepsie.

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Living with Elephants comes Home Rosendale band unveils new CD at New Paltz show this Saturday

Dr. Pete Steele and Shoko Yamamuro

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etween its eponymous debut EP and it new CD Home, Rosendaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Living with Elephants evolved from the alias of a singer/songwriter into a stable fivepiece ensemble with a coherent vibe and concept. What hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed is the dynamic range that best serves Amy Pouxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicate, piano-based chamber-soul songs: narrow and intimate, zero to three on a scale of ten. The band cruises comfortably in a single, versatile gear, purr-

ing through subtle variations in texture, detail and feel without spikes, grand arcs or disruptions of any kind. Sublimated gospel, Latin, soul and pop grooves are scaled to the muted and acute spaces of Pouxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs. It is the great rainbow of hush.

But Living with Elephants finds plenty of lift and musical wit within the strict dynamic rules that they abide, so fear not monotony. If there is a samey-ness to it, it is a samey-ness of the desirable

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he sounds of Bali will fill the air as the Hudson Valley Balinese gamelan orchestras take to the stage on Friday, May 9 at 8 p.m. in Olin Hall at Bard College. The program, under the artistic direction of Pak I Nyoman Suadin, a visiting scholar, composer and professor at Bard, will feature Balinese music and dance by a cast of more than 40 performers from two ensembles: the Hudson Valley community group, Gamelan Giri Mekar, and the Bard student ensemble, Gamelan Chandra Kanchana. Guest artists include visiting Balinese dancers and scholars Dr. Pete Steele and Shoko Yamamuro (above), from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gamelan Dharma Swara, who will perform the dances Jauk Keras and the popular Cendrawasih or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bird of Paradise.â&#x20AC;? Bard Percussion Fellow Peter Dodds and percussionist Chris Gunnell will also make guest appearances. The performance is set to open with a traditional Balinese beleganjur (procession) and close with a new arrangement of the Kecak or Monkey Chant created by Suadin.

Seating is general admission with a suggested donation of $10 at the door; free for Bard students, staff and faculty and children under the age of 16. Reservations are not necessary. Prior to the performance, there will be a Balinese marketplace set up in the atrium featuring fair-trade crafts from Indonesia, Bali and beyond.

The concert is sponsored by the Music, Asian Studies and Religion Programs at Bard College, the Woodstock Chimes Fund and Ulster Publishing. For information, call (845) 688-7090 or 679-8624.

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melodicism and the reflective arts of her lyrics.

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his Saturday, May 3, the Bearsville Theater will host the Woodstock Day School Soundout, highlighting the music of Pete Seeger, in a benefit for the Woodstock Day School and the Hudson River sloop Clearwater. Hosted by Happy Traum, the concert will feature David Amram, Tracy Bonham, Larry Campbell, Cindy Cashdollar, A.C. Newman, Elizabeth Mitchell, Josh Ritter, Dan Littleton and the WDS Advanced Ensemble and Student Chorus. The show begins at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are: $50 Golden Circle, $40 reserved seating, $25 general admission (standing). Tickets for the Woodstock Day School Soundout: The Music of Pete Seeger are available at http://radiowoodstock.com/concert-detail&item_id=4235 or by calling (845) 679-7600. The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock.

to violinist Jerusha Kellerhouse and how she conceives her role. Resisting the everpresent temptation to pad, smooth and smear with strings, Kellerhouse goes percussive with her parts, getting down with the rhythm section of bassist Rob Norris and drummer Chris Anderson. It is Kellerhouse’s bouncy, groove-attentive bow work that accounts for much of the band’s distinctive, skipping-stone feel.

Living with Elephants commit to a live aesthetic and a coherent band identity on Home. Overdubs are few. Vocal harmonies are independent two-voice, not stacked, often coming in sweet call-and-response exchanges between Poux and background vocalist Marianne Tasick, as on one of the album’s real pop highlights, “Crystal Chandelier.” Two of Poux’s finest songs bookend the record: “Soon” and “Home,” one a gospel-inflected 6/8 piano ballad with a subtle herky-jerk in its feel and exquisite low harmonies from Tasick, the other a dark, legato art song and perhaps the only truly moody moment on a CD that everyone is going to describe as “moody.” Go figure.

On Saturday, May 3, Living with Elephants celebrate the release of Home

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he Bardavon concludes the Hudson Valley Philharmonic’s 2013/14 concert series on Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. with a performance of two extraordinary concerti, including the most technically demanding and monumental piano concerto of all time, the powerful Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 with 14th Van Cliburn Competition finalist Fei-Fei Dong. The Poughkeepsie concert will also include a performance of Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra. Tickets for RACH 3 range in price from $32 to $55. Student rush tickets will be available one hour prior to the concert for $20. Tickets are going fast and can be purchased and are available at the Bardavon box office, 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie; the UPAC box office, 601 Broadway in Kingston; or through Ticketmaster at (800)745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.

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– John Burdick Living with Elephants CD Release Party, Saturday, May 3, 8 p.m., $15, Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, http://livingwithelephants. bandcamp.com.

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RISKY BEHAVIOR SEEMS TO TAKE THEM BACK to their knockabout youth as hippie intellectuals and remind them what exactly they once saw in each other.

Old flames, barely a-flicker Le Week-End is a deromanticized romantic comedy about an unendurable enduring marriage

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h, Paris: the ultimate destination for a restorative second honeymoon or a charming romantic comedy.

Le Week-End, the latest collaboration by director Roger Michell and screenwriter Hanif Koureishi – who together gave us Peter O’Toole’s final Oscar-nominated role in Venus (2006) – celebrates the beauty and atmosphere of the City of Light in grand cinematic style, while at the same time smartly sabotaging romance both as a film genre and a marital expectation. It’s very funny, but in a prickly, unsettling sort of way that will make you squirm in your seat and warm the cockles of your heart by very quick turns.

After 30 years together, such is the marriage of British academics Meg (Lindsay Duncan) and Nick Burrows (Jim Broadbent), Paris-bound for a refresher after kicking their grown loser son out of the house. But their paths in life seem more likely to diverge than reharmonize at this point, as the personality differences that they once found mutually intriguing and challenging are now making both wonder whether they’ve settled for too little for too long.

Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan in Le Week-end

Steady, devoted Nick, who hasn’t yet confided in his wife that his contract as a professor of Philosophy at a gritty urban university is not going to be renewed, frets about the expense of the trip but has high hopes that it might put Meg in the mood for sex for the first time in years. The volatile, hard-to-please Meg, meanwhile, feels stifled by Nick’s clinginess and is fantasizing about leaving both him and her teaching job; she’s hoping that Paris will give her some opportunities to cut loose, expenses be damned.

Part of what makes Meg so endlessly fascinating to her husband, even when she verbally abuses him, is her mercurial temperament. She’s a creature of extremes, blowing hot and cold, prone to talking in superlatives both positive and negative. A sip of wine is the best thing she ever put in her mouth and her husband is an absolute idiot – often a minute or two apart. “Have you ever thought that you might be bipolar?” he asks her at one point, as she’s trying to decide on a restaurant for lunch and turning down one after another because it’s too this or too that. “Tripolar, I think,” is her reply,

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and we believe her.

Nick, for his part, is such a faithful, easygoing, low-maintenance mate – still incredulous after three decades that such an attractive, classy woman would have gone for a homely schlub like himself – that Meg now finds him boring. At moments she deeply appreciates his spontaneous gestures of affection; at others, she compares his reaching out to touch her to “getting arrested.”

Personalitywise, these two don’t seem to have much in common – though both share a deep commitment to honesty, both intellectual and emotional. It’s from this willingness to keep confronting one another, moment to moment, and to make room to hear each other out even when they’re driving one another nuts that we get the makings of a wonderful story that pulls the rug out from under what we expect from a romantic comedy. Their onagain, off-again engagement seems utterly hopeless one minute, then strikes sparks the next – especially when they become coconspirators in dodging restaurant checks and hotel bills once they’ve exceeded their credit card limit. Risky behavior seems to take them back to their knockabout youth as hippie intellectuals and remind them what exactly they once saw in each other.

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MacGyver on Mars

o imagine being marooned on a freezing, rusting rock, 14 light-minutes from home, with only a spacesuit and glorified tent to keep out the minus-60-degree temperatures and unfiltered radiation of atmosphereless Mars invites vertiginous panic. Carl Sagan described contemplating the mystery of the cosmos: “a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice; a faint sensation as of a distant memory of falling from a great height.” Might being marooned on Mars inspire a similar feeling?

Not for our hero in The Martian, by first-time novelist Andy Weir. Supercompetent space bro Mark Watney seems to have been prescreened against such musings. Actually, he’s a bit of a joker. Watney’s the class clown who aced math and science classes without cracking a book, the guy who devises ingenious solutions to every problem on a camping trip before getting hammered. Though he begins keeping a log with an understanding that it will be a historic document, he doesn’t put on any airs. The novel’s first lines are: “I’m pretty much f **d. That’s my considered opinion. F**d.”

Watney, we learn, was left for dead after his crewmates saw him impaled by an antenna and blown away during a dust storm that cut the mission short. With their ship teetering on the edge of a catastrophic rollover from the wind, and Watney’s suit communicating no vital signs, they blast off for the eight-month trip back to Earth.

At least that’s what Watney surmises. For the first part of the book, his log entries are the sole narrative. He takes stock of his food, water and oxygen supplies, the shelter and rover, meant to last a few months, which now must last...well, he doesn’t know. Best not to think about it.

Weir establishes a pattern that holds for most of the book: Introduce seemingly insoluble dilemma; propose possible solutions with varying degrees of confidence and potential failures with gallows humor; report how it went in subsequent entry.

We’re given a plausible scenario for survival, with improvised agriculture, jury-rigged life-support and communications – even instructions for making water from rocket fuel. The solutions are convincingly real and detailed without sounding too technical; the acronyms and jargon are sufficient to give the impression of authenticity without boring the reader.

Watney was left for dead after his crewmates saw him impaled by an antenna and blown away during a dust storm that cut the mission short.

chance to flirt with a stranger and Nick an excuse to get high and commiserate with his friend’s alienated teenage son from his first marriage (Olly Alexander). The gathering forces both sides of the sparring couple to see one another through the eyes of other people and engage in a bit of very public truth-telling.

And that’s about it: no car chases, no explosions, no gun battles, no spies or superheroes – just an unflinching look at the pros and cons of being long-married.

Even in Paris, it ain’t a walk in the park.

But two really splendid British actors, and a director and screenwriter sharp enough to give them meaty material with which to work, make Le Week-End a bracingly unsentimental, sneakily charming cinematic experience. It’s a great date movie – if your date is someone you’ve been with forever, or are planning to be with forever. Just leave enough time for a good long heart-to-heart talk after the show.

– Frances Marion Platt

Our upbeat, sometimes-hilarious narrator feels human in his dorky celebration of minor victories and his repulsion by – and eventual surrender to – his crewmates’ music and television show collections, his sole source of entertainment. What’s surprising is the omission of all but a few lines of backstory and lack of anyone other than his unnamed parents waiting for him back home. Our hero has the instinct of self-preservation, but beyond that, the story doesn’t give him something or someone to live for. He doesn’t change or learn anything. There are moments of peril, but not many of emotion, though Watney’s final log entry is unexpectedly poignant.

That poignancy comes from the massive undertaking of NASA’s plan to rescue him. The world is transfixed. The rescue of one man is worth the full attention of America’s best and brightest and billions of dollars. One might wonder: How many starving children could have been saved with such an effort? The Martian doesn’t.

Instead, it marvels at the ingenuity and audacity of the enterprise.

Weir, a self-described “space geek,” has written a book that evokes the heady days when NASA’s missions were front-page news; when we went to the Moon because we could, and we could because we decided that we must. What similar, awe-inspiring acts of collective will can our own time lay claim to, when the most revered supergeeks are in Silicon Valley creating algorithms for ever-more-creepily-targeted advertising, rather than 400 miles south at the Cal Tech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, designing the next generation of interstellar rocket ships?

The Martian is not science fiction. A manned Mars mission within 20 years is possible, and the technology deployed in the novel is only incrementally superior to today’s. (They never did improve on duct tape.) But it is unlikely, for the very reason that the story is worth telling: Space flight is dangerous stuff, and humans are pathetically delicate compared to machines. The latest generation of Mars rovers are first-rate mobile laboratories that can dig, drill, analyze and monitor without need of food, water, warmth or love.

Still, a nerd can dream.

–Will Dendis The Martian by Andy Weir, 2014, Crown Publishing Group. Available in hardcover at local bookstores and libraries, though there were several holds as of last week.

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ART

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“THROUGH A SLIGHT INVERSION OF LOGIC, I have come to see my war experiences and subsequent difficulties as a positive, enabling episode.”

then studied with the late Alex Minewski, an extraordinary modernist painter and draughtsman, at SUNY-New Paltz.

Eventually, student and mentor became the best of friends, and after Minewski died, Wolfe inherited his cozy aerie of a studio, built on top of a garage.

“I don’t remember whether it was Natalie [Minewski’s wife] or I who suggested that I keep the studio going, but it had a lot of sentimental associations – I used to visit Alex every day for years – and I was honored to take it over,” Wolfe says.

Minewski would be happy to see his

Juxtaposing the beauty of jazz and the horrors of the Middle Passage, Slave Music is one of many works in which Wolfe contemplates the best and the worst of what it means to be human.

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Artist John Wolfe, with his painting Homestead Grays (National Anthem), in his New Paltz studio

Cultural crossroads John Wolfe paints what happens when worlds collide

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ohn Wolfe says that he’s always considered himself a folk artist. While it’s true that his dreamlike canvases often depict larger-than-life characters from that wavering zone where the historical record is blurred by legend – Jim Thorpe, Che Guevara, Babe Ruth, Josephine Baker, the intrepid 19th-century reporter Henry Morton Stanley – it’s also true that in Wolfe’s case, the pigeonhole of “folk art” may not be adequate to the task of fully conveying the rigorous approach, the high degree of skill, that he brings to his (mostly) narrative paintings.

Reviewing the work of Thomas Hart Benton, another artist who made wideranging use of folk motifs, the cultural critic Linda Weintraub wrote, “He is not [strictly speaking] a folk artist. [He] is neither uneducated nor unworldly. His work is informed by extensive readings in history, literature, political theory, philosophy, and aesthetics.” You can say the same for John Wolfe, although I’d hasten to add that damn good painting is damn good painting, whatever anyone cares to call it.

This Sunday, May 4, Unison Gallery will present the first major solo show of

paintings by John Wolfe in New Paltz, the town where he has lived and worked since the early 1970s. (He currently maintains a studio on Prospect Street, although he now resides a little ways up the road in Ulster Park.) The show’s title, Crossroads, was chosen by Wolfe to reflect the encounter, in many of his canvases, of two cultures at the moment they collide, or that liminal moment when one historical period is ending and the next one has not yet arrived.

Wolfe came to the village of the Huguenots following his graduation from The Art Students League of New York. He

former studio so gloriously unfree of clutter, the sign of a working artist. The wall nearest the door is a palimpsest of overlapping photos, copies of prints, and penciled notes and admonitions (“reduce to essentials and make a design out of that”; “creativity: just lie”). There are National Geographics dating back to the early Pleistocene, pink rolls of fiberglass insulation, a beach chair with frayed slats facing an easel, and a radio splotched with many generations of paint, perched on a stool. The only pristine items in this chaotic still-life are the unopened tubes of Utrecht paint: viridian green, naphthol red, titanium white, cerulean blue.

The day I visited, many paintings were propped up on the floor to assist Wolfe in making his selections for the show.

Prominent among them were several of his portraits and studies of great players and teams from the old Negro Leagues, which are especially prized by aficionados of our National Pastime.

“I get to see two of his paintings on my walls every day, which makes me happy and fortunate,” says John Thorn, the official historian for Major League Baseball. “When I informed my three sons that upon my (not imminent!) demise, each in turn would have the choice of one of my possessions, my eldest, with first choice, instantly spoke for Wolfe’s Away Game,” in which the jaunty, fluidly delineated members of the Pittsburgh Crawfords are seen exiting their tour bus and entering the ballpark.

Homestead Grays (National Anthem) depicts the fabled Negro League team of that name, proudly raising the flag before a game. But as is generally the case with Wolfe’s narrative paintings, there is more going on than initially meets the eye. The Mobilgas sign on the outfield wall, with its winged Pegasus, subtly underscores the mythical status of the Grays, whose games and exploits in the era of segregated baseball went largely unrecorded and unremarked by the white world. And look at the flag: we’re seeing it from the reverse side, with the blue square of stars at the right – it’s the flag of the other America, the black America, shadow companion to the “official” white one.

“Actually, I’m not a big sports fan,” says Wolfe, noting that he was first exposed to the “whole culture of baseball” when his sons were enrolled in Little League.

His attraction to the Negro Leagues had a

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different source: “It always seemed to me a strange phenomenon that people brought here as slaves from Africa would end up playing baseball.”

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Or, for that matter, creating America’s most distinguished homegrown music, blues and jazz. In Wolfe’s painting Slave Music, he again condenses a

wealth of associations into an otherwise straightforward depiction of three musicians and a woman singer, all black, at a jazz club. They are performing on stage, but the stage, pictorially, has a dual function: it is also the deck of a ship, and under that deck the slaves are stacked in rows. Wolfe alludes here to the diagrams of the old slavers, painting a row of cookiecutter human figures packed closely together; unlike those diagrams, though, he has personalized these figures, giving them different shapes, weight and color tones, except for two that are featureless.

The row of figures almost suggests a melodic line, with the first three bodies as three notes, then a slanted, yellow, featureless body as the interval between those figures and the next three, and so on.

And rising up from below decks, onto the walls of the jazz club, are the blue shadows – the ghosts informing the music.

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worst: as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, he lost his right leg in Vietnam.

In Capt. Nissoson’s Triage, Wolfe unflinchingly revisits this profoundly significant crossroads in his own life. He depicts himself on a wooden table in a Quonset hut, his back to the viewer, arms bloodied to the elbows, facing the team of medics who would amputate his leg and save his life by reviving his stopped heart three times. The calm focus of the doctors is a counterbalance to the horror of the scene, which includes the arrival of another bloodied soldier on a stretcher and a hallucinatory pair of tiny dancing devils in the foreground.

The war took something away from Wolfe, but it gave him something else.

The primitive, stylized, oneiric images that pervade his paintings stem, he has said, directly from his Vietnam experience. So, too, his understanding of what it means to be an artist and a person.

In an essay published in War, Literature & the Arts (1998), Wolfe wrote, “Through a slight inversion of logic, I have come to see my war experiences and subsequent difficulties as a positive, enabling episode.

As an artist, I have a responsibility to examine human existence on all its frontiers and to discover just how deep is deep. Furthermore, if all the unfathomable desolation I came to encounter was ‘all’ – was the total matrix of human experience, if it filled the whole circle – then man’s plight would be an uninterrupted succession of Buchenwalds and Cambodias. It is not.

“So I see my journey not as around the circumference of human experience, not necessarily even along the radius, but along a chord into myself, the length of which constitutes its own nourishing message as much as it does its darkness.”

The Sunday, May 4 opening reception for John Wolfe and Crossroads is from 4 to 6 p.m. The show runs through May 31 at Unison Gallery, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz.

-Mikhail Horowitz

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Pay homage to the tasty ramp from 12 noon to four 4 p.m. on May 3 at the Basilica Hudson in Hudson. Fifteen chefs will create 15 dishes celebrating this pungent, sweet harbinger of spring.

Ramping it up Wild allium festival returns to Basilica Hudson on Saturday

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’m looking forward to Hudson’s fourth annual Ramp Fest – a party paying homage to the wild onion, or ramp – on Saturday, May 3 at the Basilica Hudson. At the 19th-century industrial-factory-turned-event-space, 15 chefs will create 15 dishes celebrating this pungent, sweet harbinger of spring.

One of the first forageable wild foods of the year, this welcome allium pops up green when all has been gray-and-white for too long. From a popular and simple toss in bacon grease in the Appalachian Mountains, it has come a long way to some more creative preparations here in the Hudson Valley. But no matter how lowbrow or highborn, we all love it.

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earthy and sweet – and the versatility. In Appalachia, where they’ve been popular since forever, preparations are simple: At their long-established ramp fests they serve them simply pickled, fried, boiled or in soups, salads, potato and egg dishes.

Around here we get a bit more imaginative. Last year chef Jeff Gimmel of Swoon Kitchenbar in Hudson – who founded the fest – offered socca crêpes (made with chickpea flour like in Nice, France) with lamb’s tongue and grilled ramp romesco sauce. This year, look for the ramp blini with ramp-cured trout and ramp kimchi from chef Jamie Parry of Another Fork in Milan. “If we are feeling frisky,” he told me, “we may even revive ramp pop-tarts from a few years back.”

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Swoon will be back with chef Ryan McLaughlin’s house-cured bacon, tomato confit, ramp mayo and sautéed ramps on a challah roll. From Ca’ Mea, also in Hudson, will be chef Timothy Storrs’ grilled ramp polenta with a goat-cheeseand-ramp pesto tapenade with Hudson Valley Foie Gras smoked duck. From Market St. in Rhinebeck, look for chef Gianni Scappin’s salmon tartare with ramp pesto and crostini. From Fresh Company in Garrison, chef Shelley Boris will offer bluefish with crème fraîche, beets, ramp and duck skin.

From further afield, you’ll find chef Christophe Jalbert of Route 7 Grill in Great Barrington, Massachusetts with a baby quiche with ramps, local eggs and Oma cheese from von Trapp Farmstead in Vermont. Manhattan will be represented by the Heath and Gallow Green at the McKittrick Hotel with chef R. L. King’s ramp-and-goat-cheese custard, Carolina rice and ramp/walnut pesto. Find Lucas Confectionery of Troy with chef Mike Rock’s fava-bean-and-ramp hummus with rhubarb/ramp confiture. Chefs Wilson Costa and Laura Pensiero of Gigi Hudson Valley will bring a savory tart with ramp pesto, pickled ramps and Parmigiano.

A new sponsor is the soon-to-open Whole Foods in Albany, and sustainability is still a theme, with chefs being asked to gather their ramps in an eco-friendly fashion: basically taking only part of a patch and collecting only some of the greens from each plant, leaving some behind, along with the bulbs, so that they can grow back. The chefs have also been asked to limit their container requirements and serve their samplings on reusable or recyclable materials.

I can’t wait to try the lovely ramp in some fun new ways, as when I can scavenge up a few I usually just cobble together the super-simple preparation below.

Robbinsville Fried Ramps and Potatoes Adapted from Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread and Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking by Joseph E. Dabney (Cumberland House, 1998). This quick fry-up for breakfast, lunch or a snack is good hot or cold, so it is great

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May 1, 2014 for a picnic or packed lunch. Dabney recommends serving it with biscuits and fresh butter. Serves one.

1 heaping cup ramps, washed well and cut into one-inch pieces 1 medium-size potato, peeled and sliced about one-third inch 1 tablespoon bacon drippings 1 large egg, beaten lightly

In a small cast-iron pan over medium/ low heat, fry ramps and potatoes in bacon drippings until potatoes are tender. Toss beaten egg over mixture and continue to cook another two minutes, until eggs are cooked on the bottom. Turn over and cook on the other side for several more minutes or until egg is set.

at Willow Kiln Park in Rosendale on Tuesday, May 6 at 5:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Guests are asked to bring a healthy dish to share along with their own drink and mess kit and a small sign letting others know the ingredients in their dish. Locally sourced products are encouraged.

Following the dinner, there will be a short presentation by the Rondout Valley Growers Association, then a screening at Rosendale Theatre of the award-winning documentary, What’s On Your Plate? at 6:30 p.m.

What’s On Your Plate? is a documentary about kids and food politics.

Over the course of one year, the film follows two 11-year-old innercity children as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah talk to food activists, farmers, and storekeepers, as they address q u e s t i o n s regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it’s cultivated and how many miles it travels from farm to fork.

The kids visit supermarkets, fast-food chains, school lunchrooms and explore innovative, sustainable food system practices by going to farms, greenmarkets and communitysupported agriculture (CSA) programs.

Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale. Tickets cost $7 general admission or $5 for Rosendale Theatre Collective members. For more information, visit www.rosendaletheatre. org.

Allium tricoccum inspires near-cultish devotion – so much so that foragers are urged to collect it in a sustainable way

Pay homage to the wild onion of myth and mystery from 12 noon to four 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the Basilica Hudson at 110 Front Street in Hudson, across the street from the Amtrak station. The event will also include a cash bar and musical entertainment. Ticket sales are limited, and you can get them in advance for $30 via www.rampfesthudson.com, or at the door for $35.

Admission costs $10 for kids under 12.

For more information e-mail info@ rampfesthudson.com.

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All registered participants will receive a free “Plant a Row” info packet, which includes a pre-planting soil test, information, markers and suggestions on what to grow and how to plant it. CCEUC’s Nutrition Program educators will use and distribute the produce collected when they teach their hands-on nutrition programs that work with low-to-moderate income families and seniors residing in Ulster County. Produce will also be distributed to food pantries in Kingston and New Paltz.

Fresh and washed produce can also be delivered to the following designated locations: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 232 Plaza Road in Kingston, Monday – Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Family of New Paltz, 51 North Chestnut Street in New Paltz, Monday – Thursday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; or Caring Hands Soup Kitchen at Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Avenue in Kingston, Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Chestnuts are trees of the forest. Mine, like many of those deliberately planted,

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In addition to nutritional and biological goodness, any organic material also brings physical goodness. Rainwater more easily percolates into the ground and, once within, the water is retained by the spongy, decomposed organic matter. At

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the same time, soil aeration is improved.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best of both worlds: more moisture plus more air at root level. No wonder I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resist.

People sometimes ask if I care what kind of chips I am getting. The answer is â&#x20AC;&#x153;no.â&#x20AC;? People sometimes ask if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m worried about termites in the chips. Again, â&#x20AC;&#x153;no.â&#x20AC;?

Termites require intact wood for their tunnels.

What about â&#x20AC;&#x153;nitrogen tie-up,â&#x20AC;? which temporarily starves plants for nitrogen when high-carbon materials, such as wood chips, are added to the soil and microorganisms, which are better at garnering soil nitrogen than are plants, go to work. Again, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not concerned. Nitrogen tie-up only occurs if chips are mixed into the soil, promoting rapid decomposition.

Some people believe in using gourmet chips, also known as ramial chips, which means, according to chip aficionados, wood chips made from branches no larger than 23/4 inches in diameter, and preferably from deciduous trees. So before I had my load of chips dumped, I had the road crew climb into their truck to separate out the good from the bad chips â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just kidding! Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much, actually nothing at all, to support chip aficionadosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; claims. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take and took any and all chips.

Come autumn, perhaps Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll round out the soil diet with a load of leaves.

Almost all parts of walnut trees contain a compound that is toxic or growth-stunting to many types of plants.

This makes me wary about ingesting the sap

I am a big fan of black walnuts. Last autumnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harvest has been cracked,

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shelled and squirreled away to enjoy in the months ahead. The latest buzz on black walnuts, though, is about their sap, which reputedly boils down into a tasty syrup, similar to maple syrup.

Almost all parts of walnut trees contain a compound, juglone, that is toxic or growth-stunting to many types of plants. This makes me wary about ingesting the sap, especially after it has been concentrated into a syrup.

Still, curiosity got the upper hand so I put a tap into a black walnut tree a few weeks ago, gathered sap, and then boiled it down into a syrup of similar consistency to maple syrup.

My report: Very good flavor, slightly different from maple sugar, perhaps with a hint of black walnut flavoring. (The latter could be my imagination.) And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still alive.

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One of the last legacies of winter are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bare anklesâ&#x20AC;? at the bases of some trees and shrubs. Bare because they have no bark.

Those bare ankles are the handiwork of mice. Snuggled beneath the snow, warm and safe from aerial predators, mice could munch away to their heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s content on bark. The problem is that the bark layer is where nutrients and water are conducted up from the roots and down from the leaves.

Stripped stems will likely die, which could mean death for the whole plant if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a tree, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young, it was weak, or if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a species that does not sprout readily when cut back. Otherwise, new sprouts will grow from below the stripped region.

If the plant is a tree, the most vigorous of the new sprouts can be trained as a new trunk. If the plant is a shrub, new sprouts will fill in.

No need to sit back and bemoan the damage. Bridge grafting, whereby lengths of stem are grafted below and above the stripped area, will repair damage. And a good cat will avert it in the first place.

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on grafting workshop at my New Paltz farmden on May 3 from 2-5:30 p.m.

Learn the how, why and when of grafting. Watch me demonstrate two easy kinds of grafts, and then it’s your turn to make your own pear tree to take home. There’s limited space, so preregistration is necessary. The cost is $61 per person. For information and registration, email garden@leereich. com or call (845) 255-0417.

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– 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.

Also May 3rd (you can go in the morning and attend the grafting workshop in the afternoon) is the Hudson Valley Garden Fair at Montgomery Place in Red Hook from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. There will be vendors, free demonstrations by local experts, historic garden tours and a lecture with book-signing by Jan Johnsen. For admission cost and other information,

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urday of the month from May through October. The tour traces the rapid transformation of Kingston’s waterfront area from farmland into a thriving maritime village and Hudson River port when it became the terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Canal in 1828. The tour shows how entrepreneurs and immigrants shaped the new village and how its fate was tied to the canal, its fortunes rising then sinking as railroads eclipsed canals in the late 19th century. The walk views the rich legacy of commercial buildings, cast-iron storefronts, homes and churches built by the “melting pot” of nationalities that emigrated to Kingston’s waterfront area during the 19th century, and also discusses the area’s recent renaissance. Some uphill walking is involved. The Rondout District tour departs at 1 p.m. from the Heritage Area Visitor Center at 20 Broadway. The cost is $5 for adults or $2 for children under age 16.

Group tours can be arranged by appointment. For more information, call (845) 339-0720 or visit www.fohk.org.

Author talk about New Orleans carnival krewes in Rhinecliff The Morton Memorial Library and Oblong Books & Music will present an author talk and book signing with Rosary O’Neill, who will speak about her latest book, New Orleans Carnival Krewes: The History, Spirit and Secrets of Mardi Gras, on Friday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street in Rhinecliff.

The talk will be followed by a book signing. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the library.

Admission is free; donations for the library are always welcome. For more information, call (845) 876-2903.

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Lecture on early printing history at Vassar College Historian and Vassar alum Elizabeth Eisenstein will present a lecture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Our Old Medium Was New: Some Reactions to the Medium of Print in the Western World,â&#x20AC;? on Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 203, at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Eisensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-known book explores what she terms the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unacknowledged revolution,â&#x20AC;? the transformations that occurred after the invention of print that aided the progress of the Protestant Reformation, the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. Eisensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation will be based on material from her most recent book, Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending. A professor emerita at the University of Michigan, her foremost work is The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformation in Early Modern Europe. Eisensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical method is credited for helping to clarify philosopher Marshall McLuhanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earlier ideas about the general social effects of such media transitions, as well as influencing later thinking about the development of digital media.

Among her honors, Eisenstein received fellowships and awards from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment

for the Humanities and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Vassar is located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie. For more information, visit www.vassar.edu.

Archaeoastronomy talk in Rosendale on Wednesday The Rosendale Library will host the discussion, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lithic Alignments in the Northeast: Natural, Native or Nonsense?â&#x20AC;? with writer Glenn Kreisberg on Wednesday, May 7 at 7 p.m.

The event is free and all are welcome.

Kreisberg is vice-president of the New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA). He will speak about observational astronomy as carried out by many cultures and the archaeoastronomy and landscape archaeology in our region and throughout the northeast, highlighting alignments that appear to be configured over distances of hundreds of miles. For more information, call (845) 658-9013 or visit www.rosendalelibrary.org.

Lecture on Old Minisink Trail (Rt. 209) this Saturday

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Pritchard will guide attendees through an armchair tour of the fabled Minisink Trail, often called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Highway.â&#x20AC;? He will discuss the Ice Age, local cave dwellers, a dozen Munsee leaders, tribal territories still reflected in our local place names, battles that were fought, trading posts, villages, council fire islands, Indian graves, fishing spots, lost treasures and tragic tales. The lecture will

be followed by a Q&A session and book signing.

Pritchard is director of the Center for Algonquin Culture, which is creating a series of books of words and phrases in Algonquian languages. He has taught native studies at Marist and Vassar colleges and Pace University. He is author of No Word For Time, Native American Stories of the Sacred, Native New Yorkers, Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York, Bird Medicine: The Power of Bird Shamanism and Double Dutched: The Puzzling State of New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Native American Place Names.

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All parking will be on-site at the 24th annual iteration of the Center for Symbolic Studies’ Celtic Beltane festival in Tillson on foot or bicycle via the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. It’s just a short hop from the newly opened trestle over the Rondout in Rosendale.

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The merrie month of May

Celtic Beltane festival, Saturday, May 3, 1-10 p.m., $10/$5, parking $15, Stone Mountain Farm, Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Road Extension, Tillson; festivals@symbolicstudies.org, www.symbolicstudies.org.

VFW Flea Market in Kingston on Saturday The VFW in Kingston will host a flea market on Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments and raffles will be available. Proceeds support veterans.

The event will be held rain or shine with indoor and outdoor spaces. The VFW is located at 708 E. Chester Street in Kingston. For more information, call Wayne Sickler at (845) 331-2636, email fleamarket@vfwpost1386.org or visit www.vfwpost1386.org/fleamarket.

Beltane fest returns to Tillson this Saturday, with song & story, dance & pageantry

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pring is finally, incontrovertibly back after a long and harsh winter, which gives us all a reason to celebrate by attending the 24th annual iteration of the Center for Symbolic Studies (CSS)’s Celtic Beltane festival in Tillson this Saturday afternoon. It’s always a fun-filled, family-friendly day, dedicated to marking Beltane or May Day – the point in the Wheel of the Year directly opposite to Samhain or Halloween, when the cold and dark have been vanquished (at least temporarily) – with music, dance, a parade featuring giant puppets, knights and ladies on horseback, food, crafts, pomp and pageantry.

The setting at Stone Mountain Farm – an expansive meadow surrounded by woods at the foot of the Shawangunk cliffs, featuring a circle of dolmens – is stunning, especially at sunset. After dark there’s always a bonfire, a ritual and group

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singing. By daylight everyone is invited to participate in a Maypole dance; the intricate-looking moves that interweave the long colored ribbons are surprisingly easy to learn. “In Celtic tradition, the Maypole points toward the center of the galaxy,” explains CSS director Robin Larsen. “According to the Celts, the galaxy is a spiral castle, home of the Goddess.

For shamanic people, this path is the road of the spirit, and the Maypole dance is a sacred spiral.”

Fans of the singer/songwriter, Celtic harpist, Incredible String Band founder and brilliant storyteller Robin Williamson have an extra-special incentive to show up

this year. Alas, no – the Scottish bard will not be on hand himself. But one of the most entertaining and memorable tales in his repertoire, The Fisherman’s Son and the Gruagach of Tricks, will be performed through song, dance and story by the Vanaver Caravan Dance Institute & Youth Dance Company, the Storycrafters and the Stone Mountain Choir. It concerns a poor young fisherman taken as apprentice by a powerful and vengeful wizard, and how he manages to escape his captivity (and win treasure and the hand of a princess, naturally) by employing the tricks of his new trade, transforming himself into a series of beasts, birds, fish and objects.

Bring the kids – they’ll love it. Musical performers will also include Indigo, the Breath Collective and Bagad.

Celtic Beltane runs from 1 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 (rain date: Sunday, May 4), with the procession and pageant getting underway at 4 p.m. Bring lunch and a blanket and picnic on the grass, or purchase refreshments from vendors on-site. Alcohol, dogs and firearms are prohibited, and this year there will be no camping. Admission costs $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and teens and is free for children age 12 and under. All parking will be on-site this year, with a $15 fee; attendees are urged to carpool – or arrive

A women’s clothing swap will be held on Saturday, May 3 at 21 Platt Avenue in Rhinebeck (home of Lindy Wright). Admission is by donation, with proceeds to benefit next holiday season’s Sinterklaas. Bring women’s clothing in good condition on hangers, shoes, handbags, accessories and swap for new things. For more information, call Lindy at (678) 595-7725.

The Met’s version of Cinderella story coming to UPAC The Bardavon will conclude the 2013/2014 season of The Met: Live in HD with Rossini’s Cinderella story, La Cenerentola, broadcast live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on Saturday, May 10 at 1 p.m. at the Bardavon.

Joyce DiDonato sings her first Met performances of the title character in La Cenerentola with bel canto master Juan Diego Flórez as her dashing prince. Met principal conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that also includes Pietro Spagnoli in his Met debut as the servant Dandini; Alessandro Corbelli as Cenerentola’s stepfather, Don Magnifico; and Luca Pisaroni as Don Ramiro’s tutor, Alidoro.

A pre-show talk will be held at 12:30 a.m. and led by Leslie Gerber, music teacher at Marist’s Center for Lifetime Studies and author of all Hudson Valley Philharmonic playbill liner notes.

Tickets cost $26 for adults, $24 for Bardavon members and $19 for children age 12 and under. Tickets are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072;

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NIGHT SKY

Spring skies from paradise Complete with August sunrays

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ots of exciting things are happening in the heavens. Jupiter, the brightest “star” in the sky, still dominates the west at nightfall. Orange Mars hovers high in the southeast. It’s still brilliant, even if it will lose half its light during May. And Saturn gives its best showing in six years as it reaches its closest point to Earth next week. As icing on the cake, the normally elusive Mercury is coming into easy visibility as well.

All these planets are arrayed like a string of pearls. If the weather’s clear, join us next Saturday night, May 10, on the Walkway over the Hudson to observe and talk about this gorgeous celestial apparition.

We’ll even have telescopes set up for you to use.

What a change this will be from the coming fall, when the sky will be planetless.

Of course, most people are enjoying the day sky, now that the midday sun hovers 64 degrees high, or about two-thirds of the way up above the horizon. This weekend the sun’s rays have the exact same intensity as they do in early August – and it will burn skin just as quickly.

The daytime sky’s visual changes are obvious. Winter’s typical sheets of stratus clouds are being replaced by puffy, interesting cumulus clouds – a situation that will persist through August. The strong winter winds are giving way to the milder breezes of our warm season. And the air’s capacity to hold moisture has increased tenfold. We can put away those humidifiers.

In the next month or so, some of us will dig out our room air conditioners. This is a

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the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston (845) 339-6088; or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or www. ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit www.bardavon.org.

Terra Firma at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli Kaatsbaan International Dance Center will present the Terra Firma Dance Theatre in performance on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. Terra Firma Dance Theatre (TFDT) was selected from more than 60 applicants for Kaatsbaan’s annual Upstream Residency Program, which offers companies week-long residencies and performance opportunities at Kaatsbaan.

TFDT was founded in 2010 under the guidance of artistic director Stuart Loungway.

The company will perform Mockingbird,

a 20-minute work exploring the myth of Icarus, set to a score by Belgian composer Streng and Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds and Loungway’s Stagioni (Seasons), an original deconstruction of Vivaldi’s masterpiece as “re-composed”

by British composer Max Richter.

Tickets cost $20 for general admission seating, $10 for student rush and children.

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center is located at 33 Kaatsbaan Road in Tivoli.

For more information, call (845) 757-5106 or visit www.kaatsbaan.org.

big change from when many of us were young and air conditioning was a rare, expensive luxury. Those over 55 can remember lying in our perspirationsoaked beds on sultry summer nights, trying to sleep on damp sheets.

Nowadays a good air conditioner costs less than $200.

Why aren’t there statues honoring Willis Carrier? Carrier lived here in upstate New York, went to Cornell and then Lehigh, and he changed our lives. Sixteen years ago, Time voted him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

But in many other ways, life in upstate New York hasn’t changed much. A friend who hadn’t been to Woodstock in 30 years commented that it’s still pretty much the same, except the ubiquitous dented cars belonging to local artists and carpenters have been American engineer Willis Carrier, inventor largely replaced by a shiny rich folks’ of modern air-conditioning, in 1915 vehicles, one result of the second-home craze sweeping our region. Phoenicia, where I lived in the early seventies, is also virtually unchanged. What a stunning contrast from India or China, where villages and cities are unrecognizable from their analogs of just 15 years ago.

For those of us who enjoy nature, the rural northeast remains a paradise. The farms are stunning, the forests just as extensive as they were a generation ago. I’ve even seen mountain lions out my window. And our skies remain largely unpolluted. Why would anyone move away from here?

Oh yeah, I forgot. Those endless winters.

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

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Kids’ Almanac thanks Alice Hawkins for supplying writing prompts for the month of May! Here are her prompts for this week. Remember to post your piece on the Almanac Weekly Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Almanac-Weekly/287633831270607

Bio: Alice Hawkins lives in Gardiner with her husband, son, beagle, two cats, fish and a lizard. She has liked to write since winning a hatbox for her essay in the third grade.

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Healthy Relationship Workshop for Teens and Tweens in Tivoli My deep appreciation goes out to the Tivoli Library for offering the Healthy Relationship Workshop for Teens and Tweens, and I hope all of our area libraries will follow suit. What a valuable offering for our young people.

I desperately wish this information weren’t necessary to share, but with one out of three teens in abusive relationships, we’ve got to take action and help this next generation learn the differences between healthy conflict and abuse.

Topics include: noticing warning signs in your relationships as well as those of your friends; different types of abuse other than hitting, such as jealousy, controlling who you talk to, what you wear, where you go, making you feel bad about yourself; and more. Plus, free pizza will be provided for all participants! The Healthy Relationship Workshop takes place on Thursday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the Tivoli Library. This program is free and open to all teens in sixth grade and up.

Tivoli Library is located at 86 Broadway

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or with a group) to help clean up, improve and beautify. Register for the day or just a few hours. Each park has its own projects and some have agebased considerations. For example, Staatsburgh State Historic Site (also known as Mills Mansion) is working on garden path restoration, deer fence disassembly and cobblestone gutter cleanout, which classifies as a Leave No Trace volunteer project for Scout troops. Registered volunteers at Staatsburgh and many of the other state parks will receive free t-shirts and snacks. For more information or to register, visit http://www.ptny.org.

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Prompts: - There is still one wrinkle…

- If you had one minute left on Earth to write, what would you write?

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Calling all teen filmmakers, it’s time to submit your work for the Children’s Media Project’s second annual Reel Expressions film festival. The deadline for submissions is May 30 for the September 27 festival which will take place at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. Submissions should not exceed ten minutes in length and should fall under one of the following categories: narrative; animation experimental; music video; PSA; and documentary. Entries may be sent through the mail or online. The Reel Expressions film festival will be judged by a panel of celebrity and youth judges, and the winner will receive a $500 cash prize.

For more information, call (845) 4854480 or email info@childrensmediaproject.org. To learn more about the organization, visit http://childrensmediaproject.org.

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LOCALS GET IN FREE AT OPUS 40 THIS SATURDAY Here’s your big chance to check out Opus 40 if you haven’t done so already, or if it has been a while since you last visited. Opus 40 Community Day will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and admission is free for local residents. In addition to viewing artist Harvey Fite’s world-acclaimed 6.5- acre bluestone sculpture, a 37-year labor of love, the day’s activities include face-painting, a marshmallow roast, fish-feeding, henna, a mime, juggling, guest speakers and a food truck.

Opus 40 is located at 50 Fite Road in Saugerties. For more information, or to volunteer at Community Day, call (845) 246-3400 or visit http://opus40.org.

in Tivoli. For more information, call (845) 757-3771 or visit http://www.tivolilibrary. org.

Friday, May 2

Planet hunter Jennifer Yee visits Oakwood Have you gotten caught up in the Cosmos craze? Or perhaps attending an astronomy night at SUNY-New Paltz has piqued your interest in celestial objects? On Friday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m., head over to Oakwood Friends School’s Main Building’s Meeting Room for a lecture presented by former New Paltz resident and Oakwood alumna ’03 Dr. Jennifer Yee. Yee is 29 years old and she has helped discover 15 planets. Her illustrated presentation is called “Extra-ordinary Extrasolar Planets” and she hinted that it will also include fruits and dry goods to visually demonstrate the scale of the universe. This lecture is free and open to the public. Oakwood Friends School is located at 22 Spackenkill Road in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 462-4200 extension 224 or visit http://www.oakwoodfriends.org.

New nighttime light show at Van Cortlandt Manor

I’m looking forward to checking out Van Cortlandt Manor’s new outdoor display, Lightscapes. This nighttime exhibit of sculpture, sound, light and special effects is shown for eleven evenings through the month of May and is suitable for all ages. I will report back! Let me know what you think about it, too!

Tickets purchased online are $16 for adults, $12 for children 3 to 17 years; and prices are $2 more at the door (if available) and phone orders have a $2 surcharge per ticket. Free for children under 3 and for members. Van Cortlandt Manor is located at 525 South Riverside in Croton-on-Hudson. For tickets or more information, call (914) 366-6900 or visit http://www.hudsonvalley.org.

Saturday, May 3 “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Don’t teach a man to fish…and feed yourself. He’s a grown man. And fishing’s not that hard.” ~Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation television show

Help out at a park near you this Saturday Saturday, May 3rd is the statewide celebration of I Love My Park Day and the Hudson Valley has 19 state parks, as well as parks in Kingston and Cairo, for you to volunteer (on your own

Some of you have seen those adorable dog signs around publicizing this Saturday’s second annual Walkin’ the Dog fundraiser for Elting Memorial Library. The 1.3-mile route is a lovely stroll, taking participants down Huguenot Street and the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail in downtown New Paltz.

Registration is $15 per canine, but fees are waived for all registrants who raise at least $35 in sponsorships and contributions. Walkin’ the Dog takes place on Saturday, May 3. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 9:30 a.m. and is located in the parking lot of the Gilded Otter restaurant.

All dogs will receive a Walkin’ the Dog bandana and a doggy goodie bag. For more information, call (845) 2555030, email eltingdogwalk@gmail. com, or visit http://www.eltinglibrary.org.

Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Marlboro Library Cinco de Mayo for children takes place on the tres de mayo this Saturday, May 3 at the Marlboro Free Library. From 1 to 2:30 p.m., youth and adults are invited to make pinatas and cascarones, confetti-filled egg shells; to learn some traditional Mexican dances; and watch dance performances. This Cinco de Mayo celebration is free and open to the public. Marlboro Free Library is located at 1251 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, call (845) 454-3222 or visit http://www.artsmidhudson.org.

Hudson Children’s Book Festival to feature 99 authors & illustrators I’m hearing quite a bit of buzz about the sixth annual Hudson Children’s Book Festival, the largest New York State children’s book festival, boasting 99 authors and illustrators. Local young adult literature author Jennifer Castle (The Beginning of After and You Look Different in Real Life) is featured among the writers at this year’s gathering. “I adore this event because as an author, I always learn so much from talking to readers, and as a parent, I watch my kids create that extra level of connection with a book by meeting the person who created it and getting it signed,” she said. “The festival gathers readers, writers and illustrators (of all ages, not just the published ones!) together for a true celebration of storytelling and literacy.”

The Hudson Children’s Book Festival takes place on Satur-

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tical powers and a destiny to save their worlds? How about a story that’s accessible to both young and tween readers? Put it all together and you’ve got Jennifer Donnelly’s Deep Blue, the first novel in Disney’s young adult series, Waterfire Saga. Donnelly will be at Oblong Books & Music on Sunday, May 4 at 4 p.m. as this month’s featured author for Oblong’s League of Extraordinary Readers. RSVPs are requested via Facebook or email to rsvp@oblongbooks.com. Oblong Books is located at 6422 Montgomery Street, Suite 6 in Rhinebeck. For information, call (845) 876-0500 or visit http://www.oblongbooks.com.

To learn more about the author, visit http://www.jenniferdonnelly.com.

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Free Comic Book Day this Saturday

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his Saturday, May 3 is Free Comic Book Day, which means that you can walk into any participating shop and score free comic books!

We’ve got six comic book stores to check out right here in the Hudson Valley, located in Middletown, Newburgh, New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, Salt Point and Wappinger Falls. For more information on the specific locations, visit http://www.freecomicbookday.com.

day, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hudson Junior/Senior High School, located at 215 Harry Howard Avenue in Hudson. For more information, including a schedule of events and a map of where the authors and illustrators will be set up, visit http://www. hudsonchildrensbookfestival.com.

Peace vigil for Pete Seeger in Poughkeepsie On Saturday, May 3, which would have been Pete Seeger’s 95th birthday, a peace vigil will take place in his memory at the intersection of Routes 9 and 9D in Poughkeepsie from noon to 2 p.m. For more information, call (845) 453-2105 or email joeltyner@ earthlink.net.

Celebrate Woodstock Day School’s 40th birthday Happy Birthday to Woodstock Day School which is celebrating 40 years, and you are invited to join the fun! On Saturday, May 3 from noon to 3 p.m., stop by the WDS campus where there will be games, a bouncy house, food vendors, an art exhibit, pottery sale, live music and a book fair curated by the Golden Notebook. Woodstock Day School is located at 1430 Glasco Turnpike in Saugerties. For more information, call (845) 246-3744 or visit http://www.woodstockdayschool.org.

Soundout: Music of Pete Seeger at Bearsville on Saturday night Enjoy an evening of song in celebration of Pete Seeger’s legacy on Saturday, May 3 at the WDS Soundout: The Music of Pete Seeger. Hosted by Happy Traum, performers include: Davind Amram; Tracy Bonham; Larry Campbell; Cindy Cashdollar; Peter Dougan; Elizabeth Mitchell and Dan Littleton;

A.C. Newman; Adrien Reju; Josh Ritter; Jay Ungar and Molly Mason; Eric Weissberg; the WDS Advanced Ensemble and student chorus, as well as other guests. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the WDS ensemble performs at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Woodstock Day School and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Tickets are $50 Golden Circle; $40 reserved seating; and $25 general admission (standing). WDS Soundout takes place at the Bearsville Theater located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For tickets or more information, call (845) 679-7600 or visit http://radiowoodstock.com.

Sunday, May 4

Day of tick-related speakers & children’s activities, in Rosendale What a terrific concept: an organization dedicated to fostering a connection with nature hosts a familyfriendly event to educate and raise awareness about ticks and Lyme disease. Wild Earth Nature Programs presents Light on Lyme, a day of speakers and children’s activities intended to empower participants through family fun and information.

Light on Lyme takes place on Sunday, May 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rosendale Recreation Center, located at 1055 Route 32 in Rosendale. Admission is $15 for one person, $25 for two people, and under 18 are free. Proceeds will benefit the Lyme Disease Association, Inc.’s LymeAid 4 Kids Grant and Wild Earth’s financial aid fund. For more information or to volunteer at this event, visit lightonlyme.org.

Jennifer Donnelly to read Deep Blue in Rhinebeck What do you get when you create a story around six mermaids with mys-

Sparrow’s Nest is one of the best charitable organizations around: they deliver homemade meals to the families of moms with cancer right here in the Hudson Valley. They are currently feeding more than 20 families. Here’s one way to support the amazing work of Sparrow’s Nest while having a good time: attend this weekend’s Family Fun Day & Wellness Fair. This event takes place on Sunday, May 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Freedom Park in LaGrange. Activities include a firetruck tour, bounce house, deejay, games and more, including mini-massages and facials, Reiki and reflexology demonstrations, herbal vendors and more.

Admission is $10 per carload. Freedom Park is located at 212 Skidmore Road in LaGrange. For more information or to make a donation, call (845) 592-2764 or visit http://www.sparrowsnestcharity.com.

NASA exhibit in Poughkeepsie From May 5 through 29, the Adriance Memorial Library’s Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery will host a NASAfunded exhibit titled Here. There. Everywhere. This educational exhibit on the cosmos sounds pretty special and is one of only 25 locations in the United States to display it. Topics include shadows, wind, flow of electric charge and more. You can channel your inner Neil deGrasse Tyson and visit this exhibit for free every day during regular library hours as well as attend the corresponding programming organized by the library. Adriance Memorial Library is located at 93 Market Street in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 485-3445 extension 3702 or visit http://poklib.org.

Tuesday, May 6

“Growing up Together” series in Rosendale Here’s a wonderful way to approach, or continue, a conversation about changing bodies with your 8-to11-year-old daughter: “Growing up Together.” This three-part series takes place weekly on Tuesdays on May 6, 13 and 20 at the Creative Co-Op located at 402 Main Street in Rosendale. Sessions run from 6 to 8 p.m. and include activities, games, snacks and discussions. The series is led by Amy Myslik, MA, LPN and Stacy Lipari, BA. The cost is a sliding scale from $60 to $100 for one adult and one child, and $30 to $50 for each additional child. For more information or to register, call (347) 724-0988 or (845) 527-5672.

Thursday, May 8

World Fair Trade Day in Poughkeepsie this Sunday If you are curious to learn more about how fair trade goods support economic justice, the environment and more, come out for World Fair Trade Day at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie on Sunday, May 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. Learn why some products are considered “fair trade” and others are not; learn how you can contribute to world peace, social and economic justice and a sustainable environment; sample fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate; enjoy ethically produced refreshments; shop for fair trade handicrafts from around the world; and check out movies, speakers and informational literature on the topic. Children are welcome at this family-friendly event, which includes special children’s activities.

Admission is free, and all are welcome.

The UUFP is located at 67 South Randolph Avenue in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 471-7333 or visit http://www.dutchesscountyinterfaith.org.

Monday, May 5

Ulster County residents can get free month pass to Mohonk Preserve Ulster County residents can pick up a free month-long pass to Mohonk Preserve that’s good until June 9. Passes are available at the Visitors Center, located at 3197 Route 44/55 in Gardiner, from May 5 to May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and at Spring Farm, located off Mountain Rest Road on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The pass is good until June 9. For more information, call (845) 255-0919 or visit http://www.mohonkpreserve.org.

Free Snapology class at Kingston Library Kingston Library knows what you love. Ready? Lego...Robots...Star Wars...Put it all together, and some of you are walking out the door already!

Register now for this free one-hour Snapology class on Thursday, May 8 from 4 to 5 p.m. to work on friendly challenges incorporating favorite themes. Kingston Library is located at 55 Franklin Street in Kingston. For more information or to register, call (845) 331-0507 or visit http://www. kingstonlibrary.org.

Saturday, May 10

Early Education Center hosts free professional screening in Highland “Is this normal?” Every single parenting group I’ve ever participated in includes this question, whether it’s about walking, talking or other developmental milestones. If you’re wondering about your young child’s development in speech, learning, motor skills, behavior, social skills, or self-help skills, mark your calendar for Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and bring your 1-to-4-year-old child to the Early Education Center for a free professional screening. Early Education Center is located at 40 Park Lane in Highland. For more information, call (845) 883-5151 or visit http://earlyeducationcenter.net.

– Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno loved the Walt Disney Bears movie! She lives in New Paltz with her husband and their two children: the inspirations behind HudsonValleyParents.com. She can be reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

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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.

8:30AM Down the Fairway. Red Hook Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Tournament. Golfers check-in at 8:30am. 10am. shotgun start. All proceeds will benefit the Red Hook Area Chamber of Commerce. Info: www.redhookchamber.org or 758-0824. Red Hook Golf Club, Red Hook, $110.

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 Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Spring Nature Strollers - A Hiking Group for Families with Young Children. Every Thursday through June 12. Info: 534-5506 x 204 or www. hhnaturemuseum.org. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Visitors Center, Cornwall.

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.

11AM Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa A unique fusion of traditional Nigerian Yoruba music with Highlife, Afrobeat, folklore with jazz, rock, pop, and Latin music. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Alumni Green, Middletown, free.

11:30AM-6PM Raindrop Technique using Essential Oils with Donna Carroll. First Thursday of every month. This effective and relaxing session helps clients to release negative emotions, relieve stress and inflammation, improve circulation and has been shown to be a beneficial protocol for addressing Lyme’s disease. Info: 679-2100.

Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour.

12PM May Day Rally at SUNY New Paltz. Honoring Labor and Calling for Better Working Conditions .A May Day rally organized by the New Paltz chapter of United University Professions (UUP).

SUNY New Paltz campus in front of the Humanities building.

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.

1PM-3PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Homeschoolers: Sensational Snakes. A brief lesson about the snakes found in the Park Preserve will be followed by the Snake Scents Game, where you are the snake and must determine what is inside a container by scent alone. Ages 7 to 10. Preregistration required. Info: 255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner.

2PM International Workers’ March. For the Empowerment of Workers and Immigrants.

March to Family Partnership Center from 3:305pm. Rally & Celebration of Worker’s & Immigrant Rights from pm 5-7pm. Wear white to show solidarity. Info: www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, VassarCollege Quad, Poughkeepsie.

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.

4:30PM - 7PM May Day Party. Hosted by The Leagues of Women Voters. Drinks and buffet served. RSVP by calling 340-2003 or info@ lwvmidhudson.org.

5:30PM “ There’s No Excuse for Child Abuse” Gala & Silent Auction This year’s Master of Ceremonies is Gloria Cukar. Bid on Yankee Legend tickets, a ride with Chris Dyson around Lime Rock in a race car and a priceless Darth Vader helmet signed by actor James Earl Jones. RSVP. Info: 454-0595 or www.thecpca.com. Villa Borghese, 70 Widmer Rd, Wappingers Falls.

5:30 PM-7:30 PM Evening Pantry Opens at Clinton Avenue Methodist Church. The Pantry will be open from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning April 8. Info: 331-7188 or dkelleyny@gmail.com. Clinton Avenue Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Ave, Kingston.

6PM-7PM 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-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28 A, West Shokan.

6:30PM Elaine C. Lipschutz Lecture. “Becoming Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Teachers: What Does it Take?” Talk by Education diversity expert Dr. Sonia Nieto. Info: www.vassar.edu.

Vassar College, Students’ Building, 2nd floor multi-purpose room, Poughkeepsie.

6:30PM Astronomy Nights. The free program begins with an indoor planetarium show. After the show, Smolen Observatory will be open for telescope viewing if the sky is clear. Info: www. newpaltz.edu/planetarium/shows.html. Online reservations required. SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Science Building, John R. Kirk Planetarium, New Paltz, free.

7PM Evening of Clairvoyant Channeling with Rev. Betsy Stang. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $25.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Reverend Jefferson Band - tribute to the Jefferson Airplane! Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Free Screening: ”Shiosai.” “The Sound of the Waves”, drama, romance based on Yukio Mishima’s novel, directed by Katsumi Nishikawa, starring Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, 1975, 93 min.Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz,255-8811 7PM-9PM Free Film Night : Messages from Water. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St. (Route 209) in Stone Ridge, info at www. rvhhc.org 7PM-8PM Non Toxic Oil Painting? WSA instructors Karen O’Neil and Peter Clapper paint without using harmful solvents and will demonstrate use of Gamblin’s new solvent free gel for thinning oil paints. Info: 679-2388 or www.woodstockschoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Glasco Tnpk, Woodstock.

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

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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.

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.

10:30AM Herzog Lecture: “Extra-ordinary Extra-solar Planets.’’ 2003 Oakwood Friends School graduate Dr. Jennifer Yee will speak. Public is welcome. Info: 462-4200, ext 224. Oakwood Friends School, Main Building, 22 Spackenkill Rd, Poughkeepsie, free.

11AM-4PM Exhibition: Kingston-The IBM Years.

Examines IBM’s Impact on Kingston. Photos, recollections and machines spotlight computer giant’s 40-year presence. Exhibits through 10/31. Info: 339-0720 or www.fohk.org. Friends of Historic Kingston’s Gallery, Wall and Main sts, Kingston.

7:30PM-9:30PM 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.

11:30AM-4:30PM Past Life Regression and Angelic Channeling Sessions with Margaret Doner. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $125 /90 minutes.

8PM Sissy’s Sound Bites! Live music - open mic style. Email if interested: sissyscafe1Agmail.com or log onto facebook. Meets every 2nd & 4th Thursday at 8pm. Sissy’s Café, 324 Wall St, Kingston.

12PM-5PM Rhinebeck Antique Car Show & Swap Meet. Swap Meet Only! Info: www.rhinebeckcarshow.com. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck.

8PM On The Verge. Play by by Eric Overmyer.

Brave, willing and yearning to see it all, three women explorers begin their trek to Terra Incognita in 1888, only to discover they are adrift in time.

Info: 257-3880 or www.newpaltz.edu/theatre.

SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

12PM Marbletown Senior Citizens Group.

Community Center, 3775 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 626-3023.

8:30 PM 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.

Friday

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New Moon Walk on the Trestle in Rosendale with the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association.

Bring your headlamps and your flashlights for a guided walk along the rail trail and meet with us, MHAA and their telesopes for a viewing of the stars over the Rondout Creek. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. This is an RSVP event: $5 for members and $10 for nonWVLT members. Become a member. You may also sign up by calling 255-2761 or emailing info@ WallkillValleyLT.org .

2014 SUNY New Paltz Minds at Work event, a celebration of student achievement, will be held on the afternoon of Friday, May 2nd. Minds at Work features six distinct events that each recognize a different aspect of student scholarly work. These events are all free and open to the public. For info: www.newpaltz.edu/research/usr.html.

The Practice of Chenrezik and Million Mani Retreat (5/2 - 5/7) .Learn the practice of Chenrezik, then lend your energy to our annual “Million Mani” retreat as we accumulate millions of mantras over six days. Res. Reqr’d. Info: 679-5906 x3 or jan@kagyu.org. KarmaTriyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, $120.

Weekend at Buddhist Monastery: A Three-day Event (5/2 - 5/4). Aimed at people who want to learn more about the basics of Tibetan Buddhism, this program includes introductory classes, meditation instruction and practice. Res. Reqr’d. Info: 679-5906 x3 or jan@kagyu.org. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, $65.

4:30AM-6:30PM Gardiner Summer Recreation Registration 6-week summer camp open to Gardiner residents and non-residents as well.

For more information, go to townofgardiner.org.

Gardiner.

9AM-3PM Rummage Sale. Info: 246-8322 Atonement Lutheran Church, 100 Market St, Saugerties.

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.

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: 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.

4PM-6PM Sneak Peek. This will be an opportunity for you to get a first look at the new programming season opening to the public on May 3. We will have a light reception at the Dubois Fort catered

by The Cheese Plate, followed by a special Director’s tour. Historic Huguenot Street, 8 Huguenot St,New Paltz, 255-1660 x 102.

5PM Blues Happy Hour with Big Joe Fitz. Every Friday with no cover charge. Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen, 31 North Front St, Kingston.

5PM Hudson Valley Fair. Free live entertainment and shows, exotic animals, fireworks, a full petting zoo. Pay-One-Price unlimited rides wristbands are also available. Info: www.hudsonvalleyfair.com.

Dutchess Stadium, 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: “Art Quest” Artwork by Rhinebeck Central School District Students. Exhibits through 5/30. Info: 876-0543 or www.montgomeryrow.com. Montgomery Row Second Level, 6423 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

6PM John A. Coleman Catholic High School’s Hall of Fame Tribute Dinner. Info: 338-2750 or office@colemancatholic.net. Hillside Manor, Kingston.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in honor of becoming a member of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce.Info:www.namimidhudson.org/calendar. Walkway Over The Hudson, East Entrance, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Book Reading: Jim Holmgren. Dodendal: Valley of Dreams. Set in the Mid-Hudson Valley in 2076, this story takes a new look into the future of this area. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Paul Pesco from “Live at Darryl’s House”. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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

7PM-9PM 1st Fridays: Star Nation Sacred 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-10PM Night Train. Jeff Armstrong & John McLynn. Acoustic Blues & Classic Rock. Info: 339-3917 or www.roundoutbaymarina.com.

Roundout Bay, 1000 Rte 213, Kingston.

7PM “Little Women.” Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. Info: www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 256-9657. New Paltz High School, 130 S. Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student.

7PM-8:30PM Films of Palestine Series: “My Neighbourhood.” The 25 minute film is seen from the perspective of the Palestinian teenager, Mohammed El Kurd, whose home in the neighborhood is taken over by Israeli settlers. Info: Jane. toby7@gmail.com or518-678-2076. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston.

7:15PM Film Series: Spotlight On Maximilian Schell. “Little Odessa” (1995). With Tim Roth, Vanessa Redgrave and Edward Furlong. Directed

by Mimi Leder. Info:229-7791 ext. 205. Hyde Park Free Library Annex, Hyde Park.

7:30PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: An Evening Frog Walk! Learn how to identify frogs by their unique calls. Pre-paid registration is required. Info: 534-5506 or www.hhnaturemuseum.org. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7, $5.

7:30 PM An intimate Evening of Parisian Cabaret. Featuring Elaine Rachlin, Chanteuse.

Reservations: 546-4094. Kingston Festival of the Arts, 296 Wall St, Kingston, $15.

8PM Community Playback Theatre. Improvisations of audience stories. Info: 691-4118. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10.

6PM-10PM Artists’ Reception: Top Drawer. A comprehensive introduction to the contents of the gallery’s flat files. More than eighty unframed drawings, paintings on paper and prints will be on view. Exhibits through 6/1. Info: Imogen Holloway Gallery, 81 Partition St, Saugerties.

8PM Miss Saigon. A musical by Claude-Michel Sch”nberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. Info: 876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $26, $24 /senior/child.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: Catching the Light. 2014 Annual Student Show. Featuring watercolor paintings from 27 artists. Live music

by Sean & Laura Crimmins. Exhibits through 5/31.

Info: 516-4435. Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery, 43 E Market St, Rhinebeck.

8PM On The Verge. Play by by Eric Overmyer.

Brave, willing and yearning to see it all, three women explorers begin their trek to Terra Incognita in 1888, only to discover they are adrift in time.

Info: 257-3880 or www.newpaltz.edu/theatre.

SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

6:30PM-8:30PM Christian Romero plays world music. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

8PM Rebecca Loebe. Genre: folkrock. Info: 855-1300 or www.townecrier.com. The Towne Crier, 379 Main St, Beacon.

7PM-8PM National Alliance Mental Illness Ribbon Cutting. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Mid-Hudson Affiliate will be hosting a

8PM Greater Tuna. Play by y Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. Directed by Carlton James.

Off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the

premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Balinese Gamelan Concert (5/9, 8pm). Featuring the Music and Dance of Bali, with Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana. Artistic Director Prof. Pak I Nyoman Suadin.

Guest Artists include Dr. Pete Steele from MIT and Gamelan Dharmaswara and renowned Balinese dancer Shoko Yamamura. Artistic Director Prof. Pak I Nyoman Suadinand a cast for 40+ students and community members.

Suggested Donation $10. Bard staff, students, faculty, and children 16 & under free of charge. Info: 688-7090 or 679-8624. On FB: Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana. Presented by The Music Program at Bard College. This event is made possible in part by the Woodstock Chimes Fund, Ulster Publishing & Bard College. Bard College, Olin Auditorium, Annandale-on-Hudson, $10, free /Bard student/staff.

Clearwater 2014 Spring Sail Schedule Now Posted. Now Accepting Group Applications for Spring and Summer Sails. Info: www.clearwater. org/come-sailing/sail-schedule.

Register Now! ICONS - Icon Writing Classes May 12th - July 14th, 1-4pm on Mondays. Woodstock Reformed Church,16 Tinker St, Woodstock, 518-965-4833 or www.iconwritingclasses.com.

Weekend at Buddhist Monastery: A Three-day Event, May 2nd-4th, at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Aimed at people who want to learn more about the basics of Tibetan Buddhism, this program includes introductory classes, meditation instruction and practice, and one-on-one time with Lama Karma Drodhul, a Tibetan monk and spiritual teacher. This 3-day event will be lead by Lama Karma and the KTD Meditation Instructors. Registration: $65 for the entire weekend.

Regular fees for meals and overnight accommodations apply. For registration and reservations, call 679-5906 x3.

For more information, call 679-5906 x1012 or write jan@kagyu.org The Practice of Chenrezik and Million Mani Retreat, May 2-7, at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, NY.

Chenrezik is the bodhisattva of compassion, beloved by Tibetans and accessible to all. His mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM, has the power to purify the six types of mental affliction and cultivate wisdom and compassion. Learn the practice of Chenrezik, then lend your energy to our annual “Million Mani” retreat as we accumulate millions of mantras over six days. Registration: $120 ($96 KTD members) for the full six days of teachings and practice. Evening chanting sessions 7-9 pm Saturday May 3- Monday May 5 are free and open to the public. Regular fees for meals and overnight accommodations apply.

For registration and reservations call 679-5906 x3.

Accepting Donations for Unison’s Spring Barn Sale. Starting 5/1 through 5/22. Gently worn clothing, children’s items, books, tools, small appliances in good working condition, small furniture, kitchenware, collectibles and sporting equipment. Info: 255-1559 or info@unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

Senior Nutrition/Dining Program.

Ulster County Office of the Aging.

Operates Senior Dining Sites throughout the county, which offer nutritious, hot meals. Open Mon, Wed & Fri, 11:30-12pm. Please call the site between 10 am and noon the day before you plan to attend. Info: 336-7112. Kingston Mid-town Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston, $3 /suggested donation.

Call For Artists! Fundraiser for the Rebuilding of the Kinderland Playground. Project takes place near Uptown Kingston! For details email haratarame@aol.com. Forsythe Park, Kingston. Landscape Oil Painting Classes with Loman Eng. 3 sessions of 6 classes each (see below), 1:30-5pm.

Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Free(class materials must be purchased by student).

Explore the concepts and techniques of the Hudson River and Barbizon Schools of painting through the presentations and demonstrations by the instructor. Composition, value, color and light will be discuss. All skill levels welcome. Registration required. Limit

of 12 students per session. Material list may be picked up at the Library upon registration. Call 338-5580 for more info or stop by the Library. Session 1: May 13, 20, 27, 28, June 3, 4;Session 2: June 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, July 1; & Session 3: July 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22.

Love Holds Life Expands Partnership with Mother Earth’s Storehouse. Pin-up Program to raise funds, awareness for local kids fighting cancer (April 15 to May 30th).

Love Holds Life Children’s Cancer Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps pay medical expenses for children battling cancer and their families throughout the Hudson Valley Region and NYC area. To donate please visit any of Mother Earth’s three locations in Poughkeepsie, Kingston, or Saugerties or visit www.loveholdslife. org. For address and directions of store locations, visit www.motherearthstorehouse.com.For more information about Love Holds Life, go to www.LoveHoldsLife.org or 917-807-0692.

Volunteers Needed: The Fifth Annual Kingston Clean Sweep.

Volunteers will pick up litter lying along the “Kingston Corridor.” From 9am-12pm. Anyone who wishes to volunteer can call the Friends of Historic Kingston at 339-0720, or e-mail patriciamurphy@hvc.rr.com. Kingston.

Call for Art - 8th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Deadline: Wed, May 28. Artwork to be submitted must be inspired by themes from this year’s book selection, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to enter.

Info: 485-3445 x 3309 or apanzer@ poklib.org. Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie.

Free Professional Developmental Screening will be held May 10th from 10a-2pm. For speech, learning, motor skills, social behavior, and selfhelp skills. 1-4 year olds. Registration required. Info: 883-5151. Early Education Center, 40 Park Ln, Highland.

Spring Work Day at Walker Valley Rail Trail! Clean-up of the 4 mile linear park. Help clear debris, discarded tires and other items from the trail. There may also be some raking and other

entire population of Tuna, Texas in a tour de force comic performance. Info: 647-5511 or www.shadowlandtheatre.org.Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39.

rial Library. Registration 8:30am to 9:30am. Walk begins at 8:30am. Info: www.eltinglibrary.org or eltingdogwalk@gmail.com. Gilded Otter, Parking Lot, New Paltz.

8PM Family Feud Live! Info: 518-465-3334 or www.palacealbany.com Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $47.50, $37.50, $27.50.

9AM-1PM Bark for Life-Ulster. Be a part of contests, shopping at various vendors tables, and a rewarding walk with your dog to help us fight cancer! Info: www.relayforlife.org/barkulsterny.

Bark for Life-Ulster, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park, $30.

8PM Lightscapes, a brand new art and light experience. Featuring sculpture, light, sound, and special effects. Info: 914-366-6900 or www. hudsonvalley.org. Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 South Riverside Ave, Croton-on-Hudson, $18, $14 /3-17.

9PM Gratefully Yours. Info: www.bearsvilletheater.com. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, $15.

9PM Holmes Brothers. Bluesy soul-gospel trio.

Info: 518-828-4800 or www.helsinkihudson.com.

Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

9:30 PM DJ Blues. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

10PM-12AM Friday Night Open Mic. Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville, 647-9475.

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Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing Giant’s Ledge. No reservations required. For details and time call, 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, $12.

8 AM-12 PM Birding 101, Beginning Birders walk. Meet at the Trevor Zoo parking lot, Millbrook School, 131 Millbrook School Rd, Millbrook.677-3993 or www.watermanbirdclub.org.

8AM-10AM 3rd Annual JBNHS Public School Partnership Bioblast. Look for all creatures great and small-those flying, hopping, or crawling-as well as the plants, shrubs, and trees that grace this diverse landscape. Info: charlotteadamis@gmail. com. J. Watson Bailey Middle School, Kingston.

8AM-5PM Rhinebeck Antique Car Show & Swap Meet. Countless hot rods and custom cars. Info: www.rhinebeckcarshow.com. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck.

8:30AM-4PM 14th Annual Women’s Health & Fitness Expo. Over 100 booths and exhibits; Over 20 free health screenings; Seminars and workshops; Ongoing exercise and fitness demonstrations. Info: getfit@womenshealthexpo.com or www.womenshealthexpo.com. Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Rd, Lake Katrine, $8.

8:30AM Walkin’ the Dog. For The Elting Memo-

9AM-12PM Fifth Annual Kingston Clean Sweep.

Volunteers will pick up litter lying along the “Kingston Corridor.” Info: 339-0720, or patriciamurphy@hvc.rr.com. Kingston.

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.

9 AM -12 PM Fifth Annual Kingston Clean Sweep. Volunteers will pick up litter lying along the “Kingston Corridor.” Anyone who wishes to volunteer can call the Friends of Historic Kingston at339-0720, or e-mail patriciamurphy@hvc. rr.com. Kingston.

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

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

9AM-1PM Bag Sale. Info: 246-8322 Atonement Lutheran Church, 100 Market St, Saugerties.

9AM-3PM Artful Garden Sale at Wallkill River School. Hand-painted flower pots filled with various thoughtful gifts for mom or your favorite gardener. There will also be a plant sale, including annuals, herbs and various perennials, many of the plants from local farms and gardeners. Info: 457-2787. Wallkill River School garden, 232 Ward St, Montgomery.

9AM-11AM Gardiner Summer Recreation Registration 6-week summer camp open to Gardiner residents and non-residents as well. For more information, go to townofgardiner.org. Gardiner.

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-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.

cleanup jobs. May 3. From 9 am until noon. Come for all or part of the time.

Where: Meet at one of these work locations:Rail Trail at Springtown Road, Town of New Paltz;Rail Trail at Dewitt Mills Rd, Rosendale; or Rail Trail at Rockwell Lane, Rosendale – Town of Ulster. Parking is very limited at these locations, so please carpool.

All volunteers welcome, no experience necessary. Please bring work gloves; wearing long sleeves and long pants is recommended. Tools will be provided, but feel free to bring your own rakes. To enjoy the fresh air, the good company and to help keep our trail beautiful and enjoyable for all. Please check our website for updates www.wvrta.org or send us an email to sign up and receive updates info@wvrta.org. Sponsored by Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Association in cooperation with Wallkill Valley Land Trust.

SUNY New Paltz to hold 16th Annual

Scholarship Golf Tournament .The State University of New York at New Paltz will hold the Doug Sheppard Classic Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Monday, June 9 at Wiltwyck Golf Club in Kingston. Register online by Thursday, May 1 and get two tee signs for the price of one with your company’s logo. Proceeds from the event will go toward students who need financial assistance to continue their studies at SUNY New Paltz.The $200 entry fee includes 18 holes of golf with cart, breakfast, on-course refreshments, cocktail reception, and awards banquet dinner.The banquet is open to nongolfers as well for $50. Info: 257-3972 or 257-3986.

Register Now. ‘Handshake Across the Hudson’ (6/1) 3rd Annual World Record attempt. Seeking 3, 000 participants. A fundraising event. Register at: www.walkway.org The Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, $10 /adult, $5 /6-12, free /5 & under.

Volunteers Needed. 25th Annual Old Fashioned Day. (6/1.) Re-enactment groups, old time vehicles or farm equipment or even a musical calliope!

Anything will be considered for participation at this event Info: 744-2827.

Walker Valley.

The Big Read Comes to the Hudson Valley. From March 15 to May 2.

Featuring Housekeeping by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Marilynne Robinson. For more information go to bard.edu/hannaharendtcenter/ bigread/ or send an e-mail to bigread@

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

10AM-12PM Stream Walk to tour Little Beaver Kill. Allison Lent and Christina Appleby will lead the walk and talk about stream science that can be observed along the Little Beaver Kill. Most of the walk will occur off hiking trails. Pre-registration is required. Info:688-3047, or bwg37@cornell.edu.

Kenneth Wilson State Park, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM I Love My Park Day. help clean up the historic wilderness and walled gardens located north of the mansion, and along the trail connecting Clermont Cottage to the upper cutting garden.

The project is appropriate for anyone ages 13 and up. Info:www.friendsofclermont.org, Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown.

10AM-4PM Hudson Valley Garden Fair. Features over 40 local and specialty garden vendors, free demonstrations by area experts in an inspiring and educational landscape garden setting. Info: www. hvgardenfair.com . Montgomery Place, Red Hook.

10AM-4PM The Hurley Museum will open for the season. Besides the exhibit “Under the Reservoir: The Lost Towns”, there will an exhibit of a scale model train set of the New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad. There will be a special demo-”The Making of Wooden Shoes” by Wally Cook. Info: 331-8852. Hurley Museum, 52 Main St, Hurley, free.

10:30AM Overcoming Nihilism After the Death of God. This lecture will introduce the third “father of Existentialism, “ the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Gregory B. Sadler is a speaker, author, educator, and consultant will speak. Info: 331-.0507 or www.kingstonlibrary.

Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

10:30AM-12:30PM KMUC Ukulele Lesson and Jam. Experienced and beginners welcome, ukes to lend, guaranteed you will leave knowing a song.

Info: 688-7811 or www.phoenicialibrary.org. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

bard.edu.

Coming Soon. Woodstock Chimes Warehouse Sale (Thurs-Sun, 5/155/18). Woodstock Chimes opens its doors to the public for a 4-day sale. A huge selection of one of a kind chimes, in-stock chimes, bamboo chimes, crystal chimes, fountains, garden bells, gongs, kid’s instruments. Up to 80% off. Info: www.chimes.com/sale. Woodstock Chimes, 167 Dubois Rd, Shokan.

Vendors Needed! Miller Craft Fair(10/25). Looking for vendors: including, but not limited to, jewelry, pottery, wood, ceramics, fabric, knit/ crochet, photography, specialty food, floral, soap, candles. Info: 943-3941.

M.C. Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Rd, Lake Katrine.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics for Cats – May 5, and 26 Newburgh; May 6, 13, and 27 Monroe; May 7, 14, and 28 Middletown; May 12 Monticello; May 8 Pomona. 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. Warwick and Chester residents, $20. Also available for an additional fee: distemper vaccine, flea treatment, deworming, and microchipping. T.A.R.A. is now spaying and neutering DOGS at their new stationary clinic in Middletown, New York. Call 845-754-7100 for more info. tara-spayneuter.org.

The Woodstock School of Art announces the opening of The Print Show. Juried by Woodstock printmakers Karen Whitman and Rick Pantell, the exhibit features 46 handmade prints in traditional media including lithograph, intaglio, monoprint and linoleum cut. The Phyllis DePaul Memorial Award of $1000 will be received by Andrew Moroz of Philadelphia for his exquisite wood engraving, “Trout.” Several other awards will be presented at the opening reception, provided by local businesses including Ulster Savings Bank, Speedball Art Products, Full City Consulting, Catskill Art & Office Supply, Fiber Flame Studio, The Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, The Paul Green Rock Academy, and the Woodstock School of Art. The exhibit remains at the WSA through May 31.For a preview of the show, visit the school’s website: www.woodstockschoolofart.org.f

11 AM -2:30 PM Catskill Animal Sanctuary Weekend Tour. Meet 300+ rescued farm animals on this beautiful 110-acre haven. Saturdays and Sundays, April through October. Info: 336-8447 or www.casanctuary.org. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, 316 Old Stage Rd, Saugerties.

11AM-5PM Hudson Valley Record Riot. American Legion Hall,413 Main St,Beacon, $3.

11:30AM-6:30PM Native American Trunk Show at Mirabai. Bern Richards is a feathersmith and feather healer, making his craft using feathers, gourds and beadwork to bridge the earth and sky. Hand-crafted feather smudge fans, feather and stone earrings, prayer sticks. Info: 679-2100.

Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

12PM Chichester Yoga Fundraiser for Phoenicia Library. Reservations required. Info: 688-9769 or www.chichesteryoga.com. Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214, Chichester, $20 /90 minutes.

12PM Hudson Valley Fair. Free live entertainment and shows, exotic animals, fireworks, a full petting zoo. Pay-One-Price unlimited rides wristbands are also available. Info: www.hudsonvalleyfair.com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls.

12PM-5PM The Catskill Mountains Film Festival for 2014. 20 different films entered into CMFF that range from gritty to whimsical. Info: 586-1660 or openeye@catskill.net or www. catskillmountainsfilmfestival.org. The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St, Margaretville, $5.

12PM-10PM 24th Annual Spring Celebration: Celtic Beltane. A Reaissance & Craft Faire.

Featuring music, dancers, puppets, clowns, vendors, food. $15 parking fee to park at the farm.

Shuttles will be available from Tillson School. Info: www.symbolicstudies.org. StoneMountain Farm, Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, $10, $5 / senior/teen, free /under 10.

11AM-3PM Benefit for Brian “Sunshine” Rine.

He passed away in November from stage 3 lung cancer. Event will benefit his son and the American Cancer Society. Multi vendors will be on hand and children’s activities. Malden West Camp Fire House, Malden.

1PM-2:30PM Cinco de Mayo for Children.

This interactive cultural event will feature traditional Mexican dance and arts. During the program, youth and adults are invited to learn about Mexican culture from member of the area Mexican community through hands-on activities.

Info: 236-7272. Marlboro Free Library, 1251 Rt. 9W, Marlboro.

11AM-3PM Free Guided Tour of Woodchuck Lodge. The summer home of naturalist John Burroughs. Picnic facilities, Boyhood Rock and Burial Site (Burroughs Memorial Field) nearby.

Info: www.woodchucklodge.org or 254-6025.

Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury.

1PM Wild Saturday at Woodchuck Lodge. “John Burroughs in the Adirondacks” with Dr. Barbara Kearns. Based on the essay “The Adirondacks, “ written by Burroughs in 1866 about his travels to the Adirondacks in 1863. Info: www.woodchucklodge.org or 254-6025. Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury.

26 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 Storytime Under the Big Balloons: The Red Balloon . Popcorn and punch provided. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill.

Bridge Street Theatre will officially open in 2015 and provide live productions year-round.

Complete details at bridgest.org or contact@ bridgest.org.

2PM Danny Whitecotton. Genre: folk. Info: 651-2838 or www.clearviewvineyard.com. The Clearview Vineyard and Winery, 35 Clearview Ln, Warwick.

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.

2PM PowerPoint Lecture. Geometric Influences on Palladian Architecture: Palladio’s Villa Emo and Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda at the University of Virginia by geometer Rachel Fletcher. Info: 246-7723 or www.saugertiesperformingartsfactory.com. Saugerties Performing Arts, 169 Ulster Ave, Saugerties.

3PM -5PM New World Home Cooking Restaurant presents its 14th monthly art show opening reception. On exhibit will be the Jamaican paintings series of Elise Pittelman, the abstract bicycle paintings of Fred Woller and the painted collage work of Laura Katz. The restaurant is located on Rte. 212 between Woodstock and Saugerties. All shows are curated by Lenny Kislin. For info call 679-8117.

3PM-7PM Opening Reception: “Doris Simon: My Inner Space.” Exhibits through 5/25. Info: 518-822-0510. 510 Warren Street Gallery, 510 Warren St, Hudson.

4 PM Piano Plus! Concert. Pianist Hiroko Sakurazawa. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Library, 4033 New York 28A, West Shokan.

4PM I Did It With Will Nixon: New Adventures in Collaborative Poetry. Directed by Gordon W. Brown. Info: 679-2940 WAAM, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock.

4PM-6PM Kristy Bishop Studio - 24th Annual Student Art Show. Over 100 paintings by students ages 8 - octogenarian and instructor.

Exhibits through 6/30. Info: www.KristyBishopStudio.com or 246-8835. Dutch Ale House, 253 Main St, Saugerties.

4PM Infinite Measure Workshop by Rachel Fletcher. Taking drawing compasses in hand, learn simple geometric methods forcomposing harmonious spaces and places. Info: 246-7723 or www.saugertiesperformingartsfactory.com.

Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, 169 Ulster Ave, Saugerties.

4PM Book Reading: Will Swift, Historian and Presidential Biographer will be reading from his new book “Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage.” Info: 518-537-5800 Germantown Library, Hover Room, 31 Palatine Park Rd, Germantown.

5PM-7PM Farm/Art Trail. Opening Reception: Mike Jaroszko, oil paintings. Exhibits through 5/30. Info: www.WallkillRiverSchool.com. Hoeffner’s Farms, 405 Goodwill Rd, Montgomery.

5 PM-8 PM Opening Reception: Solo Show: Matthew Zappala paintings. Members Show: “Square Deal” “8”X8*artwworks $50. Info: www.askforarts.org .or 338-0331. ASK Gallery, 97 Broadway, Kingston.

5PM Woodstock Library Forum: “Self-Publishing: A Talk And Reading.” Anne Benson will describe how she wrote and published her new book. Info: 679-2213. Woodstock Library, Woodstock, free.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Brother Sister Combo- Peter Scott, Hydrogen-Light/Digital Photography. Claudia (Scott)Engel, Watercolor”In Wonder of God, “ photos and coinciding watercolor of the Universe. Exhibits through 5/31. Info: 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: “More and Less.”

Works of Chris Victor. Ken Landauer & Susan Ross. Exhibits through 5/31. Info: www.kmocainfo.wordpress.com. Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts, 103 Abeel St, Kingston.

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: “Issues of Consequence & Then Some.” Drawings, paintings and prints by Nick Peluso. Show will exhibit through May 31.The Storefront Gallery, 93 Broadway, Kingston. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday noon to 5:30pm or by appointment. Info: 338-8473.

5PM-7PM Farm/Art Trail. Opening Reception: Mitchell Saler, Luminist painter. Exhibits through 5/30. Info: www.WallkillRiverSchool.com. Pierson’s Farm, 1448 New York 211, Middletown.

6PM-8PM Monthly Open Mic/Song Share. Event begin with a pot luck dinner at 6pm with an Open Mic at 6:45pm. This month will be honoring Pete Seeger’s 95th Birthday with the First Annual Pete Seeger Birthday Singalong Jubilee. Info: 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: Works Together - Mixed Media and Collaborations. Exhibits through 5/25. Info: 756-2435 or alanreich@juno. com or www.tivoliartistscop-op.com. Tivoli Artists Gallery, 60 Broadway, Tivoli.

7PM Jammin’ Divas. Info:www.roxburyartsgroup. org or 607- 326-7908 Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd, Roxbury, $25.

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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.

mance by Yale Strom and his Klezmer group. Info: 255-9817. Jewish Community Center, 30 N. Chestnut St, New Paltz, $15.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Marshall Crenshaw.

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

9PM The Royal Noise. Genre: funk. Age Limit: 21+. Info: 331-2739 or www.keeganales.com.

Keegan Ales, 20 St. James St, Kingston.

7PM The C-GCC Playwright Project 2014. Info: 518- 828-4181. SUNY Columbia-Greene, Arts Center Theater, Hudson.

9PM Smash CrashBash!! Party. Born Loose and the Jacked Bennies will perform. Info: 518822-1913. Half Moon, 48 S. Front St, Hudson.

7PM Hudson Valley English Country Dance.

Workshop at 7pm. Band: Jeanette HancockHuttel, violin, Sue Polansky, clarinet, Katie Jeannotte, piano, Stewart Dean, concertina.

7:30pm-10pm. Info: 679-8587 or www.hudsonvalleydances.org. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Salem Rd, Port Ewen, $10, $5 /full time student.

7PM The Way of Water. The play, by Caridad Svich, is the winner of The Columbia-Greene Playwright Project 2014. Info: 518-828-4181, ext 3344. SUNY Columbia-Green, Arts Center Theater, Greenport, $6, $4 /senior/student.

7PM Soundout: The Music of Pete Seeger. A concert to benefit the Woodstock Day School & Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Hosted by Happy Traum, the concert will feature David Amram, Tracy Bonham, Larry Campbell, Cindy Cashdollar, A.C. Newman, Elizabeth Mitchell, Josh Ritter, Dan Littleton and the WDS Advanced Ensemble and Student Chorus. The Woodstock Day School ensembles begin performing at 7 pm. Ticket prices are: $50 Golden Circle, $40 reserved seating, $25 general admission (standing). Info: www.bearsvilletheater.com. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock, $50, $40, $25.

7PM Closing Night Party. $10 cover includes drinks, finger food and a night with the Hudson Valley’s best jazz trio: Teri Roger (vocalist), Mark Kleinhaut (guitar) and John Menegon (bass).

Bridge Street Theatre’s Speakeasy, 44 West Bridge St, Catskill.

7PM “Little Women.” Based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. Info: www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 256-9657. New Paltz High School, 130 S. Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student.

7:30PM Terra Firma Dance Theatre. Info: www. kaatsbaan.org or 757-5106 x 2 or 10. Kaatsbaan, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, $20, $10 /student/child.

7:30PM Broadway @ The Woodstock Playhouse. Mark Cortale presents Two Time Tony Award Winner Patti LuPone. Featuring Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky as Pianist & Host.

Tickets: Begin at $150Gala details can be found at: www.woodstockplayhouse.org or 679-6900.

Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

7:30PM Community Orchestra Concert. SUNY Orange students and active duty military personnel admitted free. Info: 341-4787. Paramount Theatre, Middletown, $5.

7:30PM-10PM Saturday Night Live Music: The Professors. All the band members are the SUNY professors who are teaching many young jazz musicians. Info: 255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com.

Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

8PM Miss Saigon. A musical by Claude-Michel Sch”nberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. Info: 876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org. The Center for Performing Arts atRhinebeck, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $26, $24 /senior/child.

8PM Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Rach 3.

Higdon Concerto for Orchestra. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 w/ 14th Van Cliburn Competition Finalist Fei-Fei Dong. Info: 473-2072 or www.upac.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

8:30PM Jacks & Heroes. Info: 687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, High Falls.

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Field Trip to Doodletown (Bear Mt. State Park) with the Waterman Bird Club.Call 297-6701 for time and meeting place. Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org.

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing - Schunemuck Hike. Aged 18 and above. Call the hike leader for the meeting time, location, and fee by 5/1. A strenuous, 9 mile hike led by Gary Curasi (534-2886).

3PM The Catskill Mountains Film Festival for 2014. Adult films. Info: 586-1660 or openeye@ catskill.net or www. catskillmountainsfilmfestival. org. The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St, Margaretville, $3 /adult, free /child.

The “Artist Within” “Just For The Fun Of It!” Ars Choralis Benefit Concert. Admission by donation. Proceeds are used to sustain the Ars Choralis program. For details, log onto www.arschoralis. org. Sheeley House Bed & Breakfast, 6 Fairview Ave, High Falls.

8AM-5PM Rhinebeck Antique Car Show & Swap Meet. 1, 000 antique and classic cars, with 60 Antique & Classic Classes. 30 Rod & Custom Awards. Info: www.rhinebeckcarshow.com.

Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck.

8AM-3PM Beacon Flea Market More than 50 regular and one-time vendors sell a variety of items. Info: www.beaconflea.blogspot.com or 202-0094. Henry St parking lot, Beacon.

8:30AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: “Birding and Breakfast with the Bakers.” Join Sharon and David Baker, avid birding enthusiasts with world-wide experience, to learn the basics of this engaging hobby. Please bring your binoculars.

Info: www.hhnaturemuseum.org or 534-5506, ext. 204. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, $7.

9:30AM The Private Herman Siegal Post #625 of The Jewish War Veterans Monthly Meeting.

All persons of the Jewish faith who have served in any branch of the United States armed forces (Active, Reserve, or National Guard) are cordially invited to attend and participate in the activities of this JWV Post.As Schomre Israel is strictly Kosher, no food or drink may be brought into the Synagogue. Congregation Schomre Israel at 18 Park Avenue in Poughkeepsie. If you need a ride or for further information, please contact the Post Commander, Robert L. Morrison, at ROBL56@ aol.com.

10AM-2PM National Alliance Mental Illness Awareness Walk. Changing attitudes ... Changing minds. Info:www.namimidhudson.org/calendar. Walkway Over The Hudson, East Entrance, Poughkeepsie.

10AM-2PM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: Rob Paparozzi. Info: 236-7970 or liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

8PM Lightscapes, a brand new art and light experience. Featuring sculpture, light, sound, and special effects. Info: 914-366-6900 or www. hudsonvalley.org. Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 South Riverside Ave, Croton-on-Hudson, $18, $14 /3-17.

10AM-4PM The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program. Info:www.opendaysprogram.org.

Visitors may begin the tour at any of the following locations: The Chocolate Factory - Garden of Ruth Oja, 21 Cedar Hill Rd, Red Hook; Cedar Heights Orchard, 8 Crosby Ln, Rhinebeck; or Garden of Anne Spiegel, 299 Maloney Road, Wappingers Falls. Hudson Valley, $5 /per garden, free /under 12.

8PM Greater Tuna. Play by y Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. Directed by Carlton James.

Off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna, Texas in a tour de force comic performance. Info: 647-5511 or www.shadowlandtheatre.org.Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39.

10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Lovely Ladybugs! Learn all about lady bugs. The official NY State insect is the 9-spotted ladybug.

Info: www.hhnaturemuseum.org or 534-5506 x204. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7, $5.

8PM Living with Elephants CD Release Par-Tay! Info: www.livingwithelephants.net, Unison Arts, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

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.

8PM On The Verge. Play by by Eric Overmyer.

Brave, willing and yearning to see it all, three women explorers begin their trek to Terra Incognita in 1888, only to discover they are adrift in time.

Info: 257-3880 or www.newpaltz.edu/theatre.

SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

8PM Matthew Finck , Jeff Seigal & Rich Syracuse Performance. Lydia’s, Rt 209, Stone Ridge, $10.

8PM Screening:Digital Dharma. Story of a cultural rescue and how one man’s mission became the catalyst for an international movement to provide free access to the story of a people.

Directed by Dafna Yachin. Info: 383-1774. The Tibetan Center, 875 Rt 28, Kingston.

8PM Concert for Spring. Kingston Mendelssohn Club. Old Dutch Church, Main St, Kingston, $10.

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

8:30PM-10PM An Evening of Klezmer. Featuring an award winning documentary film by Yale Strom: “A Man From Munkacs: Gypsy Klezmer.”

The film will be followed by a lively musical perfor-

11AM-3PM Free Guided Tour of Woodchuck Lodge. The summer home of naturalist John Burroughs. Picnic facilities, Boyhood Rock and Burial Site (Burroughs Memorial Field) nearby.

Info: www.woodchucklodge.org or 254-6025.

Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury.

11AM-8PM Mid-Town Kingston ‘s First Cinco de Mayo Festival. A day of culture, folklore, music, dance, raffles, food. It is a fiesta-block party where all cultures are invited to get together to eat, dance and have a good time. Rain or Shine Broadway, Kingston, free.

11AM-4PM 8th Air Force D-Day Luncheon. An open forum on June 6th, 1944 D-Day as the 70th anniversary approaches. Speakers, including WWII veterans, tour of FDR Library, catered lunch. RSVP. Info: 342-3148 or susy18@18hvc.rr.com. FDR Library, Visitor’s Center, Dyson Room, Hyde Park.

11 AM -2:30 PM Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Weekend Tours. Meet 300+ rescued farm animals on this beautiful 110-acre haven. , Saturdays and Sundays, April through October.

Info: 336-8447 or www.casanctuary.org. Catskill Animal Sanctuary, 316 Old Stage Rd, Saugerties.

11AM -11:30AM Community HU Song . All Are Welcome Experience the Presence of God’s LoveRegardless of your beliefs or religion, you can sing HU to open your heart to the warmth of God’s love. Followed by a Book Discussion Spiritual Wisdom on Karma and Reincarnation By Harold Klemp 12 pm. 66 Broadhead Ave, New Paltz, (Deyo Hall between 32N and Huguenot St) eckankar-ny.org or 800-630-3546.

11AM-5PM “Light on Lyme.” Focus on issues of diagnosis and treatment, ecology and prevention, government and public health, and nutrition and holistic health. Info: 256-9830 or www.wildearth. org. Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 Rte 32, Rosendale.

11:30AM-6:30PM Medicine Card Divination Readings with feather healer Bern Richards.

Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour.

12PM Book Presentation and Slide Show by noted photographer/author, Robert Lipgar.

“Israel: The Enduring Values.” Info: 679-2218 or www.wjcshul.org. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock.

12PM-3PM Special Tea Ceremony for GomenKudasai’s 6th Birthday. Info: 255-8811 or www.

GKnoodles.com. Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz, $5.

12PM Hudson Valley Fair. Free live entertainment and shows, exotic animals, fireworks, a full petting zoo. Pay-One-Price unlimited rides wristbands are also available. Info: www.hudsonvalleyfair.com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls.

12PM The Last of the Unjust. France, Austria / 2014 / Directed by Claude Lanzmann. Claude (Shoah) Lanzmann continues to investigate the Holocaust here focusing on the controversial Rabbi Benjamin Murmelstein. Info: 876-4546x2.

Upstate Films, Rhinebeck.

12PM -4PM One-Day Outdoor Exhibition at a secret Catskill location. Bring your camera to participate in Masters on Main Street’s June photography exhibition, #CatskillBalloons at Bridge Street Theatre. Check out Masters on Main Street’s Facebook page for clues. Weather dependent! www.greenearts.org.

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

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

1PM Annual New Paltz Regatta A homemade boat rally on the Wallkill River. All canoes, kayaks & homemade crafts meet at Village Hall for 1pm parade down Main St. 1:30pm kayak race, 2pm Family of New Paltz Duck Race. 2:30pm Homemade watercraft race. Info:255-3631or www. newpaltzregatta.com Village Hall, New Paltz.

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-3PM The Catskill Mountains Film Festival for 2014. Children’s films. Info: 586-1660 or openeye@catskill.net or www. catskillmountainsfilmfestival.org. The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St, Margaretville, $3 /adult, free /child.

1PM-5PM 7th Annual ‘Eleanor Roosevelt KnitIn.’ Attendees bring needles and yarn to knit or crochet acrylic yarn blocks 7’ x 9’ that are assembled into afghans and distributed to the Troops, VA hospitals, battered women’s shelters. RSVP. Info:www.townofhydeparkny-historicalsociety. org. F. D. Roosevelt Library & Home, Henry A. Wallace Visitor’s Center, Hyde Park.

1PM-5PM World Fair Trade Day. The fairly-traded products that will be sold beautiful handicrafts from many countries, as well as coffee, tea, and chocolate. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 67 So Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie.

1:30PM-3:30PM Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Meeting. Dr Clark Riley will speak on “Orchid Taxonomy for Fun & Profit.” Orchids will be available for purchase at the meeting. Info: 294-1000 or www.mhos.us.com. Union Presbyterian Church, 44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh.

2PM On The Verge. Play by by Eric Overmyer.

Brave, willing and yearning to see it all, three women explorers begin their trek to Terra Incognita in 1888, only to discover they are adrift in time.

Info: 257-3880 or www.newpaltz.edu/theatre.

SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

2PM Nine First Ladies of New York State Lecture by Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan. Info: www. stoneridgelibrary.org.or 687-8726. Marbletown Community Center, Route 209, Stone Ridge.

2PM Greater Tuna. Play by y Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard. Directed by Carlton James.

Off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna, Texas in a tour de force comic performance. Info: 647-5511 or www.shadowlandtheatre.org.Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $34.

3PM-7PM Cinco de Mayo Celebration! All 21+ welcome. A tea dance to benefit the Center and the 2014 Hudson Valley LGBTQ Pride March & Festival. Info: 331-5300 or www.lgbtqcenter.org.

The Would, 120 North Rd, Highland, $10.

3PM West Point Trombone Ensemble. The West Point trombones will be joined by the renowned Juilliard Trombone Choir under the direction of Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. Info: 938-2617 or www.west-

pointband.com. West Point, West Point Cadet Chapel, West Point.

3PM Sondra Zeidenstein and Phoebe Hoss read from Speaking for my Self: Twelve women poets in their seventies and eighties. Info: 246-5775.

Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free.

3PM Saugerties Pro Musica: Prometheus Brass.

Info: 679-5733 or 246-5021 or www.saugertiespromusica.org. Saugerties United Methodist Church, Saugerties, $12, $10 /senior, free /student.

3PM Mid -Hudson Women’s Chorus Spring Concert: “Sophisticated Ladies.” Info: 382-2499 or www.midhudsonwomenschorus.org. United Methodist Church, corner of Fair and Pearl St, Kingston, $10, $8 /senior/student.

3PM SUNY Orange Chamber Ensemble. Info: 341-4787. SUNY Orange, Morrison Hall, Middletown, free.

3PM Miss Saigon. A musical by Claude-Michel Sch”nberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly. Info: 876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org. The Center for Performing Arts atRhinebeck, Route 308, Rhinebeck, $26, $24 /senior/child.

3PM-5PM Wallkill Valley Land Trust Open House.Wine and cider will be served. Please RSVP to this event by emailinginfo@WallkillValleyLT. org or calling 845-255-2761. Free. 64 Huguenot Street office in New Paltz!

3PM New Paltz Musicales Concert Series.

The Mountain Laurel Chamber Group and The Mountain Laurel Recorder Ensemble Suggested donation/$ 10. A brief reception with refreshments will follow the event offering an opportunity to great the students. All proceeds are used to support the performers and the concert series.

Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church,90 Rte 32 South,New Paltz, 255-0051 or musicales@redeemernewpaltz.org 3 PM 2014 Ars Choralis “Artist Within” Concert Series. Featuring Gred Dinger. Sheeley House Bed & Breakfast, High Falls, 679-8773.

4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle.

Drummers on The Green are hosted by Birds of a Feather. Singers & dancers are all welcome. Bring your drums and percussion instruments. On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm. Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

4PM League of Extraordinary Readers. Jennifer Donnelly - Deep Blue. Info: 876-0500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

4PM Great Song Farm - Dinner & Tour. 4-5pm Farm Tour: Come meet the horses, cows (and new baby calf ), chickens and explore the greenhouse!

5:30-7pm Free! Farm Dinner. RSVP required. Info: 758-1572 or greatsongfarm@riseup.net. Great Song Farm, 475 Milan Hill Rd, Red Hook.

4PM-6PM Opening Reception: “Crossroads.”

The artwork of John D. Wolfe. Exhibits through 5/21. Info: 255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org.

Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

4PM Anna Harlas, author of Spiritual Eternal Energy, gives a lecture on raising consciousness and channels guardian angel, Astra. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

4:30PM “Pop ‘Til You Drop” Fundraiser Balloon Popping Party, $10 for 1 minute of therapeutic balloon popping mayhem. One at a time, so nobody gets hurt! Outdoor exhibition site, weather permitting. If it is rainy or windy, Pop ‘Til You Drop at the Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street, and 404 Main St, Catskill.www.greenearts. org .

5PM Reading: Brent Robison and Peter Weissman, authors will read from their new works of fiction and memoir at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, CPW is at 59 Tinker Street, Woodstock NY. Admission and refreshments are free.

6PM-9PM Taste of Beacon. Only 300 diners will have exclusive access to the Hudson Valley’s most wanted purveyors of food and drink at the most talked about venue in the region - The Roundhouse at Beacon Falls.The proceeds will benefit Beacon’s historic Main Street with a new Walking Guide and streetscape improvements. Tickets: $45 for advanced sales and $50 at the door.

Tickets can be purchased online at beaconchamber.org/taste. Info: 592-4145. Waterfall Room at The Roundhouse at Beacon Falls.

6PM-8PM Rainbow Chorus Rehearsal. No auditions and sight reading not required. If you can carry a tune, the Mid-Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly chorus needs you. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass-all voices needed. Rehearsals every Sunday, 6-8pm. Info:rainbowchorus1@gmail.com or 845-353-8348. LGBTQ, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

6PM Beginners Lesson - Special Free Swing Dance to Crazy Feet. 6pm Beginners Lesson.

6:30pm Dance. Info: www.hudsonvalleydance. org or 454-2571. Arlington Reformed Church, 22 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, free.

6:30PM-9PM Special Free Swing Dance to Crazy Feet.Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571or 454-2571 with support from MVP Health Care. Arlington Reformed Church, 22 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, $10, $6 /fulltime student.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Wolff & Clark Expedition. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7:30PM Jon Brooks, Canadian folksinger and songwriter. Info: flyingcatmusic@gmail.com or 688-9453. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia, $15.

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

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Monday

5/5

Cinco de Mayo Celebration. Info: 687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, High Falls. Call for details.

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 Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Bring a mat.

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

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.

Mondays, on-going. This class will not be held the second Monday of the month Info: www. unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $5.

11:30AM-7PM Shamanic Doctoring Sessions with Shamanic Healer Adam Kane. First Monday of every month. Adam connects with spirit helpers who guide him on behalf of a client through medicine songs, drum and rattle healing and laying on of hands. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour.

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

Bring binoculars. Info: 255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Main Entrance, Gardiner, $8 /per car.

9:15AM-11:15AM Senior Art with Judith Boggess.

55 and older. Sept. thru June. $80. Drop-in $5 per class. 657-581. American Legion, Mountain Rd, Shokan.

9:30AM Serving and Staying in Place, SSIP/New Paltz. Regular Tuesday social breakfast meeting for seniors who want to remain in their own home and community. Info: 255-5970. Plaza Diner, New Paltz.

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.

1PM Petite Picasso Preschool Art Program.

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

1PM-3PM Tivoli Math Circle . Info: BardMathCircle.org. Tivoli Library, Tivoli.

1PM-4PM Workshop: How to Craft a Proposal to a Foundation. Judith Margolin, founder and principal of Needagrant.org, is an independent consultant and workshop leader dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations of all sizes and types secure the funding they deserve. Info:www. poklib.org or 485-3445 X 3702. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

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

3:30PM Tea With Teens. For teens in grades 9-12. Info: 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. In addition to instruction, art supplies and periodic group exhibitions, the class offers friendship and camaraderie. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $2 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

5:30PM Financial Aid Workshop Workshops are open to all prospective college students. . Contact the Office of Financial Aid at (845) 341-4190 for a listing of paperwork and forms necessary to participate. Info: www.sunyorange.edu. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Room 231, Newburgh.

2PM Art Exploration. A great way to entertain your little one as they explore various art projects. Kid Around, 114 Partition St, Saugerties, free, 247-3342.

5:30 PM-7:30 PM Evening Pantry Opens at Clinton Avenue Methodist Church. The Pantry will be open from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning April 8. Info: 331-7188 or dkelleyny@gmail.com. Clinton Avenue Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Ave, Kingston.

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

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.

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.

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.

5:30 PM-6:30 PM Qigong with Zach Baker.

Mondays, on-going. This class will not be held the second Monday of the month Info: www. unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $5.

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

7PM Old Chatham Quaker Meeting: “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry” Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Refreshments will be served and a moderated discussion will follow. Info: 518-766-2992 orwww.oldchathamquakers.org.

Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 Cnty Rte 13, Old Chatham.

7PM Hudson Valley Railroad Society Hobby Night. Meets the 1st Monday of each month at 7pm. Featuring slot cars, model trains, models & airbursh. Info: www.hydeparkstation.com or 229-2338. Hyde Park Train Station Museum, 38 River Rd, Hyde Park.

7:30PM “In the Night Sky: I Recall a UFO.” Movie, introduced by producers Felix and Sarah Olivieri, who will answer questions at end of show. Sponsored by the Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society. At the Theater/Meeting Room in Building 6 at Vineyard Commons in Highland, located at 300 Vineyard Avenue (Route 44/55) next to the Hudson Valley Rehabilitation Center. Free admission & refreshments. For more information call 255-7742.

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

Tuesday

5/6

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.

5:30PM Phoenicia Community Choir. Come and sing with your friends! Prepare choral music for concerts as well as singing with the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. No auditions, no need to read music. Every Tuesday. Info: 688-5759. Wesleyan Church, Basement, Main St, Phoenicia.

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.

7PM Hudson Valley YA Society. Emmy Laybourne - Monument 14: Savage Drift. Info: 876-0500.

Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

7PM QSY Society Amateur Radio Club. This month’s topic is Field Day prep and use of N1MM logging software. Info: www.qsysociety.org or 914582-3744. East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction.

7PM Blues & Dance Party with Big Joe Fitz.

Info: 687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net.

High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, High Falls.

7PM Monthly Photography Meeting. Palenville Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, free, 518-678-3357 or palenvillelibrary@hvc.rr.com.

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

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

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

7PM-8PM Alateen Meeting. Alateen is for kids affected by someone else’s drinking. Open to ages 7-19. 2 Certified New York State Alateen Sponsors. Info: 594-2864 or www.alanon.alateen.org.

Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, Woodstock.

7 PM -9 PM Exploring Inter-Dimensional Communication with Lindsay Iya Paradise.

Explore your ability to communicate consciously in other dimensions through practical, simple to learn techniques for maneuvering safely in the astral realm. Info: 679-2100.Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $20.

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

7:30PM-9:30PM 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 Ross Rices Very Sexy Trio. Info: 679-3484.

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

Wednesday

5/7

8AM Field Trip to Peach Hill Park, Poughkeepsie, with the Waterman Bird Club. Meet at park on Edgewood Rd., off Salt Pt. Tpk., Poughkeepsie.

Call: Adrienne @ 264-2015.Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org 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.

9:15AM-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 warm-ups, 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.

9:30 AM -1 PM Mohonk Preserve Bob Babb Wednesday Walk: Rhododendron Bridge and Split Rock. Aged 18 and above. No reservations required. A moderate, 5-mile hike. Info: 255-0919.

Mohonk Preserve, Coxing Trailhead, New Paltz, $12.

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.

11:30 AM -12:30 PM Lunch & Learn Series: Picture This: The Graphic Novel as Collaborative Play (hands-on workshop). Free (voluntary donation gratefully accepted); program and lunch afterwards. Res reqr’d. Info: 471-0430 . Hudson Valley Community Center, 110 S. Grand Ave, Poughkeepsie.

12PM-6PM Soul Listening Readings with Kate Loye. First Wednesday of every month. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /half hour, $75 /one hour.

12PM Woodstock Senior Citizen Club. Dave Scarpano, President of Health Alliance, will give an update on hospitals. Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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.

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

5:30PM-7:30PM Arts for Wellness: Compassionate Community. Kingston Group show promoting health, hope, and healing, featuring the work of MHA participants, local organizations, and community members. Info: 339-9090 X107 or DRanaghan@mhainulster.com. 300 Aaron Court, Kingston.

6PM Woodstock Community Chorale. Come and sing with your friends! Prepare choral music for concerts as well as singing with the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. No auditions, no need to read music. Every Wednesday. Info: 688-5759.

Kleinert-James, Tinker St, Woodstock.

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.

7PM Lithic Alignments in the Northeast: Natural, Native or Nonsense?” Glenn Kreisberg, writer, researcher and Vice President of NEARA, will discuss the archaeoastronomy and landscape archaeology in our region and the northeast. Info: 658-9013. Rosendale Public Library, 264 Main St, Rosendale.

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 How To Become a Foster or Adoptive Parent Meeting. A meeting about becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Registration is not required. Info: 334-5400 SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 104, New Paltz, free.

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.

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

Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

7:30PM 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 four-part harmony.

Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie.

7:30PM-9PM O. C. Audubon Society Meeting.

River of Rushes - An Introduction to Upstate New York’s Montezuma Wetlands. Free and open to the public. Info: www.orangecountynyaudubon. com or 744-6047. First Presbyterian Church of Goshen, 33 Park Pl, Goshen.

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

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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

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SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AIDES

SUMMER JOBS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

for special educa on preschool. Called as needed. $60/day. Past group experience with young children necessary. Mail to: Early Educa on Center; 40 Park Lane; Highland, NY 12528. Or FAX 845-883-6452

NYPIRG is now hiring students, grads & others for an urgent campaign to protect our drinking water. Get paid to make a difference!

F/T positions available. EOE

Drivers: DEDICATED. REGIONAL. HOME WEEKLY/BI-WEEKLY GUARANTEED. Start up to $.44 cpm. Great Benefits + Bonuses. 90% No Touch Freight/70% Drop & Hook. 877-704-3773

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Call Mary: 845.243.3012 WAITERS/WAITRESSES. Part-time, full-time. Apply in person: College Diner, 500 Main St., New Paltz.

CARPENTERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HELPER NEEDED with knowledge of cir saw, nail guns, etc.

Hardworking, dependable, motivated young person willing to learn. Red Hook area. Call Frank 845-756-4806.

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.

DISHWASHER/PREP, full- and part-time positions. Quick, clean and positive person.

Must have own transportation. Apply in person between 12-4:30 p.m. 845-255-9766.

Mountain Brauhaus, Gardiner. Closed Mon/ Tues.

Growing Health Plan seeking to hire a FULL-TIME REGISTERED NURSE in Ulster Region with care management experience. Great pay and excellent health benefits. Please send resumes to: bkornbluh@ hamaspikchoice.org HOUSEKEEPER WANTED. Super 8 New Paltz, NY. 7 Terwilliger Ln. Experienced preferred but not necessary. Come join our experienced team and serve the thousands of visitors that are vital to our community! MUST APPLY IN PERSON at our front desk.

LABORER for landscaping project. Call Rick at 845-616-5410.

POOL COMPANY SEEKS HELP w/experience in any related swimming pool service, repair or installation tasks. 845-657-9976 P/T HELP FOR WAITSTAFF. Friday, Saturday, Sunday evenings. Call after 3 p.m. for more info 338-9899.

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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Training will be provided to use the latest technology to produce high quality interactive transcripts and closed captioning for video. Located in Highland, hours can vary with workload. Please email info@totalwebcasting.com with your resume.

WEEKENDS; NEW PALTZ. Simple GARDENING HELP; pruning, raking, wheel barrow. $15/hour. 212-496-8110, ask for Arlene.

Zena Rec Swim and Tennis Club in Woodstock is looking for a FRONT DESK MANAGER for Memorial Day-Labor Day. 40 hours a week, to include one day on the weekends.

Applicant must have proficient computer and word processing, excel and experience working with databases. Applications are on zenarec.com. Contact hr@zenarec.com.

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BEST RATES SENIOR CARE companion services. ALL SERVICES AVAILABLE including medication reminders. Available 24-7. 2 hour minimum visit. Great hourly & shift rates available. References. 20 years experience. 845-235-6701

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly.

10 years experience. Live-in or hourly.

References available. Ulster County area.

(845)901-8513

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DRIVER... Young, 65-yr. old senior- x school bus driver wants to â&#x20AC;&#x153;BE YOUR DRIVER!â&#x20AC;?

Use your car- $20/hr., Use my car- $30/hr.

Very good references. Call Vito 845-7509614.

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Hudson Valley Balinese Gamelan Orchestras Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana invite you to mark your calendars for our Annual Spring Concert at Bard College on Friday, May 9 at 8 pm in Olin Auditorium. Under the artistic leadership of Balinese master musician, I Nyoman Suadin with guest artist, Dr. Pete Steele from MIT and internationally acclaimed Balinese dancer, Shoko Yamamura. Suggested donation: $10+/-. For more info contact pillasdp@hvc.rr.com or call 845 688-7090.

THE HARD WORK IS DONE! Turn the key and earn good moneyâ&#x20AC;Ś Bistro in New Paltz showing great profit and phenomenal long-term opportunity. For sale brochure and information call 914-224-4208. Brokers protected.

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679-8939 Woodstock Est.1983 www.supertotsnurseryschool.com

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Pre-K thru Early Elementary Christine Oliveira - Director 679-7112 www.schoolofthenewmoon.com

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I am uber (I don’t know why everyone is using this word, but I am too) excited about bringing you the absolute best priced home in Woodstock! Just 5 minutes to town, located in beautiful Wittenberg valley, you are going to find this 2300 plus square foot ranch on 1.34 acres perfect for yearround living or a summer escape.

OVER $ 1 BILLION SOLD! Unparalleled service, impeccable integrity and cutting edge technologies give Westwood clients a distinct advantage in achieving their Real Estate goals. Our strategies, developed over 3 decades as an industry leader, have opened 1000s of doors for happy home owners. Discover what savvy buyers and sellers have known for years. There really is a difference in Real Estate companies. DISCOVER WESTWOOD!

OH, IF WE COULD CHARGE FOR CHARM… …this home would be twice the price! Listed by Richard Miller AT $285,000, this lovely MOVE-RIGHTIN farm house on 4.18 glorious private acres with a KOI pond and waterfall, in Zena, has 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths, woodstove, an adorable kitchen and living room, second floor sitting room, fantastic screened in porch/patio, even a stand-alone sauna building in the fenced in back yard. wait a minute…

NEVERMIND… DON’T BUY THIS HOUSE, I WANT IT!

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PERFECTLY ENCHANTING - Nestled on 1+ acre

HEART OF THE CATSKILLS - Enjoy end-of-road PRIVACY in magical Woodland Valley just minutes to groovy downtown Phoenicia! Beautiful wood walls & floors add rustic flair to the interior featuring cozy woodstove, 3 bedrooms plus sweet sleeping loft, 1.5 baths and country style kitchen. Front & rear decks invite warm weather dining. A perfect contempo retreat with access to community garden & POND w/ dock .... $272,000

with lovely gardens, discover this magical retreat just minutes to Woodstock village. Airy open floor plan with beamed cathedral ceilings & cozy gas stove, LR open to inviting deck, MBR open to tranquil rear garden, lovely full bath with soothing spa tub & sep. shower, EI kitchen w/ Mexican tile and wonderful artistic touches throughout. Detached garage, too! ...... $219,900

EVEN OF YOU DON’T LIKE SUSHI It is only a short walk to the Hurley Ridge Market (where they have fresh sushi and other good stuff). Geraldine Manley listed a wonderful 5 bedroom, 2.5 bath home on Fieldstone Road in West Hurley. On 1.6 acres and with an accessory apartment, the apartment has its own entry, patio, and laundry. There are skylights in the stainless kitchen and Master bath wing.

Sliders lead out to a maintenance free TREX deck. New boiler, septic, roof, and more. $379,000

NOT A DOWNER AT ALL! Even though it’s on Downer Lane in Woodstock, you will enjoy this unique 2 bedroom artist’s home, on a hidden 2 acres with picturesque views of Overlook Mountain. Wide board floors fill the open floor plan and once you enter the huge vaulted ceiling studio / great room, you will find out why we call these artist homes “Woodstockie” because of their charm and warmth. High windows bring in the daylight in this studio room and French doors lead out to the rear screen enclosed porch. $399,000

WHAT A CHARCTER!!

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PURE MID-CENTURY - Ultra cool cedar & brick modernist Woodstock home offers 3200 SF of crisp interior space and authentic mid-century detail. Sprawling 24’ LR with Danish wall unit & full-wall brick fireplace, fabulous “retro” eatin kitchen, family/media room with fireplace, 4 or 5 bedrooms, 2 full & 2 half baths, hardwood floors, full length balconies front & back, floating staircase & enclosed stone patio. TRULY SINGULAR! .......................................... $335,000

OLD HURLEY CLASSIC - Storybook style stone faced Cape Cod with gorgeous mountain & valley views on 22 acres in the heart of Old Hurley.

Wood floors, beams & built-ins add charm & character. Featuring 22’ LR with brick fireplace, formal DR, country kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 2 car det. garage PLUS adorable stable building (think studio/workshop!) & horse barn with paddock. Significant country charm here! ..................................................$339,000

What make a home Woodstockie? What is Woodstockie anyway?!

They are the kind of casual, care-free home that makes you feel comfortable from the first. Margo Obourn brought us one of these intriguing homes in Bearsville. On over 4 private acres with mountain and water views,, it has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, a stone fireplace, 9 foot ceilings, skylights, a gazebo, glassed in patio, a rushing creek, and character galore! $389,000

www.westwoodrealty.com Woodstock 679-0006

Stone Ridge 687-0232

New Paltz 255-9400

West Hurley 679-7321

Kingston 340-1920

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workshops

ADULT VIOLIN... You’re never too old to learn. My students end up in orchestras and quartets. 20 years on the faculties of Manhattan’s School for Strings and Westchester’s Talent Education.

“I love my lessons. They’re my therapy.” J.P. Kingston, NY. Ages 3-80.

(845)679-9250.

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instruction

ICONS Icon Writing Classes May 12th - July 14th 1-4pm on Mondays Woodstock Reformed Church 16 Tinker St. 518-965-4833 www.iconwritingclasses.com

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events

Hudson Valley Balinese Gamelan Orchestras Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana invite you to mark your calendars for our Annual Spring Concert at Bard College on Friday, May 9 at 8 pm in Olin Auditorium. Under the artistic leadership of Balinese master musician, I Nyoman Suadin with guest artist, Dr. Pete Steele from MIT and internationally acclaimed Balinese dancer, Shoko Yamamura. Suggested donation: $10+/-. For more info contact pillasdp@hvc.rr.com or call 845 688-7090.

Jewish Congregation of New Paltz Presents: AN EVENING OF KLEZMER... Sat., May 3, 8:3010 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 30 N. Chestnut St. New Paltz. Doors open at 8 p.m. $15 Requested Donation. Featuring: “A MAN FROM MUNKACS: GYPSY KLEZMER”. The film will be followed by a lively Klezmer musical performance by: HOT PSTROMI, led by world class talent, Yale Strom. Questions: E-mail: JCNP at: npshul@hvc.rr.com Or call 255-9817.

For additional information about Hot Pstromi, Yale Strom or Elizabeth Schwartz, Visit: www. yalestrom.com www.voiceofklezmer.com www.hotpostromi.com

KERHONKSON FIRE COMPANY- Annual Golf Tournament at Rondout Country Club, Sunday June 1. 8 a.m. Breakfast, 9 a.m.

Tee Off. Tee Sponsor; $25, Green Sponsor; $50, Breakfast/Lunch Sponsor; $100.

Please make checks payable to Kerhonkson Fire Company. Mail to: Troy Mekulik, P.O. Box 567, Kerhonkson, NY 12446.

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CHARMING 1225’ 3-BEDROOM, 2 bath furnished/unfurnished on busline. Open living, wood beams, stone fireplace, bay window, wood floors, skylit kitchen. Large corner property. Double detached garage.

2 miles from Woodstock. $209,900. 845679-2593.

CONDO; BEAUTIFUL & SPACIOUS. New Paltz schools. Near Mohonk Preserve. Hiking trails, biking, rock climbing. Gardiner vicinity. Large eat-in kitchen w/beautiful flooring. Many cabinets, new appliances, walk-in pantry, area for w/dryer, large living room, private deck, staircase to bedrooms w/many closets, tiled bathroom, skylight, carpeted, large energy efficient windows, sunny & bright, 2 assigned parking spaces. In smaller complex. Well maintained- newer vinyl &

brick siding. Very private & quiet complex. $98,000. Will hold mortgage to qualified buyer. 914-388-0697.

MODENA: 2003 Champion 16x68, 2-BEDROOM, 2 bath, split open-floor plan in private park. All appliances, window treatments, central AC, shed, fenced lot convey.

Asking $49,500, negotiable. Motivated seller. Call 845-883-0539. saugertieslocationplus.com Walk to golf, tennis, 2.5 miles from HITS. 3000 SQ.FT. HOME. Inground pool, hot tub, pond, solar electric and more. For more information go to website saugertieslocationplus.com SECLUDED 5-BEDROOM, 4 baths. On 24 wooded acres, private lake, magnif. lake and cliff views, adj. to Minnewaska State Park. SELL OR RENT. 561-540-4442, igmc@aol.com

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16+ WOODED ACRES. Beautiful mountain views, bounded by old stone walls, walk to beautiful trout stream. Central to Woodstock, NYS Thruway & Hunter Mountain. Located in Blue Mountain, Van Vlierden Rd, Saugerties. $72,000. 540-7892386; 276-229-8723.

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Milton/Marlboro Rentals New Paltz Rentals Rosendale/Tillson/ High Falls/ Stone Ridge Rentals South of Stone Ridge Rentals Kingston/Hurley/Port Ewen Rentals Esopus/Ulster Park Rentals Krumville/Olivebridge/ Shokan Rentals Saugerties Rentals Rhinebeck/Red Hook Rentals Woodstock/West Hurley Rentals West of Woodstock Rentals Green County Rentals

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Alternative Energy Services 738 Locksmithing 740 Building Services 745 Demolition 748 Telecommunications 750 Eclectic Services 755 Repair/Maintenance Services 760 Gardening/ Landscaping 765 Home Security Services 770 Excavating Services 810 Lost & Found 890 Spirituality 900 Personals 920 Adoptions 950 Animals 960 Pet Care 970 Horse Care 980 Auto Services 990 Boats/Recreational Vehicles 995 Motorcycles 999 Vehicles Wanted 1000 Vehicles

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PRIME BUILDING LOT. 3 ACRES; $30,000. Town of Woodstock.

Call (845)246-2525 or (518)250-4305.

SAUGERTIES LOTS. B.O.H.A. building lots with great views, private setting, 2+ acres, great neighborhood. www.saugertiesland. com (845)901-7014, owner.

land and real estate wanted

PRIVATE BUYER (non-realtor) SEEKING PROPERTY to purchase, MUST HAVE NATURAL WATERFALL. 2-10 acres needed. Maybe subdivide? Can be either a vacant, SECLUDED parcel of land, OR property w/a house with a natural, private waterfall (w/ year-round views, NOT just seasonal). Must be secluded (absolutely no homes in view), AND MUST BE WITHIN 10 MINUTES DRIVE TO WOODSTOCK. CASH OFFERED, CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@yahoo. com.au w/photos/info. or call (518)965-7223.

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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This home has been totally renovated from head to toe. Truly move in ready. The new kitchen with upgraded cabinets has Corian counters with tile backsplash for a bright & contemporary appeal. $278,500

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commercial listings for sale

THE HARD WORK IS DONE! Turn the key and earn good moneyâ&#x20AC;Ś Bistro in New Paltz showing great profit and phenomenal longterm opportunity. For sale brochure and information call 914-224-4208. Brokers protected.

This home is a must see and located in the Town Of Ulster. Set on a corner lot with a fenced in yard, the owner has taken great pride in renovating this charming KRXVH )UHVK KDUGZRRG Ă&#x20AC;RRUV FHQWUDO DLU windows, roof, furnace, electric, gutters, oil tank, extra insulation, appliances and the list goes on and on! Stop by the Open House this Sunday between 1-4, call for directions & details. $219,900

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NEW PALTZ: OFFICE/PROFESSIONAL SPACE(S) for rent. Large, beautiful Soho loft-like space(s) w/brick walls & new large windows. Faces the Gunks w/great views.

71 Main Street. Best downtown location.

Former architect office(s). Will divide. Call owner (917)838-3124.

WOODSTOCK; STORE on Tinker Street, next to Woodstock Wine Store. Heart of town. Great visibility. Large picture window. C/O for food. (845)417-5282, Owner/ Realtor.

NICE SHOP, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, GREAT LANDLADY. Heart or Woodstock business center. Any commercial use except food. $785/month includes most utilities. 845-679-5626. Please call 7:30 p.m.-11 p.m.

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garage/ workspace/ storage

GARAGE AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE. High Falls/Cottekill. $75/month. 10x20 plus locking security closet. (845)255-4280.

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gardiner/ modena/ plattekill rentals

BRANDNEWRENOVATED1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, heat & hot water included.

Shed access. $850/month. Quiet area in Plattekill. 20 minutes to highways, trains and bus station. Call 845-629-6111 or 845629-6847.

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Paltz schools. Near Mohonk Preserve. Hiking trails, biking, rock climbing. Gardiner vicinity. Large eat-in kitchen w/beautiful flooring. Many cabinets, new appliances, walk-in pantry, area for washer/dryer, large living room, private deck, staircase to bedrooms w/ many closets, tiled bathroom, skylight, carpeted, large energy efficient windows, sunny & bright, 2 assigned parking spaces. In smaller complex. Well maintained. Newer vinyl & brick siding. Very private & quiet complex. $1250/month plus security. 914-388-0697.

GARDINER/NEW PALTZ: 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT: Great views. Deck, storage.

Available 5/15. $1050/month plus utilities.

Call (914)475-2833.

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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.

HIGHLAND: LARGE 1-BEDROOM First floor. End unit. Parking next to unit. Private, quiet neighborhood. On-site parking & laundry. Next to Lloyd Town Hall, near Rt. 9W. Minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge, Metro North, Rt. 9 & hospitals. $925/month, heat & hot water included. 1 month security.

(845)453-0047.

HIGHLAND: Large ONE BEDROOM apartment in quiet neighborhood. Heat and hot water included. Air conditioner. $875/ month plus one month security. Call 845797-2070.

GORGEOUS UPSCALE COLONIAL Th gorgeous 3 BR Colonial is situated on 1.24 This T acr acres complete w/ a large private backyard, ingro ground pool, and patio. This beautiful home features a gracious welcoming foyer, a spacious OLYLQJ URRP ZLWK EULFN ÂżUHSODFH EHDPHG FHLOLQJV D ODUJH VXQ ÂżOOHG IDPLO\ URRP DQG D gorgeous gourmet kitchen w/ granite, custom cabinets & stainless appliances. Gleaming KDUGZRRG Ă&#x20AC;RRUV WKURXJKRXW SOXV D ÂżQLVKHG UG Ă&#x20AC;RRU ORZHU OHYHO 7RR PXFK WR OLVW FDOO toda today! $439,900

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Another bonus is the two car garage. Visit the Open House this Sunday from 1-4, call for more details & directions! $159,900

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milton/marlboro rentals

MARLBORO. Country setting.

1-BEDROOM cottage. Heat included.

Suitable for 1 or 2. Trash pick-up included. $950/month. No dogs. No smokers.

References. Security. 845-795-5778.

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new paltz rentals

STUDIO APARTMENT. $700/month plus utilities. Available 6/1. Also, 1-BEDROOM; $825/month. Available now. BOTH: 1 month security. 31 Church Street. Laundry room & private parking on premises. No pets. No smoking. 1-year lease, good references. (845)255-5319.

NEW PALTZ: 2-BEDROOM PLUS OFFICE/DEN. $1150/month plus utilities. Washer/dryer, central air, dishwasher. 1.5 miles to village.

No pets. No smoking. Call (845)256-1119.

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.

3-BEDROOM. Quiet landscaped Civil War Victorian. 12 acres. 1 mile New Paltz. Spectacular views. Picture windows. Porch, coin laundry, heat, HW, WiFi, garbage pick-up, mowing, plowing all included. $1400/month. 914725-1461.

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OPEN HOUSE

We Are... Locally Grown, Nationally Known, Globally Connected We Are... Making a Difference We Are... #1 in Sales in Ulster County*

SATURDAY MAY 10 1-4 pm

Charming c1890’s Country Farmhouse $255,000 MLS # 20140757

1231 Church Road, Saugerties From Saugerties take Rte 212W toward Wdstk. Take L onto Glasco Tnpke, the R on Church Road. #1231 Church Road on the right.

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.

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, VICTORIAN HOUSE, Center of New Paltz. Looking for mature, professional. Sunny, partial furnished.

Kitchen privileges. Walk to bus station, S.U.N.Y., Rail Trail. $550/month includes all. Available 5/1. Call (917)992-0702.

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT, 30 acre lake estate adjacent Mohonk Preserve, 4 miles west of town. Stone fireplace, Central Air, W/D, internet, swim, fish, relaxing dock.

Available 7/1. Annual lease $1300/month.

561-540-4442, igmc@aol.com 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Close to S.U.N.Y. New Paltz. $1650/month plus utilities. First, last, security, reference, lease. No pets. No smoking. On-site parking. Call 845304-2504.

3-BEDROOM HOUSE. 1.5 baths. $2100/ month includes utilities. Available 6/1.

Walking distance to S.U.N.Y. New Paltz.

First, last, security. No pets. Non-smoker.

Call 845-255-4526.

AY 4 12-3 PM

Brand new Windham contemporary home featuring- 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, with modern lines, hardwood floors, vaulted ceiling, stone fireplace, stainless steel appliances and granite counters. Full walkout basement can be finished and additional full bath for additional cost. Enjoy views of Windham’s ski slopes off your private deck. Minutes to the ski slopes and Town! $469,000

Enjoy easy convenience to all! Just 5 minutes to village of New Paltz and easy access to the Thruway, Rt. 299 and 15 minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge and Metro North! This spacious 3 level home offers bedrooms on second level, living/dining and kitchen on main level and a finished walkout lower level too! $229,900

SUN M OPEN HOUSE

WOODSTOCK

Sited at the end of a private road that parallels the yearround Sawkill Creek is this Contemporary Farmhouse nestled in the privacy of the wooded landscape. Address: 51 Cottonwood La. Woodstock. Directions: From Woodstock Village Rt. 212 E, Right on Zena Rd, Left on John Joy Rd, go over bridge, Make Right on Cottonwood La. (Private Rd), Last house on the Left. $419,000

A perfect setting for a family compound! Home has been owned by the same family for over 35 years.

It used to be called the Whitestone Inn. There is a separate cottage behind the main house. The house and buildings sit on 3+ acres and the 17 +/- acres.

There’s an attached 2 car garage and another separate one car garage. Beautiful mountain/pastoral views! $329,900

Tranquil, mesmerizing water and mountain views from nearly every room. Awaken to breathtaking sunrises while sipping coffee from your deck or next to the fireplace. This home calms the spirit with a unique blend of ever-changing vistas both near and far, depending on the time of day and season. High ceilings with beams, loads of light - everything one dreams of in a “close to Woodstock” location. $495,000

Wonderful Waterfront Location and would make a great family vacation home! High enough above the Esopus Creek to be above the flood stage, home is very good condition. This home lends itself to one story living, with complete Guest area in the finished basement. You will love the easy access for kayaking, swimming, fishing & tubing. Close to shopping & restaurants. $259,000

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 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 STUDIO APARTMENT. Walking distance to college. Heat & hot water included. Off-street parking. No smoking. No pets. $720/month. Available 6/1/14. Call 845255-0839.

ROOM FOR RENT in 2-bedroom apartment; $500/month all utilities included.

Half mile from SUNY campus. Call 914850-1968.

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.

ROOM FOR RENT: Utilities included. $550/month plus security. Walking distance to everything. Call 845-664-0493.

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.

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.

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rosendale/ high falls/tillson/ stone ridge rentals

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

ULSTER COUNTY MORTGAGE RATES Rates taken 4/28/2014 are subject to change

Hudson Heritage FCU 845-561-5607 Mid-Hudson Valley FCU 800-451-8373

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It is a great time to buy or refinance. Call ext. 3472

(E)3/1 Arm(F) 10 Yr Adj Call 973-951-5170 for more info

Thruway, 10 miles to Woodstock. Rondout Schools. $2000/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Credit, references required.

845-332-3419.

EXTRA LARGE 2-BR to SHARE in High Falls. Roommate wanted. Bedroom comes w/two other rooms for studio or storage PLUS sharing living room, bath, kitchen, deck. Ample closets, living space, nature, quiet. $650/month plus reasonable utilities and internet. Security & references. 845687-2035.

NEW3-BRAPARTMENTDOWNSTAIRS. High Falls/Cottekill. $1300/month plus utilities. 1 bath, tile floors, skylights, 2 porches, DW, garage. W/D hookup. Pix on Craigslist.

Open House: Sunday, 5/4, 1-4 p.m. 2nd house south of Lucas Ave and Cottekill Rd. 845-255-4280.

SPACIOUS HOUSE FOR RENT. Charming house w/modern updates on 1.5 acres. 4-bedrooms, 1.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, garage.

On a quiet road in the heart of High Falls.

1-year lease in July. 802-324-1951.

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kingston/hurley/ port ewen rentals

UPTOWN KINGSTON: 1-BEDROOM APARTMENTS. Includes heat. $875/ & $900/month. 16 John Street. See www.

UptownKingstonApts.com for details & pictures. Margaret Bryngelson, R.E. Broker.

Copyright 2010 Cooperative Mortgage Information

ULSTER GARDENS AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS New affordable 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments in our SMOKE FREE multi-family community available June 1st. Variable rent based on income include Heat, HW, W/W carpet.

Units have central A/C, 24-hour emergency maintenance, on-site laundry room, community room, and management office.

For application call (845) 986-6701 or go to our website:

www.devonmgt.com Equal Housing Opportunity

445

krumville olivebridge/ shokan rentals

OLIVEBRIDGE: RUSTIC, SUNNY 1-BEDROOM COTTAGE. Woodstove, new floors, cathedral ceilings w/skylight.

450 sq.ft. First, last and security. $750/ month. No pets. Close to Ashokan Reservoir.

(845)657-6942 or (646)662-5202.

Made you look.

Ulster Publishing newspapers and websites reach over 50,000 readers a week. Go to www.ulsterpublishing.com/ advertise or 845-334-8200 to advertise.

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Just minutes from the Village of New Paltz, discover this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath on a dead end road with mountain views and frontage on the Plattekill Creek.

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saugerties rentals

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT. Exceptionally clean, bright & sunny. Italian tile kitchen & bath, Marble foyer, cathedral ceiling, French windows. ENERGY EFFICIENT. $900/month plus utilities.

(845)532-5080.

SAUGERTIES STUDIO. Available Immediately. Quiet residential neighborhood. Includes heat, hot water, electric, basic cable, wi-fi, snow removal, garbage pick up, off-street parking for one vehicle. Plenty of storage. 845-594-9370.

SAUGERTIES VILLAGE: Leases thru summer OK. Vintage apartment building, lovely apartments- great location, off-street park, laundry on premises. $675/month plus utilities. Contact Anne at wildwatch@verizon.net put “saugerties” in subject line.

WEST SAUGERTIES: NEWLY RENOVATED 2-BEDROOM COTTAGE on quiet dead-end road. Full bath, spacious living room, washer/dryer, screened-in porch, beautiful backyard- room for garden. $1050/month plus utilities. First, last, security, references. Call 679-2243.

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday May 4th from 12-3PM 1109 Main St., Malden-on-Hudson, NY 12453

LOG & STONE GEM

TEXT M292685 to 85377

Single family gem in cul-de-sac neighborhood only minutes from village center. This 2100 plus s.f.

3-bedroom, 3 full bath Contemporary Split Level on an acre that backs up to 80 acres of protected open space, has so much to offer. Wonderful, bright vaulted living room and master suite, open concept kitchen/dining area complement the main area, with addi onal full bath and 2-bedrooms, Lower level with 2nd E.I.K., full bath, large family room and home office.

Also A/C, central vac, oak floors, solid pine doors and trim. MUCH, MUCH MORE ................................ $364,900

OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY, MAY 4 78 RATTERMAN ROAD, WOODSTOCK

Catskills charm abounds, nestled in coveted Woodland Valley w/ mountain & valley views! With log-beamed ceilings, 23’ LR w/ cobblestone fireplace, large country eat-in kitchen, dining room, family/ media room opening to generous patio for warm weather dining, 3 or 4 bedrooms, 2 full updated baths and newer roof. Near skiing, fishing, hiking and “cool” Phoenicia ................................ $225,000

Contact Associate RE Brokers Barbara O’Hare (845) 389-7660 mobile barbara@westwoodrealty.com & Dolly Shivers (845) 901-0092 mobile dolly@westwoodrealty.com 24 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498

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woodstock/ west hurley rentals

SPACIOUS COUNTRY 3-4 bedroom WOODSTOCK HOME. 2 full baths, large LR, stone fireplace, woodstove, baseboard oil, central air, screened porch, 2 room office, separate entrance, half bath. 2-car garage.

Private 3 acres. $2000/month plus utilities.

No smoking. References required. (917)8813828, rits@hvc.rr.com Beautifully renovated 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Kitchen w/dining area, living room, full bath w/clawfoot tub. $930/month includes all utilities. Also, 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Full bath, terrace, mountain views. $850/month. BOTH: In well maintained historic building in Woodstock Center.

Parking off-street. For responsible, employed person w/recommendations, security. No smoking/drugs/pets. 845-625-9644.

BRIGHT, SUNNY 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in 2-family house in quiet apartment complex. Bay windowed Living room, eat-in kitchen, great counter space & storage. Small deck. $850/month includes trash, water & sewer. Pets tbd. Owner is licensed RE agent. Call (845)802-4777.

CHARMING 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT w/roof deck. Large porch, storage room, parking. Very private, 10 minutes to Woodstock. $975/month, heat included. 1 year lease.

References and security. Available immediately. Call 646-339-7017 CHARMING BRIGHT STUDIO APARTMENT. Full Eat-in windowed kitchen, beamed ceilings, step down to separate livingbedroom area, walk-in closet, fully renovated bathroom w/tub, great storage. $875/month includes all utilities/trash. Conveniently located on NYC bus route. Owner is licensed RE agent. Call (845)802-4777.

“BLUEBELL COTTAGE”– Perfectly enchanting mid-century (1953) Woodstock charmer with year-round Overlook views. Easy open flow with hardwood floors, cozy fireplace in living/dining space w/ picture window framing view, retro pine kitchen opening to delightful screened porch, 3 BRs, 1.5 baths, finished walk-out basement perfect for studio/home office and lovely landscape.

Just minutes to town! .................................... $330,000 Directions: Route 212 East from Woodstock to Right on Rte. 375 & Right on Ratterman Road. #78 on Left.

Hosted By: Barbara Ellman Licensed RE Salesperson (845) 399-1570 mobile barbarae@westwoodrealty.com

GREEK REVIVAL BEAUTY This bygone beauty sits on a knoll overlooking a beautifully landscaped meadow in the charming hamlet of Malden-on-Hudson in the cool, hip town of Saugerties, close to Horses In The Sun and Woodstock. Featuring 4 bedrooms, 4 fireplaces, a renovated Kitchen, high ceilings, wide board floors, a marble bath & fabulous studio above the 2 bay garage. Call Eamon Peter Hamilton Licensed R.E. Salesperson, mobile 718-541-1144 ......$399,900 From the Village of Saugerties take 9W North to a right onto Main St. in Malden, house on left.

845-679-5800 845-338-5832

24 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498

www.lawrenceotoolerealty.com

LARGE HANDSOME WOODSTOCK HOME. Hardwood floors. 4-bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 fireplaces, plus attached spacious home office, studio or in-law apartment. 2 car garage. Attractive, close-in neighborhood. Brick. Yard/patio/trees. Good oil baseboard heating. New kitchen appliances with granite counter. Washer/dryer. Excellent condition. $2450/month includes mowing/ plowing. 845-679-9717.

GORGEOUS COTTAGE on 150 ACRE ESTATE. 3-bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace.

Hiking, cross country trails throughout.

Borders on 1500 acres of state land. In-ground heated pool, renowned trout stream runs through property. Seasonal, annual, reasonable. 845-688-5062.

SWEET 1-BEDROOM CABIN off Lower Byrdcliffe & Glasco Tpke. Full bathroom w/ tub, washer/dryer. High ceilings in living room. Private beautiful yard. $650/month plus utilities. Perfect for single or couple. Walking distance to Woodstock. (845)679-2731.

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 COTTAGE; 1-BEDROOM, full bath, fireplace, small loft. Washing machine.

Porch. Newly renovated. On 1 acre. $1000/ month plus utilities. Call Owner (845)679-8259.

WOODSTOCK: SMALL 1-BEDROOM COTTAGE on quiet road. Interior newly renovated. Great new bathroom. (Outdoors will be when weather permits). 1 beautiful acre. Small stream. 10-15 minutes from center of town. $950/month. (845)417-5282.

WOODSTOCK/LAKE HILL. Come stay w/us in May and experience Catskill country spring! Fully furnished share in restored colonial farmhouse available for one month. $600 includes all utilities. NS, NP. homestayny@msn.com. 845-679-2564.

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west of woodstock rentals

1-BEDROOM COTTAGE available on beautiful large acreage, Big Indian. $500/month plus utilities. Includes maintenance responsibilities 5 hours/week- mowing, painting, pool, etc. (845)254-5905 before 8 p.m.

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greene county rentals

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Mountain views. Large balcony. Village setting. Trees, woods, lakes, swimming, skiing/snow boarding, movies, sports, cafes. Clean, renovated, hardwood floors, friendly environment. $800/month. Close to Woodstock & Thruway. Maggie (518)589-6101.

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vacation rentals

FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com

500

seasonal rentals

CHARMING, MODERN LOG HOME GETAWAY in woods, 3 miles Woodstock.

2-bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, fireplace, laundry, cable, 2 porches, pond, gazebo. $295/weekend plus security plus references.

Available longer period. 718-479-0393.

FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com LUXURY SEASONAL RENTAL-on Yankeetown Pond w/dock, row boat and lovely water & mountain VIEWS! Stunning living spaces, incl. gourmet kitchen, formal DR, great room w/stone fireplace, master BR and much more. A fantastic Summer retreat. Avail. Memorial DayLabor Day for $19,000 or shorter term w/2-mo. minimum for June ($5,500), July & August ($7,500 ea.). Call Sara Cohen, WM&B Realty, Ltd., (845)633-1287 mobile for details.

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

HAVE A DEAD TREE...

CALL ME!

www.jersville.com | 845-679-5832

Dietz Tree Service Inc.

P R I M E W O O D S T O C K 2-BR/BA LOCATION on NYC bus route, near shopping, restaurants ~ 2-story home, 2.5 private acres ~ Charming, quiet lane off of Rt 375 ~ Full kitchen & dining room ~ Skylight, screened porch, linens ~ Wifi, cable, pets ok. $2495/mo. Owner 917.822.0493

Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding, Firewood

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rentals wanted

COUPLE (WRITERS/NON-SMOKERS) LOOKING to RENT Cabin or small house in Woodstock area, June through October.

Quiet, rural setting preferred. Furnished/ unfurnished. Have local references. 646303-2409.

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rentals to share

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for sale

ART SUPPLIES; rulers, paints, pens, pencils, markers, paper cutter, grease markers. If interested make an offer on all of it.

PICTURES; framed and matted; small pics- $5 each, medium pics; $10 each, large pics; $20 each. Cash and carry. Call 845-2550909.

EXTANG HARD TONNEAU COVER, trifold for a Toyota Tacoma, (can IMPROVE gas mileage by 10%) current 5’ bed style, black, excellent condition. Call (845)2558352.

FARM TABLES: Catskill Mountain Farm Tables handcrafted from 19th century barn wood. Heirloom quality, custom-made to any size. Also available, Bluestone topped tables w/wormy chestnut bases. Ken, Atwood Furniture, 845-657-8003.

LEG EXTENSION & LEG CURL MACHINE w/weights attached. Plus more exercise equipment.... Call (845)255-8352.

MACKISSICGARDEN/FARMSPRAYER. Tank is about 30 gal., powerful gasoline engine pumps spray up to 300 psi, adjustable pressure. Comes with 25’ hose that stores on attached hose rack. Good working condition. Starts right up. $300. 255-0417 or 917247-1547. BLUEBERRY/BIRD NETTING. Strong, woven netting, drapes well and is UV resistant. Two nets: 1” openings @ 22x35 feet for $65; 3/4” openings @ 13x25 feet for $45.

Make an offer. 255-0417 or 917-247-1547 SAILFISH SAILBOAT. Alcor brand. In good condition, with all parts except for a keel (which is easily made or bought). About 13 feet long. $325 or best offer. 255-0417 or 917-647-1549.

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(845)255-7259 Residential / Municipalities

605

firewood for sale

ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood.

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!

Top quality wood at reasonable prices.

914-388-9607 Getwood123@gmail.com We accept cash, checks, & credit cards.

www.getwood123.com You will not be disappointed!!

MOUNTAINSIDE HOME TO SHARE. Views, meadows, fireplace, sunny deck, bedroom plus office/studio available for quiet, respectful, employed, non-smoker. Wellbehaved cat okay. Sorry, no dogs. $850/ month plus utilities. 845-679-5176.

tree services

620

buy and swap

BOTTOM LINE... I pay the highest prices for old furniture, antiques of every description. Paintings, lamps, rugs, porcelain, bronzes, silver, etc. One item to entire contents. Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972). (845)389-7286.

OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.)

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

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vendors needed

FLEA HARDSCRABBLE

MARKET & GARAGE SALE

845-758-1170 • Call John EVERY SUN 8-4 pm March thru December All Vendors Wanted Spots start at $12 to $35

#Special Bulletin#

HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding, Firewood. (845)255-7259.

Residential, Municipalities.

FULLY INSURED

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LAWLESS TREE SERVICE

CERTIFIED ARBORIST • CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

STUMP GRINDING ALLEN LAWLESS • 845-247-2838 SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK CELL.: 845-399-9659

Set up 3 weeks in a row and get 4th week

FREE pay week-by-week Must pay upon arrival.

HELP WANTED Holy Cow Shopping Center Red Hook, NY

660

estate/ moving sale

IT’S THE “NOTHING UNDER $20, NO JUNK” FURNITURE ESTATE SALE! Stylish Farmhouse Furnishings and Art At Bargain Prices including: Sofas, Dining Tables, Chairs, Cabinets, Outdoor Furniture, Pool Chaises, Books and Tableware. Cash or Local Check w/ID. Bring packing material and park on the road please. RAIN OR SHINE. Saturday, MAY 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. ONLY. 273 PLOCHMANN LANE, WOODSTOCK. See you there!

670

yard and garage sales

D&H CANAL MUSEUM’S SUNDAY Flea Market, Rt. 213 in the heart of High Falls.

Art, antiques, collectibles, etc. OPENING DAY- April 13-November, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Contact Joni (845)810-0471.

GLASCO 7th Annual Huge Neighborhood Sale.

“Many families” Sat. 5/10; 9-3.

All streets in Glasco incl. down by river.

Rain/shine.

HUGE GROUP YARD SALE, Saturday, May 3, at the Woodstock Tennis Club, 1750 Sawkill Road, across from the Zena Elementary School. Hours: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Furniture, home goods etc. Rain Date: Sunday, May 4.

HUGE YARD SALE. New, used clothes, shoes, Turkish, Asian jewelry, children’s items. Next to Boiceville Market, Rte 28.

Sat/Sun, 5/3 & 5/4, 10am-5pm.

MOWER’S SATURDAY/SUNDAY FLEA MARKET; Maple Lane, Woodstock. Every weekend starting May 17th. Antiques, collectibles, produce & Reusables. GOOGLE US! 845679-6744. woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com

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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

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

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly. 10 years experience. Live-in or hourly. References available. Ulster County area. (845)901-8513 IF YOU USED THE BLOOD THINNER PRADAXA and suffered internal bleeding, hemorrhaging, required hospitalization or a loved one died while taking Pradaxa between October 2010 and the present.

You may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-5355727 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.

All health is local.

Read Healthy Hudson Valley.

Health news from Ulster Publishing online at healthyhudsonvalley.com

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art services

OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished. Also frames & wood sculptures repaired. Call Carol 6877813. c.field@earthlink.net

710

cleaning services

Shandaken, NY 845-688-2253

845-657-2494 845-389-0504

• Interior & Exterior painting • Power Washing • Sheetrock & Plaster Repair • Free Estimates 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. Residential and Commercial Specializing in decks, fences, roofs, driveways, patios.

FREE ESTIMATES, FULLY INSURED Accepting All Major Credit Cards

845-331-4966, 845-249-8668

A HELPING HAND... Professional housekeeper has available hours. No job too big or small. Extremely thorough, competitive pricing. Excellent refs. Serving Ulster & Dutchess counties. melissa.a.thomas621@gmail.com or 845-901-6250.

PREMIER WINDOW CLEANING Gutter Cleaning Services, Inc.

Free Estimates • Fully Insured

Chris Lopez • 845-256-7022

ULSTER WINDOW CLEANING CO. **Estate, **Residential. **Free Estimates, Fully Insured.

Call 679-3879

COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices • Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)688-2253.

caretaking/ home management

ASHOKAN STORE-IT Ask About Our Long Term Storage Discount

Contact Jason Habernig

MAID IN AMERICA. Home/Office cleaning in the greater Kingston area and Northern Dutchess. Regular visits or 1 time cleaning.

Windows. Attentive to detail. Many years experience and excellent local references.

(845)514-2510.

717

Incorporated 1985

• Residential / Commercial • Moving • Delivery • Trucking • Local & NYC Metro Areas

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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SPRING SPECIAL! TRANSFORMATION RESTORATION

Interior/Exterior Painting Deck Staining • Power Washing 10% OFF ALL QUOTES FOR SENIORS CALL TODAY! References available • Fully Insured

Call Chris 845-902-3020

*PAINTING STANDARD.* Affordable, On-Schedule, Quality. Residential/ Commercial. Interior/Exterior. Neat, Polite, Professional. Now taking SPRING/ SUMMER reservations. Call (845)5271252.

CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)6882253.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, clean-outs.

Second home caretaking. All small/medium jobs considered. Artist friendly. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References.

Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

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.

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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.

725

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

BOILERS, (oil & gas), FURNACES, HOT WATER HEATERS INSTALLED, SERVICED & REPAIRED. Water leaks repaired. Emergency service available.

SPRING SPECIAL- heating system cleaning & tune-up; $120 PLUS TAX. Call Mike Areizaga (845)340-0429.

General & Extraordinary Contracting New Residential Homes Additions • Renovations codylunati@aol.com | 845-453-0215

Quality is in our name since 1989 AA Statuary & Weathervane Co. Liquidation Sale

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more redrockgardencenter.com 845-569-1117

Stoneridge Electrical Services www.stoneridgeelectric.com w

West Hurley Masonry

Authorized Dealer & Installer

Block foundations, block additions, brick veneer, stone veneer, restoration & repairs, masonry cleaning

Low-Rate Financing Available

e w Emergency Generators r y LICENSED 331-4227 INSURED

845-389-3894

CAPITOL ELECTRIC. www.capitalelectric-ny.com. New electrical systems, service upgrades, pool wiring, emergency generators, electrical repair & maintenance. Over 25 years experience. licensed & insured.

845-255-7088

740

building services

AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN SERVICES. Carpentry of all kinds- rough to finish and built-ins. Bathroom and kitchen renos to small plumbing repairs. New tile surfaces or repairs. New floors finished or repaired.

Door and window replacements or repair.

Porches, decks, stairs. Electrical installs and repair. Insured, References. 845-857-5843.

WOLF CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR

All Phases of Construction Over 20 years of Experience ~ Fully Insured ~ No Job Too Big or Small e-mail: johnsen.marc@gmail.com

845•853•4291

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.

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.

760

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Professional Craftsmanship for all Phases of Construction

845-331-4844 hughnameit@yahoo.com

Siebeking

Home Repairs & Renovations Carpentry, Painting, Tile Work, General Repairs and much more...

Fully Insured Steve Siebeking 845-389-6201

gardening/ landscaping

Specializing in Tibetan Stone Masonry

Building with pride.

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

QUALITY LUNATI BUILDERS, INC.

Shambhala Stone Mason

Brick Work Patio Work Stone Flooring Stone Garden Layout • Painting Work • Various other stone related work

www.shambhalastonemason.com luorongyapi@gmail.com.

(845) 399-1063, (646) 898-9808 7 days a week service!

Landscaping Lawn installation Ponds Retaining walls Stone work ...and much more

Excavation Site work Drain ¿elds Land clearing Septic systems Demolition Driveways

Paramount Contracting & Development Corp.

Inter Ted’s

iors & Remodeling In c.

From Walls to Floors, Ceilings to Doors, Decks, Siding & More.

Reliable, Dependable & Insured Call for an estimate

845-688-7951

www.tedsinteriors.com AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING All Phases of Construction Roofing • Siding • Kitchens • Baths • Decks • Tile • Flooring Fully Insured ~ Free Estimates

Julien Hillyer West Hurley, NY • 845-684-7036

William Watson • Residential / Commercial

SNOW PLOWING & SANDING Call William, for your free estimate (845) 401-6637

Down to Earth Landscaping Quality service from the ground up

• • • • •

Specializing in: Hardscape Tree trimming Fences Koi ponds Snow plowing

Benjamin Watson, Owner Phone: (845) 389-3028

RG COMPLETE LANDSCAPING & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

845-246-0225 Field Mowing Reasonably Priced Quality Work

by Rim 845-594-8705

A-1 SCREENED TOPSOIL, garden compost, manures, crushed or washed round stone, fill, pool sand, item #4, wallstone, mulches, landclearing, septic systems, lawns, ponds, demolition, paving, roads. Ron Biscoe Excavating & Paving (845)505-3890.

PERRIENIAL LIGHT GARDENING. Specializing in perennial flower gardens, sustainable vegetable & herb gardens.

Design, installation and maintenance.

25 years experience. Free consultation with full portfolio. www.bluehealing.com Patrice, 203-246-5711.

PREMIUM BLACK TOPSOIL. Screened and mixed with organic manure. Special garden mix, organic compost, stone, sand, fill and other products available. Lab tested w/results provided upon request. NYS, DOT & DEP approved. Excellent quality.

Any quantity. Loaded or delivered. 33+ years of service. 845-389-6989, 845-6870030 RICK’S NATURAL GARDEN CARE. Let Rick help get your garden ready and keep it the way you want. Pruning, Planting, improvements, short- or long-term organic methods. Master Gardener Trained.

(845)616-5410.

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excavating services

950

animals

ADOPT A RESCUED DOG, CAT or RABBIT. Come see us at the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston.

(845)331-5377. DOGS: Sheba; 7-years old & has spent the majority of her life at shelters. Please give her the life she has always dreamed of! Spot; 4-year old mixed breed. Needs lots of love & calm house. Can be shy when meeting new people but once he loves you, it’s forever!

Meko; Best w/experienced dog owners.

Sweet & will protect you from anything!

He’ll be your best buddy. Dutchess; 3-year old Neapolitan Mastiff. She’s very playful w/dogs & would do best in home w/no children as sometimes she does’t know her own strength. Briggs; 2-year old mixed breed who loves to go for runs & gets along great w/dogs & cats. I’d like a home w/adults or older children. NEW! Bilbo; 2-year old male lab mix, separation anxiety, better w/ adults, likes other dogs & has an interest in cats. CATS: 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 roam. Jasmine; 9-year old female. This beautiful & 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! Vindaloo; Long Hair, friendly neutered male tan/ black/white. Goosfrahba; Large neutered male; white w/tiger markings & VERY friendly. NEW! Raven; 2-years old, female, all black cat is affectionate, vocal & an absolute pleasure to be around; Hammerjaw; 2-year old gray tiger who was a victim of the New Paltz hoarding case a year ago. Even though he came from such a horrible situation, he’s a loving cat who wants to be around people. RABBITS; Viper; Spayed female rabbit; very friendly, uses litter box; Viper is a brown Flemish Giant Cross.

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Smoking cessation • pain management stress relief • past life regressions.

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MYSTERY; about 10-years old & is a total lap cat. She came to the shelter w/a rash over her whole body. Her skin is beautiful now but she is still feeling the stress of not being in a home. She eats special food as we think she may have food allergies. She’s a petite polydactyl tuxedo so her extra toes can hug you even more! STARFISH; also petite, has a beautiful gray coat & golden eyes. She’s been in the shelter for more than a year. She’s one of the cats rescued from a huge humane law seizure. Before she was rescued, Starfish was picked on by some of the other cats in the hoarder’s house & suffered skin wounds that are improving but taking quite a long time to heal. About 2-3 years & we think a loving home (foster or adoptive) would give Starfish the peace she needs to fully recover.

She’s such a sweet & friendly kitty. Separate foster or adoptive homes would be fine for Mystery and Starfish. Please call the Ulster County SPCA at (845)331-5377 extension 218 (Cat Supervisor) to find out more about these two lovely cats.

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

960

pet care

Hair of the Dog

Dog Grooming

845.514.0603

We’ve moved... just 4.5 miles past Rte. 375

3179 Rte. 28 at Winchell’s Corners

255-8281

633-0306

Pet Sitting Playdates Dog Walking s plu PETWATCH Loving Cat Care est. 1987 1987 est.

679-6070 Susan Susan Roth Roth 679-6070

pet’s reward..... VETERINARY HOUSE CALLS. Dr. B. MacMULLEN. (845)3392516. Serving Ulster County for 10+ years.

Very Reasonable Rates, Multiple Pet Discount... Compassionate, Professional, Courteous. *Pet Exams, *Vaccines, *Blood Work, *Lyme Testing, *Flea & Tick Prevention, *Rx Diet, *Euthanasia at home.

990

boats/ recreational vehicles

SAILFISH SAILBOAT. Alcor brand. In good condition, with all parts except for a keel (which is easily made or bought). About 13 feet long. $325 or best offer. 255-0417 or 917-647-1549.

999

vehicles wanted

CASH PAID FOR USED cars & trucks regardless of condition. Junk cars removed.

Call 246-0214. DMV# 7107350.

1000

vehicles

1997 NISSAN XE, 4x4, parts truck with low mileage on a rebuilt engine, 4 good tires, good brakes. Runs excellent. Rust on the frame. Asking $1000. 845-688-2527.

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.

2010 DODGE AVENGER SXT. Automatic, 4 door, 80k, silver, nice condition. $10,500.

Call 845-664-0493.

FOR ADOPTION

Two glorious kittens!

We are seven months old. I’m Sasha, a petite tuxedo (black and white) and my handsome gray brother is Simon.

We have been spayed and neutered, are up to date with shots and are litter pan trained. We are extremely shy and need a home where people will give us time to trust. We are living in a beautiful foster home but are ready to be a part of a permanent family. If you have lots of patience and love and would like to meet us,

please call (917) 282-2018

Septic Systems • Drainage Driveways • Tree Removal Retaining Walls • Ponds

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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.

I CAN READ!!! (I’m Sampson, a healthy, good natured & (I’m told) handsome CAT guy; solid black w/green eyes.) I was used to being in a home but somehow I was left alone & freezing in the streets of Kingston during this very cold winter. I came begging at someone’s door- I saw the welcome mat! A wonderful person helped me by feeding me & keeping me safe. I’ve also been neutered, had vaccines for rabies & distemper, tested negative for FIV or FeLV, litter box trained and get along w/ other kitties. If you’d like to meet me, love me and be friends “furever”, please call 347-258-2725.

THE HEN & THE COD The Codfish lays ten thousand eggs, The Chicken lays but one; But a Codfish never cackles to tell you what she’s done.

And so, we scorn the Codfish, while the humble Hen we prize; Which only goes to show you that: IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE!

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Phone: 845-334-8200 E-mail: ads@ulsterpublishing.com Web: ulsterpublishing.com/advertise

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