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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 51 | Dec. 19 – 26 Music Mark Rosen’s annual rock ’n’ roll Christmas Eve radio show • Bard’s Dawn Upshaw cops three Emmy nominations • Zappa tribute at The Falcon Stage Rosendale screens National Theatre from London’s 50 Years on Stage • A Child’s Christmas at Cragsmoor Nature Winter Solstice Walk, Christmas Bird Count & raptor outing Movie Frozen: Snowbound or Broadway-bound?

Kids Almanac What to do with the kids this holiday season Taste Yuletide dessert recipes

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EVERYTHING THAT ROSEN PLAYS come from his personal collection, and you will never hear most of it on any other radio program. Rosen is careful to keep it 100 percent family-friendly

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Williams. The concert will conclude with music of the season.

A season subscription to all four concerts costs $100. Individual tickets cost $30; student tickets (with valid college ID) go for $15. All individual tickets will be general admission. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.esopuschamberorchestra.com.

New Paltz record collector Mark Rosen’s annual rock ‘n’ roll Christmas Eve radio show

Handel’s Messiah Sing-along this Saturday in Hudson Have you ever wanted to sing the Messiah? Be part of the action on Saturday, December 21, when conductor Gwen Gould leads an impromptu chorus, including you, in a Handel’s Messiah Sing-along. The performance happens at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Fourth and Warren Streets in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 828-7513 or visit http://claveracklanding.org.

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retired English teacher and a record store doyen right out of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, New Paltz’s Mark Rosen will hip you to the genuine, the obscure and the woefully underappreciated in pop music if you let him; and while he’s at it, he may gently disabuse you of a couple of your more blatant…abuses.

Cultural hygiene is all our concern.

One of Rosen’s many specialties is rock ‘n’ roll Christmas music, a passion that threatens to blossom into a second profession. For more than 30 years, Rosen has been hosting a Christmas Eve radio program on which he airs out his worldclass collection of non-traditional seasonal music.

Rosen began collecting Christmas records in 1979 after hearing Lenny Kaye from the Patti Smith Group guest deejaying on the short-lived punk/New Wave radio station WPIX. Kaye spun Christmas music by Smith and by the Greedies (an oddball supergroup featuring Phil Lynott

Bard’s Dawn Upshaw cops three Emmy nominations

LP in Mark Rosen’s holiday record collection

of Thin Lizzy and two members of the Sex Pistols); but Huey Piano Smith’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Santa Claus” was the real revelation for Rosen, and his fate was sealed a week later when he found a copy of Huey’s Christmas LP in a crate on the floor of a closet-sized record store in Poughkeepsie.

All collections begin at one, and this was

the one.

By 1990, Rosen’s collection and expertise had matured enough that he could publish a full-length article for Goldmine magazine: “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree: A Rock and Roll Christmas WrapUp.” The piece chronicled rock ‘n’ roll Christmas music starting with the prerock ‘n’ roll years and ending with ‘80s punk and New Wave.

Rosen deejayed his first Christmas Eve on WDST in 1982. That show lasted two hours. For the next 29 years, his oncea-year show moved to WPDH and was extended to five hours. This year, WPDH is switching to a national feed, and Rosen takes his five hours of scholarly, personalized holiday joy to ROCK 93.3. The show runs from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight: right around the time that the WPIX Yule log starts dying down.

Everything that Rosen plays come from his personal collection, and you will never hear most of it on any other radio program. Rosen is careful to keep it 100 percent family-friendly.

Songs this year will include: “Away in a Manger” by Paul Westerberg, a surf-guitar version of “Little Drummer Boy” by the Bomboras, “Do You Hear What I Hear?” using “Baba O’Reilly” as a musical bed by Spiraling, “The Season’s upon Us” by the Dropkick Murphys, a 1960 beatnik version of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” called “Cool Yule” by Donny Burns and “Mistletoe Love” from 1963 by James Fenda and the Vulcans (the only Merseybeat Christmas song ever), as well as songs by Big Star, Art Carney, Blondie and many more.

– John Burdick

Esopus Chamber Orchestra & Kairos play SUNY-Ulster Under the direction of Nadège Foofat, the Esopus Chamber Orchestra celebrates its fifth year of performances in the Hudson Valley with a performance on Saturday, December 21 at the Quimby Theater on the campus of SUNY-Ulster at 8 p.m. Tania Halko-Susi, principal violist of Esopus, and the Hudson Valley-based Kairos: A Consort of Singers will be featured in an evening of English music

by Britten, Elgar, Holst and Vaughan

Winter Morning Walks, a new album by soprano Dawn Upshaw, has been nominated for three Grammy awards including Best Contemporary Classical Composition and Best Classical Vocal Solo. Upshaw is the artistic direc-

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SNOWFLAKE PLAYS BSP IN KINGSTON THIS FRIDAY

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oodstock-based producer D. James Goodwin’s solo project Snowflake is exactly the kind of psychedelic rock sonic feast that you’d expect from an accomplished modern rock producer and studio-owner with a lot of tricks and toys at his disposal. What may come as a surprise is the supple, subtle Pink Floydian assurance of his songcraft. Snowflake’s arrangements are explosively dynamic, populated with all manner of blissed and distressed sounds in spaces luminous and spooky.

But always at the center is Goodwin’s serene vocal delivery, more Gilmour than Waters in its dispassionate but agreeable ease.

That this is some masterful, top-shelf psych/pop is kind of beyond question.

You’ll know that within 30 seconds of the outset of Seeds of the Dead, a four-song EP that Snowflake has released in advance of the full-length LP We All Grow toward the Sea. What you’re likely to wonder, however, is exactly how Goodwin intends to manage and reproduce these dense studio productions live. Look no further: Snowflake celebrates its LP release at BSP in Kingston on Friday, December 20.

Goodwin, who has worked with Kaki King, Murder by Death, Bobby, Norah Jones, the Bravery and Devo among others, is well-connected in the art/rock world, and it shows on the bill. Ultrem, a project of resident art/rock luminaries like Grasshopper and the ubiquitous Matthew Cullen, kicks things off, followed

by Tunde Adebimpe, frontman of those important millennial noisemakers TV on the Radio.

Tickets cost $10. The show begins at 9 p.m. BSP is located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, visit www.bspkingston.com.

– John Burdick

rock world that it once dominated?

Rosendale’s Market Market aims to find out on Saturday, December 21, when, for the first time in over three years of events, the Tributon series honors not just a single artist but also a single record.

Phair’s 18-song opus was said (mostly by Liz herself ) to be a track-by-track response to Exile on Main Street. That theory hasn’t held up so well over time, but the music sure has. Exile in Guyville is a tour de force of tuneful and audacious songwriting that both exemplifies and transcends the private-school, deconstructive indierock sensibility of the early ‘90s. When it rocks, it does in fact mimic the impaired, cocky swagger of Mick Taylor-era Stones; but the real charms of Exile in Guyville lie its many colors of lo-fi bedroom ballad: “Dance of the Seven Veils,” “Explain It to Me,” “Canary” and “Flower,” several of which sound more like a feminist retort to Big Star’s epically weird Sister Lovers than to any classic rock staple.

If you are already down with Exile in Guyville, you certainly won’t want to miss our local luminaries as they take a swing at it. But if this is your opportunity to hip up and get to know what is truly a decadedefining work, take it. You’ll understand everything that has happened since just

a little better.

The Tributon starts at 10 p.m. There is no cover charge. Market Market is located at 1 Madeline Lane in Rosendale.

For more information, visit www.marketmarketcafe.com.

– John Burdick

Paul Green Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas Spectacular at Bearsville this Friday The Paul Green Rock ‘n’ Roll Christmas Spectacular will be held on Friday, December 21 at 8 p.m. at the Bearsville Theater. The doors open at 7 p.m. General admission tickets (standing room only) cost $20 and reserved seating ranges from $30 to $50. Tickets are available online and may be picked up at the theater box office on the day of the show.

Featured acts are Marco Benevento, Tracy Bonham, the Five Points Band, Aaron Freeman (Ween), Zach Tenorio Miller and Jocie Adams (Arc Iris/Low Anthem), Simi Stone, the Paul Green Rock Academy, Sean Brierty, Robert Burke Warren, Peter Dougan, Dave Dreiwitz, Heidi Emmerich, Lee Falco, Paul Green, Lisa Soden Green, Ida Hakkila, Rachel Ha-

THECENTERFORPERFORMINGARTS 845-876-3080 ATRHINEBECK For box office and information:

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December 20-22 8 pm Friday 3pm & 8pm Saturday 3 pm Sunday Tickets: $20 Now in its tenth glorious year, this faithful rendering of Charles Dickens’ immortal ghost story features traditional holiday carols sung throughout and the most unusual ghosts you’ll ever encounter. Don’t miss this year’s presentation as next year we’re going to present something completely different as our holiday gift to the community. A CENTERstage production written and directed by Lou Trapani.

Let’s Get Merry with George Conrad December 27, 8 pm Friday • Tickets: $20

Accompanied by maestro Joel Flowers on The CENTER’s Steinway, the incomparable Mr. Conrad will sing the season’s most popular songs, with a few little-known surprises thrown in for good measure. Yet another CENTER holiday tradition, Mr. Conrad is the perfect gift of the season.

Music Through the Ages tor of the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program.

On Winter Morning Walks Upshaw collaborates for the second time with jazz composer Maria Schneider. Their first collaborative piece, The Carlos Drummond de Andrade Stories, was based on the works of Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade and was commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and premiered in 2008.

Winter Morning Walks, a song cycle based on the work of Pulitzer Prizewinning US poet laureate Ted Kooser, was commissioned by the Ojai Festival and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Lindsey Webster Band plays Bearsville The Bearsville Theater presents the uptown blues of the Lindsey Webster Band on Friday, December 20 at 9 p.m. Webster’s band features creamof-the-crop players: Brandon Morrison on bass, Dan Hickey on drums and Keith Slattery on keyboards. Tickets cost $10 general admission.

The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-4406 or visit www.bearsvilletheater.com.

Tributon at Rosendale’s Market Market to honor Liz Phair Does Liz Phair’s debut album Exile in Guyville still resonate in the indie-

with David Temple December 28-29 8 pm Saturday • 3 pm Sunday Tickets: $20

This program of classical guitar will be a musical walk through time, starting in Renaissance Italy and moving through baroque Germany, classical Vienna, romantic Spain, impressionist France and into 20th-century South America — with a few other stops along the way. Works

by Gaililei, Dowland, O’Carolan, Bach, Sor, Tarrega, Satie, Villa-Lobos and others.

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Tickets: 9 for adults; $7 for children in advance or at the door The Puppet People’s

A Saturday, Christmas Carol December 21 at 11 am Warm your hearts with Dickens’ classic. Watch Mean Ol’ Scrooge as he discovers Christmas is not HUMBUG! The Puppet People’s spectacular show features beautiful marionettes, holiday music and guaranteed smiles! Join us after the show for treats and a visit from Santa!

Winter/Spring Workshop Programs Begin February 4 Kids on Stage, Intro to Adult Acting and Teen Music Theatre (TMT) classes!

NEW! Register anywhere, anytime with our online registration system: www.centerforperformingarts.org/education.

For more information, contact the Education Office at (845) 876-3088 ext. 13.

The Center is located at 661 Rte. 308, See you 3.5 miles east of the light in the at The Village of Rhinebeck CENTER!

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vens, Chelsea McGinty, Foster McGinty, Brandon Morrison, Isaac Sorensen and the Phoenicia Ukulele Armada.

Flash photography is not permitted.

For more information, contact sponsor Radio Woodstock at (845) 679-7600 or visit www.bearsvilletheater.com.

Tom Pacheco’s peace concert in Rosendale “Artists, poets, writers, witches, priests/At the Grand Union buy groceries” sings Tom Pacheco in “The Hills of Woodstock,” a bardic bit of local color from his 1997 Jim Weiderproduced album Woodstock Winter.

Pacheco may be the epitome of the journeyman folkie, as restless in his impossibly prolific writing as he has been in a life that has taken him from his Massachusetts childhood to Austin, Nashville, Dublin and – on several different occasions – Woodstock.

Timeless, political, comic or mythological: No subject is off-limits in Pacheco’s enormous catalogue of songs. The only constants are the lucidity of his observations and his clean, metrically precise lines. So much new folk plays by an unwritten commandment: Thou shalt not recognize or mention anything that happened after 1960. The abdication of the present has its aesthetic uses, of course, and Dylan and the Band often played by their own version of the same code. But while Pacheco can evoke that weird old America with the best of them, he also recognizes that a newsy topicality has always been part of the folk inheritance, and folk music cannot fulfill its purpose without that critical eye on the present.

His recent song “YouTube” is a lavishly detailed catalogue of Internet Age absurdities, outrages and indignities in a 12-bar saloon blues: “Nothing’s sacred anymore, dude; put it on YouTube.”

Pacheco’s life story is worth reading. It is full of far-flung travels, near-misses, major label signings and dumpings, sustained success abroad and a lot of time repairing in the Catskills. Speaking of which: Tom Pacheco plays at the Rosendale Café on Saturday, December 21 at 8 p.m. He’ll be joined for part of his set by Woodstock man of letters and Dobro-player Brian Hollander, who makes noise locally in the Saturday Night Bluegrass Band, a collective of heavy-hitting pickers and grinners.

Admission costs $15.

The Rosendale Café is located at 434 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, visit www.rosendalecafe.com or call (845) 658-9048. For more on Tom Pacheco, visit www.tompacheco.com.

– John Burdick

“Get Merry with George Conrad” in Rhinebeck next Friday On Friday, December 27, we’re all invited to “Get Merry with George Conrad” at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck. Accompanied by maestro Joel Flowers on the Center’s Steinway, Conrad will sing the season’s most popular songs, with a few little-known surprises thrown in for good measure. The performance begins at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20.

The Center for the Performing Arts is located at 661 Route 308 in Rhinebeck.

For tickets or additional information, call (845) 876-3080 or visit www.centerforperformingarts.org.

Neurofeedback lecture this Saturday at Woodstock Library The Friends of the Woodstock Library will sponsor “Changing Your Brain, Changing Your Mind,” an illustrated forum on neurofeedback techniques, on Saturday, December 21 at 5 p.m. at the Woodstock Library, located at 5 Library Lane in Woodstock. Lin-

Members of the Ed Palermo Big Band

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Can we be Frank?

The Falcon in Marlboro hosts Zappa tribute with Ed Palermo & Napoleon Murphy Brock this Saturday

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d Palermo’s idiosyncratic big band was born to serve the idiosyncratic music of composer/rock star Frank Zappa, supporting the “serious composer” part of Zappa’s legacy and emphasizing the instrumental pieces that Zappa composed in his final years. Zappa was an avowed fan of the experimental French composer Edgar Varèse and of Looney Tunes house composer Carl Stalling. Palermo’s arrangements capture the skittish ADHD and the 20th-century legitimacy of Zappa’s music perfectly. They also rock.

Palermo’s project exemplifies a new and bracing trend in Zappa studies. Some Zappa enthusiasts regard Frank as a social satirist and seer of a very high order, seating him somewhere between George Carlin and Noam Chomsky. Some, like me, do not. It refreshing to hear Zappa’s music mostly disentangled from the fatiguing, relentless mockery and sneer of his lyrics.

Even son Dweezil’s recent “Zappa Plays Zappa” performances have distanced themselves from the more specious social commentary and sophomoric sexuality of the Zappa oeuvre by focusing on his largely instrumental, guitar-heavy output of the mid-‘70s. Gone is the giant-inflatable-dildo theatricality. Good riddance! What remains is a body of work of such extreme musical challenge that it has made Zappa the Miles Davis of rock: the bandleader whose vision, musical voracity and grueling work ethic produced a generation of ace sidemen – gymnastic instrumental technicians who carry his brand forward.

On Saturday, December 21 at the Falcon in Marlboro, Palermo and his band will be joined by cult-of-Zappa royalty Napoleon Murphy Brock, one of the most gifted and recognizable singers and multi-instrumentalists in all the Zappasphere. The show begins at 7 p.m. Per usual at Tony Falco’s shrine of great music, there is no price of admission – just an earnest call for a substantive donation.

The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, call (845) 236-7970 or visit www.liveatthefalcon. com.

– John Burdick

coln Stoller, PhD, will teach methods to improve cognitive function and recover from emotional trauma through changing one’s brainwaves. The event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.

Joy workshop this Thursday at Saugerties Public Library Joy is a natural antidote to negative states and a great equalizer, giving us back our natural sense of delight in being alive. The Saugerties Public Library at 91 Washington Avenue will host a free class led by Carol Bean, creator of “The Tender Heart of Joy,” on Thursday, December 19 at 6 p.m.

Explore five ways to activate joy. For

more information, call (845) 246-4317 or visit www.saugertiespubliclibrary. org.

Rosendale hosts laughter yoga benefit for Katmandu library A laughter yoga benefit is being held to pay for shipping books donated by the Rosendale Library to a new library being created in Katmandu, Nepal. Rosendale resident Lauren Yanks and the nonprofit Children of Tomorrow are creating the library: part of their various projects bringing educational opportunities to impoverished and trafficked children in Nepal and India.

The library will be connected with Sam-

riddhi College, a new educational facility that the group is opening in Katmandu, its name taken from the Sanskrit word for prosperity. The library will be open to the public, and will also run outreach programs as part of a grant from the One Laptop per Child global early education program. More information is available at www.childrenoftomorrow.org.

Laughter yoga is a technique for inducing laughter in individuals and groups, with various health and wellness benefits. For about half an hour, people interact in childlike ways while laughing, and quickly liven up any gathering. No special equipment or mats are needed.

The trick is that the brain doesn’t know the difference between intentional and spontaneous laughter, and releases the same uplifting chemicals either way. See www.laughingataging.com.

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A Child’s Christmas in Cragsmoor Stone Church hosts live reading of classic Dylan Thomas poem this Sunday

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e always hear a lot this time of year about holiday traditions involving beloved works of art in a variety of media like The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life. But for many, it wouldn’t feel like a proper Yuletide without listening to a recording of Dylan Thomas reading his classic poem A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

What makes that holiday tradition particularly interesting are the facts that 1) it would never have happened at all, if not for the persistence of two 22-year-old young women from New York City who tried to sneak backstage at the 92nd Street Y 60 years ago and get the poet’s permission to record him reading his works; and 2) it was largely responsible for the modern success of the audiobook industry, nowadays estimated to rake in between one and two billion dollars annually.

The 1952 recording by Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Roney that included A Child’s Christmas in Wales was the very first offering in the catalogue of what would become Caedmon Records, the first company to specialize entirely in spoken-word audio recordings. It proved a huge hit, leading to a series of hundreds of LPs – and later, cassettes and CDs – devoted to recordings of serious literary works, in many cases read aloud by the author. The records found a hungry audience in a postwar generation acquiring college degrees via the GI Bill, and in thousands of school libraries thanks to increased aid to education under the LBJ administration.

The voices of such leading lights of 20th-century culture as Tennessee Williams, Archibald MacLeish, Eudora Welty, e. e. cummings, W. H. Auden, William Faulkner, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bertrand Russell, Ezra Pound and John Steinbeck were captured for posterity by Caedmon. Thomas Mann read aloud in his original German, Colette, Cocteau, Genet and Camus in French and J. R. R. Tolkien in Elvish. If you had to memorize the introduction to The Canterbury Tales in Middle English back in your schooldays, chances are pretty good that you learned it off a Caedmon recording. But still today, long after the label got bought up by HarperCollins, A Child’s Christmas in Wales remains one of its perennial favorites.

Dylan Thomas may be no longer among us, but the Cragsmoor Historical Society will be presenting a live recitation of his most popular work on Sunday afternoon, December 22 at 3 p.m. at the Stone Church in Cragsmoor. Fittingly, the work will be read by a local poet, Tom Gale, who is also known for

The event takes place on Friday, December 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Canaltown Alley, behind the Rosendale Theatre. The laughter yoga starts around 6:15 p.m., and the event will include a silent auction. Donations are encouraged to pay for shipping books to Nepal. For more information, call (845) 616-6764.

Mount Tremper Arts awarded NEA Art Works grant Mount Tremper Arts (MTA) will receive a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Art Works grant, recommended for a first-time award of $15,000 to support the commissioning of four artists for its annual Summer Festival in 2014.

Now in its seventh year, the MTA Summer Festival is recognized internationally as an innovative forum for contemporary artists to create and share new works of art within the setting of the Catskill Park.

The grant will allow MTA to increase the fees paid to its resident artists significantly, fulfilling MTA’s mission of promoting not only artistic excellence but also a cultural environment where artists receive living wages and can live an economically sustainable way of life. For more information, visit www.mounttremperarts.org.

6:30 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. The Old Dutch Church is located in the Historic Stockade District at 272 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 338-6759 or e-mail info@ olddutchchurch.org.

Rosendale Theatre hosts The Gong Show this Friday The Gong Show, a legendary amateur talent contest from the late 1970s, is being revived once again at the Rosendale Theatre on Friday, December 20 at 9:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for the live talent show contest (rated R). The cast of last year’s inaugural event will return: Julie Novak as host and Dogs on Fleas as judges, with special guest judge Zsa Zsa Galore (Carrie Wykoff ).

The live house band is the Rosendale

Grace Bible hip Fellowship Church 9:30 am Sunday School — all ages 10:45 am Morning Services

Living Nativity at Old Dutch Church in Kingston The Old Dutch Church will host the 64th annual Living Nativity on Friday and Saturday, December 20 and 21 at

6:00 pm Evening Services 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Service

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his 40-year career as a civil rights activist. Lest non-celebrators of Christmas be excluded from the festivities, local thespian and professional dog trainer Karen Wells will also read a heartwarming Hanukkah fable: Isaac Bashevis Singer’s short story “Zlateh the Goat.”

In the Singer tale, a young boy is assigned the task of selling his nanny goat, who is getting too old to give much milk, so that his family will have enough money to celebrate Hanukkah. But on the way to the market, a massive blizzard hits. Boy and goat take shelter inside a haystack and keep each other alive for three days, until the storm finally breaks – after which, of course, Zlateh gets a reprieve from the butcher’s cleaver.

The spoken-word performance is a benefit for the Cragsmoor Historical Society Building Restoration Fund, and admission costs a “suggested donation” of $8. Considered the jewel of the Cragsmoor art colony, with a commanding valley view from the edge of the Shawangunk Ridge, the historic Stone Church will be adorned with holiday decorations including a towering Christmas tree. Hot cider and cookies will be served. This performance is recommended for adults and children age 10 and up.

– Frances Marion Platt A Child’s Christmas in Wales/“Zlateh the Goat” live readings, Cragsmoor Historical Society, Stone Church, 280 Henry Road, Cragsmoor; (845) 647-6487, www. cragsmoor.info.

Improvement Association Pit Band and Social Club, featuring Toni as “the sweeper” with her dog Rex (Carl Welden) escorting the gonged off the stage.

Each show presents a contest between amateur performers with unique and unusual talents who are judged on a scale of one to ten. Judges must wait 45 seconds before banging a gong to eliminate an act

from the contest. There is no admission fee for contestants who sign up online, and no auditions are necessary. The winner of the evening receives a cheap, worthless plastic statue.

The Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, call (845) 658-8989 or visit www.rosendaletheatre.org.

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THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE AREN’T THINGS TO LIKE and admire about Frozen. Visually it’s a stunner, exploiting modern 3-D technology to a degree not seen before in Disney animated films. (The short that precedes it – an updating of a crude early Mickey Mouse cartoon titled Get a Horse! – does so even better, and delivers a Poughkeepsie joke into the bargain.) nizable as such – is fairly flimsy: Two sister princesses are left to fend for themselves after their royal parents die in a wreck at sea. Elsa, the elder, has inherited a sort of family curse in which ice shoots out of her fingers when she’s upset. A childhood mishap in which Elsa unintentionally freezes her younger sister Anna’s brain forces Elsa to become a recluse because

Two sister princesses are left to fend for themselves after their royal parents die in a wreck at sea

Disney’s Frozen is an animated take on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, featuring the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana

Snowbound or Broadway-bound?

Overblown Frozen leaves our reviewer cool

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s you already know by now, the blockbuster family holiday movie for 2013 is the latest offering from the Walt Disney Animation Studios, Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s Frozen. This having been a less-than-stellar year for animated features – especially compared to 2012 – I wanted to like Frozen better than I did by the end. It’s certainly an enjoyable enough outing for kids, but I’m afraid that I just can’t align myself

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with those reviewers who are hailing it as the best thing since the glory days of the House of Mouse. Brave (2012) was better by a long bowshot.

That’s not to say that there aren’t things to like and admire about Frozen. Visually it’s a stunner, exploiting modern 3-D technology to a degree not seen before in Disney animated films. (The short that precedes it – an updating of a crude early Mickey Mouse cartoon titled Get a Horse! – does so even better, and delivers a Poughkeepsie joke into the bargain.) The look of the movie draws primarily upon three rich fonts of inspiration: Norwe-

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Unfortunately, it’s at that same point in the film, when Elsa (Idina Menzel) launches into her big power ballad “Let It Go,” that one can no longer evade the conclusion that Frozen the movie was created not so much for its own sake as to rationalize the production of Frozen the mega-budget Broadway musical (and infinitely expanding road companies thereof ).

The first musical number in the show – a sort of work chant by Sámi ice harvesters – has an ethnic feel, raising expectations that the songs will meld nicely into the story and not become overly intrusive. But by the time we reach “Let It Go,” all hope is lost; what little plot there is in Frozen will clearly be driven more by the songs than by action or dialogue. Opera fans might not mind, but I did.

The storyline of Frozen – allegedly based on Hans Christian Andersen’s much darker tale The Snow Queen, but barely recog-

she can’t control her powers. Feisty-butgawky Anna (Kristen Bell) chafes at being confined in the royal digs, and promptly falls in love with the first visiting prince (Santino Fontana) to cross her path on her sister’s coronation day (cue Anna’s big boffo duet here).

The new queen reacts harshly to the hastily planned wedding; losing her cool, she quickly freezes her entire realm and flees to create a lofty ice palace in the wilderness (cue spectacular set rising up through the stage). Anna pursues her with the help of a cute-but-crude mountain man named Kristoff (Jonathan Groff ) and his faithful reindeer Sven. A rather irritatingly cutesy talking snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad) is introduced into the story at this point; his antics will doubtless charm small children, but his big song (fantasizing about how great summer must be) was the movie’s nadir.

Once the sisters meet again, Elsa unintentionally lodges an ice crystal in Anna’s heart, which we have been told by the local trolls (who are much more genuinely cute than Olaf ) will eventually prove fatal. Only an act of true love can melt the shard. The rest of the mostly predictable plot revolves around which of Anna’s two suitors will save her.

But this being 21st-century Disney, in which princesses have thankfully progressed beyond needing princes (or noblehearted commoner lads) to rescue them, the requisite act of true love proves to be other than the romantic sort. And that theme, more than anything else, is what makes Frozen a wintry confection worth experiencing – especially for those of us with daughters or granddaughters. It took the movie studio that made being a princess an obsession for generations for little girls a long time to get it, but it seems that the core message of the women’s movement of the 1970s has finally percolated into the fairytale towers of Anaheim: Sisterhood really is powerful.

– Frances Marion Platt

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serve as the basis for a wide range of public programs and activities exploring art and its role in contemporary society. For more information, visit www.bard.edu/ccs.

Winter Solstice bonfire this Saturday in Rhinecliff Celebrate the Winter Solstice with hot apple cider, s’mores and music around a giant bonfire at Rhinecliff Landing on Saturday, December 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is hosted by the Rhinecliff Waterfront Committee.

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A THUNDER OF THESPIANS Rosendale Theatre screens National Theatre from London: 50 Years on Stage this Sunday

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magine being in London for the holidays and getting to see the cream of the British stage – 100 of them – assembled for a gala evening of scenes from classic productions at the National Theatre of Great Britain: a once-in-a-lifetime event celebrating that iconic institution’s 50th anniversary. Imagine Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper, Frances de la Tour, Judi Dench, Christopher Eccleston, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Alex Jennings, Rory Kinnear, Adrian Lester, Anna Maxwell Martin, Helen Mirren, Tim Piggott-Smith, Andrew Scott, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton and many more, all assembled at once and performing under the direction of current National Theatre honcho Nicholas Hytner. Intersperse with a selection of archival film clips of productions from the National Theatre’s long history, featuring such big names as Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Paul Scofield, Ian McKellen, Nigel Hawthorne, Ian Holm, Fiona Shaw and Zoë Wanamaker. Sounds impressive, no?

Well, unless you happened to be in the UK this past November 2, you missed your chance to see this amazing lineup in person or live on the BBC. But the Rosendale Theatre, which has been screening delayed “simulcasts” of Live from the National Theatre performances on a regular basis since the little neighborhood moviehouse went nonprofit in 2009, is coming through for us again this Sunday afternoon. The National Theatre from London: 50 Years on Stage extravaganza will be presented on the big screen, putting the renovated Rosendale’s brand-spanking-new, state-of-the-art projection and sound systems through their paces.

Dramas and comedies sampled in the two-hour show include perennials by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw, Williams and O’Neill and modern classics by Stoppard, Pinter, Ayckbourn, Shaffer, Kushner, Bennett and Hare, not to mention numbers from classic musicals like Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady and A Little Night Music. How can you go wrong? This star-studded show will doubtless become a collectible item on DVD, but this is your chance to see and hear it on the big screen. It’s an event not to be missed, if you’re into theatre in the slightest.

The curtain goes up this Sunday, December 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $12 general admission, $10 for Rosendale Theatre Collective members. Ample off-street parking is available behind the Theatre, which is now fully wheelchair-accessible; amplified headphones are also available for the hearing-impaired.

For more info, visit http://rosendaletheatre.org/2013/11/14/national-theatre-from-london-50-years-on-stage. And for a peek at the rehearsals for 50 Years on Stage, check out www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Cbtg5-jxI. – Frances Marion Platt

Join Hudson Valley landscape photographer Greg Miller for a unique photography experience on the bluffs of the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site overlooking the Hudson River Valley on Saturday, December 21 from 3 to 6 p.m. The event is free.

Learn why the Winter Solstice is a perfect time to photograph the Shawangunk and Catskill Mountains and gain insight into making compelling artistic landscape images.

Miller has photographed nature for Scenic Hudson, Audubon New York, the Appalachian Mountain Club, Earth River Expeditions and Hudson Valley Magazine and leads photography workshops for individuals and organizations, including the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Adirondack Photography Institute, the Olana State Historic Site and the National Park Service.

Park in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center parking lot at 4079 Albany Post Road (Route 9) in Hyde Park and meet in the lobby. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. A tripod and camera shutter release are highly recommended.

The new exhibits in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum will be available to participants free of charge following the workshop. For more information, call (845) 229-9115, extension 2010.

National Theatre from London: 50 Years on Stage, Sunday, December 22, 2 p.m., $12/$10, Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale; (845) 658-8989, http://rosendaletheatre.org.

lection comprised of records documenting Hanhardt’s curatorial practice within five major art institutions in the US (1970-2013). The archives include an extensive personal library, limited-edition multiples and exhibition memorabilia that extensively document the history of film and the media arts and the curatorial and exhibition-making practices associated with those forms within a major museum context over the past 40 years.

The collection reflects the broad range of artists and collectives with whom Hanhardt has worked closely, including Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman, Peter Campus, Francesc Torres, Dan Graham, Juan Downey, Bill Viola, Chris Burden, Paul Sharits, Hollis Frampton, Stan VanDerBeek, Max Neuhaus, William Anastasi, James Benning, Susan Pitt, Paper Tiger Television, Ed Emshwiller, Meredith Monk, Shigeko Kubota, Third World Newsreel, Alphons Schilling, Warren Sonbert, Dieter Froese, Andy Warhol, Mar-

lon Riggs, Shu Lea Cheang, Tom Sachs, Beryl Korot, Buky Schwartz, Pepon Osorio, Robert Breer, Yvonne Rainer, Eleanor Antin, Adrian Piper, Joan Jonas, Bill Fontana, Roger Welch, St. Claire Bourne, Ken Jacobs, Gary Hill, Dara Birnbaum, Mary Lucier and Robert Watts.

Hanhardt has also organized many conferences addressing the diverse histories of film and media art practices and has published extensively, contributing to catalogues and journals as well as editing the influential anthology Video Culture: A Critical Investigation (1986). He is currently writing a book-length essay on Bill Viola for Thames & Hudson and serves as managing editor of the Andy Warhol Film Catalogue Raisonne Project, to be published by Yale University Press, at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The transfer of the John G. Hanhardt Archives to CCS will begin in the summer of 2014 and take place over a period of three years. The collection will be opened to researchers in stages as the processing

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Feathery festivities John Burroughs Society leads Winter Solstice Walk in Rosendale, Christmas Bird Count & raptor outing

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hen a big snowstorm like last weekend’s hits, do you worry about making sure that your bird feeders are well-stocked before you think about digging out your car? If so, the onset of winter is the time for you to look into the upcoming activities of the John Burroughs Natural History Soci-

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ety. There’s nothing quite so bright and cheery this time of year as the sight of a cardinal poised against a snowy backdrop, and the Society will make sure that you get the opportunity to see some in the wild.

This Saturday, December 21, the group is organizing a Winter Solstice Walk in Rosendale with a mystery destination, described as “a new area that might offer good birding now and for a future spring outing.” Meet in the parking lot of the Associated Market at Fann’s Plaza on Route 32 at 8 a.m. for an easy two-mile walk (with some uphill) in the Rosendale area.

Afterwards, there will be opportunities for fellowship, refreshment and holiday shopping in the friendly, folksy village. Contact trip leader Lin Fagan at (845) 339-2054 or faganlin@verizon.net to register for this outing or for more information.

Once Christmas is past, many of us look for fun ways to burn off a few of those calories that we packed on from the rounds of holiday socializing. What better way than a ramble in the snowy landscape spotting birds, which offer the best chance outdoors this time of year to fill our eyes with vivid color and motion? On Saturday, December 28, weather permitting, the Burroughs Society will once again take the lead in sending teams of birders afield for the annual Ulster/Dutchess manifestation of the Christmas Bird Count. The project claims the honor of being the

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JBNHS’ photographer Peter Schoenberger is a local electrician (Shokan Electric) who carries his camera around to get great birding shots like these: (clockwise from upper left): Common Redpoll; Dark-eyed Junco; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Barred Owl and Cedar Waxwing.

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Centered in Glasco, the regional “count circle” is nearly bisected by the Hudson River and includes parts of Ulster, Dutchess, Greene and Columbia Counties.

The wide variety of habitats and bird-rich locations within the circle promises to make this an exciting day in the field. Last year’s count netted a very respectable 92 species and more than 18,000 individual birds. A compilation dinner to follow the count will be held at the stone building in Kingston’s Hasbrouck Park.

If you’d like to join a field party in one of the ten designated sectors, or if your residence lies within the circle and you’d like to maintain a feeder watch on that day, contact Mark DeDea at (845) 339-1277 or forsythnature@aol.com or Peter Schoenberger at (914) 466-2707 or pdsis@yahoo. com for your assigned location. Be pre-

pared for a full day out of doors. DeDea can also supply details about the compilation get-together afterward and protocols for submission of records, as well as weather postponement information.

Those of us of the opinion that bird feeders are more fun than television are well aware of those times when our feathery friends hang back – even in cold weather with lots of snow cover when they’re hungriest. That’s when we know to keep a sharp eye out for the hawk lurking in some nearby tree, hoping to make a meal off an unwary songbird breaking cover to visit a feeder. But raptors need to eat, too, and seeing one is always a thrill.

On Sunday, January 4, the Burroughs Society will be leading its popular Wallkill Valley Raptors outing, which involves minimal walking. You’ll drive among various roadside vantage points between New Paltz and Wallkill, including Blue Chip and Watchtower Farms, with stops along the Wallkill River, the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in Galeville and the Ulster County Fairgrounds. Wintering raptors and waterfowl, as well as “halfhardies,” will be the focus on this outing.

Meet to carpool at 8 a.m. at the New Paltz Municipal Parking Lot off Huguenot Street, just east of the Wallkill River. For more information on this outing, e-mail Christine Guarino at chrissy.guarino@g. mail.com. For more on the many activities organized all year long by the John

Last year’s count netted a very respectable 92 species and more than 18,000 individual birds

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raphy hike on Saturday, December 21 at the Nyquist/Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary. Meet up at 10 a.m. at the Trailways bus station on Main Street in New Paltz. The hike will be canceled in the event of extreme cold or inclement weather. Bring camera, water and food and dress appropriately.

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– Frances Marion Platt John Burroughs Natural History Society Winter Solstice Walk, Saturday, December 21, 8 a.m., Fann’s Plaza, Route 32, Rosendale; (845) 339-2054, faganlin@ verizon.net. Christmas Bird Count, Saturday, December 28, all day, various locations; (845) 339-1277, forsythnature@aol.com. Wallkill Valley Raptors,

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

A medlar in your affairs This favorite medieval fruit is easy to grow in our area

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oday’s fruit du jour is medlar (Mespilus germanica), one of the most-disgusting-looking fruits you could imagine.

Don’t stop reading! Medlar was a popular fruit in the Middle Ages, and with good reason.

Charlemagne was so taken by this fruit that he decreed that it be planted in every town that he conquered. Medlar needs some contemporary PR. Let’s get those bad looks out of the way. Picture a small apple with a rough, russeted skin and the calyx end – the end opposite the stem – flared open.

Not very pretty, eh? That homely appearance gave rise to some not-so-complimentary nicknames: “open-arse” fruit, for example, by Chaucer; or, from Shakespeare, more discreetly, “open-et cetera.”

Ugliness, for medlars, is not just skindeep. When harvested – which was a few weeks ago here – the fruits are white and rock-hard within, and not ready for eating. The fruit must be bletted, or ripened, a couple of weeks or more. I blet

my medlars by setting them on the cool north windowsill facing my kitchen sink.

With the woodstove at full tilt, the air at the windowsill might still be too dry for best bletting, so I also have a few fruits bletting beneath a small bell jar in another cool part of the kitchen. A wrinkling dark skin tells me that bletting is complete. At this point the flesh has experienced a dramatic transformation: to brown mush.

I put all that ugliness behind me and taste that brown mush. Delicious! Something like very rich applesauce with hints of wine. I’ve only eaten them straight-up, but they allegedly also cook up into delicious tarts, jellies, fools and the like. Here’s a simple recipe for a tart, dating back to 1660, from Robert May’s The Accomplisht Cook: “Take medlars that are rotten, strain them, and set them on a chaffing dish of coals, season them with sugar, cinnamon and ginger, put some yolks of eggs to them, let it boil a little, and lay it in a cut tart; being baked scrape on sugar.”

For a once-popular fruit, medlar has had its share of pejoratives. “Rotten,” in the above recipe, means bletted. But many fruits, including European pears and avocados, need to be harvested unripe to ripen off the plant. Admittedly, few are brown mush when ready to eat.

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en on a very attractive small tree that never reaches more than about eight feet high or a spread of equal width.

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The tree is also self-pollinating, so does not need a companion to set fruit. Small size, beauty and ability to perform solo make a medlar tree perfect for a small yard. One tree, then, doubles as your ornamental plant and your fruit tree.

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You may wonder, then: What’s left to grow? Pears, for one; also, a slew of other tree fruits that are not well-known – fruits such as medlar, pawpaw, persimmon, cornelian cherry, raisin tree, mulberry and Asian pear. These uncommon fruits all have excellent flavor and few or no pest problems (and play the leading roles in my book Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden). They also demand little expertise or time in pruning, as compared with some of the common tree fruits.

Not that biting into a fresh-picked, good variety of well-grown apple or peach isn’t a heavenly experience. And not that the occasional tree of such fruits some years bears a decent crop without trouble. But it pays to play the averages and proceed with eyes wide open. What are the chances for a good harvest and how much effort (and learning) will be devoted to upping the odds?

– Lee Reich Any gardening questions? E-mail them to me at garden@leereich.com and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at www. leereich.blogspot.com and check out my new, instructional videos at www. youtube.com/leereichfarmden. For more on local homes and gardens, go to Ulster Publishing’s homehudsonvalley.com.

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NIGHT SKY

Star of wonder New insights into the Star of Bethlehem

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ike many astronomers, I’ve always been intrigued by the Star of Bethlehem. It’s the best-known star. People who cannot name a single luminary in the actual night sky readily acknowledge familiarity with the legendary Bethlehem Star and its religious role. No wonder it has inspired vast scientific speculation. For more than a century, various natural explanations have gained and then lost fashion, periodically making mainstream headlines. It has been a staple of yuletide planetarium shows since the 1930s.

For me personally, this celestial topic began in earnest with my very first column in Discover magazine in 1989: a two-page spread about the Star. Basically I summarized the various “explanations” shown to the public during planetariums’ annual “Star of Wonder” shows, then noted that planetarium directors (I had interviewed quite a few) were well aware that each was impossible. No celestial object can move, stop and then hover over Bethlehem or anywhere else. Thus all searches for rational celestial explanations – a conjunction, comet, supernova, whatever – are fraudulent from the get-go.

Nonetheless the shows remain popular, and have become such a tradition by themselves that few seem bothered by make-believe science annually offered to the unwary public. The normally verboten mishmash of science and religion gets a free pass, too.

Back in 1989 I did not have the research time, nor did I find it appropriate, to delve into such important aspects of the Star as how the nativity account in Matthew is so utterly different from the gospel of Luke, or how astrological explanations might (or might not) solve the puzzle, or the hard evidence that Matthew, when he wrote his gospel a full century after the fact, may have simply borrowed the Star story from specific popular contemporary literature.

Aaron Adair, a newly minted Ohio State PhD, did this and much more, in an immensely readable way. Thus I was honored to be asked to write the foreword to his new book, The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View. Adair’s wonderfully meticulous, thoroughly engaging “final word” leaves the reader not with nagging questions or dangling whatifs, but with a strong sense that the case may finally be closed.

Dr. Adair dissects each science “explanation” with astronomical insights both accurate and inarguable, and, refreshingly, does not disparage religion in general or Christianity in particular. He does not cross the hubris line, as a few popular physicists do, by suggesting that as a scientist, he possesses a superior “take” on theology. Nowhere do we feel smugness, or regard his brushstrokes as too wide.

His bottom line? The account was make-believe – not just because the far more meticulous and historically accurate Luke mentions no star at all, nor because Matthew’s tale so closely matches contemporary fiction literature, but because many of the “facts” in Matthew are either inarguably wrong or downright impossible.

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classes on the third Saturday of each month through April. The first class takes place on Saturday, December 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will cover making stock and using it for a sauce started with a roux: a classic “mother sauce” that opens a window of possibilities.

Future sessions of the Cooking Education Series: Farmers’ Market Cooking Classes will teach budget-friendly tips

such as breaking down a chicken and how to preserve produce in order to enjoy locally grown food while saving money all year long. Learn tricks of the trade from a professional cook and Culinary Institute of America graduate in the kitchen of the Old Dutch Church. Classes cost $30 each, and space is limited. To register, e-mail lori@kingstonfarmersmarket.org.

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But let’s leave the “Bah, humbug” portion of today’s column and slip into the dreamy and lovely. Namely, there’s a tradition that whatever is the most brilliant star at this time of year is this year’s Christmas or holiday star. In 2013 it’s Venus. Though low in the southwest at dusk, it attained its greatest brilliancy this past week and remains at a dazzling shadow-casting magnitude -4.8. Through steadily braced or image-stabilized binoculars in deepening twilight, the Evening Star’s eerie crescent shape is obvious.

Venus will plunge into the Sun’s glare and essentially be absent this entire next year. Its apparition will last only another two weeks. But its timing is perfect. During Christmas week, as the evening’s brightest luminary, Venus gives us an eye-catching prelude to December’s long nights and holiday festivities.

Its loveliness is incontestable.

– 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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he winter holidays are a baker’s dream, an excuse to pull out all the stops. This time of year we have the perfect excuse to make that decadent red velvet cake that we might not bake on a Tuesday night in June, with plenty of holiday revelers, hosts, friends and family to please.

Besides pies and cheesecakes – classic New York style or light with ricotta (alla Italiana) – there’s an endless list of holiday-appropriate sweets, from bread pudding, French bûche de Noël (Yule log), Italian tiramisu or panettone to English plum pudding with hard sauce.

I love the zillion variations of the trifle: an ancient sweet, also of British provenance, with layers of cake laced with spirits, fruit and custard. When I spent a few months in Dublin as a child, the English landlady would give us unforgettable ones that she made from crabapples from the garden. Although they can be a bit of a project, they are deliciously worth it.

pie: so sweet that it almost hurts, and rich with my favorite nut. Even better is my julep-themed version, spiked with bourbon and mint, which raises the decadence factor a few notches.

*** In my own kitchen, when it comes to holiday desserts I tend not to veer too far from the traditional. My preference is for classics with a bit of a twist.

Pecan has to be my favorite holiday

For pie filling and topping: 3 large eggs 1 cup dark brown sugar ¾ cup dark corn syrup ¼ cup butter, melted 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons bourbon, divided 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups pecan halves 1 cup whipping cream 1 tablespoon sugar ¼ teaspoon peppermint flavoring Fresh mint sprig to garnish (optional)

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BOURBON PECAN PIE WITH JULEP WHIPPED CREAM The pie is also great with mint chocolate chip ice cream on the side to stand in for the mint-spiked whipped cream topping.

Makes one nine-inch pie.

For piecrust: ¼ cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick), softened to room temperature ¼ cup shortening, at room temperature 1 ½ cups flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar ¼ cup ice water

To make piecrust: Blend butter and shortening and chill until firm. In a medium bowl, mix flour,

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*** Pumpkin pie is classic for holiday meals, but I adore sweet potato pie even more. Similar in its dense dark richness, it also comes with all those beta-carotene benefits plus vitamin C, potassium and calcium. Don’t be shocked at the lard crust. Its flaky texture is delightful with the pie, great with fruit and sweet potato DION OGUST | ALMANAC WEEKLY pies. If you use goodquality lard, it offers vitamin D and is better for you salt and sugar. Add the chilled shortening/ than butter or vegetable shortening. butter mixture in pieces and work quickly But feel free to substitute a favorite with your fingers until lumps shrink to alternative crust. pea size. Add just enough water to make the mixture hold together; it will still be somewhat crumbly. Pat it together to make a flattish disc, wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper and chill for half an hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Roll out dough on a floured flat surface This recipe was adapted from Big Mama’s (cutting board, marble slab or dishtowelOld Black Pot (Stoke Gabriel Enterprises, topped countertop) and lay it out into a 1987) by Ethel Dixon. nine-inch pie plate, pinching up the sides Makes one nine-inch pie. and crimping decoratively.

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To make pie filling: In a medium bowl, beat eggs with hand mixer until just blended. Add brown sugar, corn syrup, melted butter, two tablespoons of the bourbon, cornstarch, vanilla and salt. Mix well with hand mixer or spoon until completely blended. Stir in pecans and pour filling into prepared crust.

Cook for 70 to 80 minutes or until mostly set in middle when you give it a jiggle. Let cool on rack.

Whip whipping cream with hand mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Add sugar, remaining two teaspoons bourbon, mint flavoring and mix in. Spread mixture on cooled pie, leaving pecans showing around edges. Decorate with springs of fresh mint if you like.

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Ingredients: 2 medium to large sweet potatoes (1 ½ lbs.)

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Scrub sweet potatoes, trim pointy ends off and bake on a tray for about an hour or so or until soft. Lower oven temp to 350 degrees.

Meanwhile, make piecrust. Mix flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl, then

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add the chilled lard and work quickly with your fingers until lumps shrink to pea size.

Add water and mix together. The dough will be crumbly, depending on the humidity, but pat it together to make a flattish disc. Wrap in plastic wrap or wax paper and stick in the fridge to chill for half an hour.

Roll out dough on a floured flat surface (cutting board, marble slab or dishtowel-topped countertop). Lay out or press dough into a nine-inch pie plate, pinching up the sides so it can hold more filling.

When sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, mash well with a potato masher or fork in a fresh medium bowl. Add filling ingredients and whisk well. Pour into piecrust and bake until firm, about 60 to 70 minutes. *** I’m a big fan of custard desserts in all their guises, from the crème brûlée with its crackly crust to the Spanish flan. I love the silky texture and the contrast of the slightly bitter sauce and the custard’s divine sweetness. Here is a recipe for a coconut version that I developed for a Vietnamese cooking class at Warren Cutlery in Rhinebeck.

VIETNAMESE COCONUT FLAN Serves six.

Ingredients: 2/3 cup sugar, divided 3 tablespoons boiling water

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1 13.5-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk, well-shaken before opening 1 cup whole milk 5 large eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla Pinch salt 2 tablespoons shredded coconut for garnish (optional) Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Set aside a 1½-quart soufflé dish.

To form the caramel topping, heat a small heavy saucepan over low heat. Add 1/3 cup of the sugar and stir occasionally. After a few minutes it will begin to get gooey and then form lumps. Watch carefully to keep from burning. Watch for the lumps to dissolve and the sugar to turn to brown syrup (this may take 10 to 15 minutes).

Then add water carefully – it will sputter and bubble up – and stir rapidly until the sugar is liquid again, about two minutes.

Remove from heat and immediately pour into 1½-quart soufflé dish. Tilt to coat bottom and let cool.

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In a medium saucepan, heat coconut milk, milk and remaining 1/3 cup sugar over low heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves, about ten minutes. Let cool.

In a medium mixing bowl, place eggs with vanilla and salt. Whisk well until thoroughly blended, add to coconut milk mixture and mix together well. Pour through a sieve into a bowl and then into caramel-coated soufflé dish. Place soufflé dish into a larger pan such as a roasting pan lined with a couple of layers of paper towels. Pour hot water into roasting pan

to go about half way up outside of soufflé dish. Place on bottom rack in oven and cook until middle is set, about 1½ to 2 hours.

Remove from oven and let cool on counter in water bath. When cool, cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight. Unmold by running butter knife around edge and placing dinner plate over top of dish. Invert and remove soufflé dish. Caramel coating will be runny. Sprinkle top with optional shredded coconut and serve.

Have a sweet holiday season!

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Dec. 19-26

OFF THE TOP OF MY MIND Saugerties Mom Nadia Parola shared this great tip: “I love getting Christmas cards. I just saw on Pinterest that if you take a picture of the photo on the cards you receive, you can save it as their contact picture on your phone. I love that idea; this way you can see the pictures all year long!”

In case you missed this week’s ticket deadline for December 19’s Discover New York Skiing $12-to-$25 lift/rental/lesson specials, you can still preorder for the January 9 event. Check out www.iskiny.com for more information.

The Parent Teacher Store, located at 63 North Front Street in Kingston, is closing its doors after 22 years.

Stop in for final farewells and storewide discounts up to 50 percent until Friday, December 20. The other two stories in Poughkeepsie and Latham will remain open. For more information, call (845) 339-1442 or visit www. parentteacherstore.com.

Register now for SUNY-New Paltz’s Saturday Arts Lab spring semester, with a cool variety of classes for youth from kindergarten through high school. Call (845) 257-3580 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/sal for more information.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Scrooged movie, Friday, December 20, 7:30 p.m. at the Ulster Performing Arts Center at 601 Broadway in Kingston. All seats cost $6, costumed Christmas spirits get in free. (845) 339-6088, http://upac.org.

A Christmas Carol, Friday, December 20 at 8 p.m., Saturday, December 21 at 3 and 8 p.m., Sunday, December 22 at 3 p.m. at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck at 661 Route 308 in Rhinebeck. Tickets cost $20.

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Elizabeth Mitchell’s The Sounding Joy: Christmas Songs in and out of the Ruth Crawford Seeger Songbook record release celebration, Friday, December 20 at 8 p.m. at the Levon Helm Studios at 160 Plochmann Lane in Woodstock; tickets cost $25. http://

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64th annual Living Nativity, Friday and Saturday, December 20 and 21 at 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. at the Old Dutch Church at 272 Wall Street in Kingston. (845) 338-6759, http://olddutchchurch.org.

Mistletoe Mouse, Saturday, December 21, 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Staatsburgh State Historic Site at 75 Mills Mansion Road in Staatsburg. For ages 6 to 12 years, make mistletoe mouse houses; the cost is $5 per child. Reservations are strongly recommended.

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Reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas and Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Sunday, December 22 at 3 p.m. at the Cragsmoor Stone Church at 280 Henry Road in Cragsmoor, for ages 10 and older. Admission costs $8. (845) 6476487, www.cragsmoor.info.

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Holy Eucharist and Christmas Pageant, Sunday, December 22, 10 a.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 207 Albany Avenue in Kingston. (845) 3312252, www.stjohnskingston.org.

Cantata and Christmas Pageant, Sunday, December 22 at 10 a.m. at the Overlook United Methodist Church at 233 Tinker Street in Woodstock. (845) 679-6800, www.umcwoodstockny. com.

Sunday School Christmas Program, Sunday, December 22 at 4 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church at 1400 Route 52 in Fishkill. (845) 418-OSLC, http://oursaviorlutheran.org.

SOLSTICE Children’s Day & Winter Solstice Celebration, Saturday, December 21, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Sky Lake Shambhala Meditation Center at 22 Hillcrest Lane in Rosendale. (845) 658-8556, http://skylake.shambhala. org.

“For all children and everyone who has ever been a child! Do you have a song, poem, dance or a favorite joke?

You are invited to share at the celebration or join us in the appreciative audience. The Winter King and Queen will be there with a magical story and sweet gifts. We will be gathering wrapped gifts for Family of New Paltz, so children are encouraged to bring a gift if you can. Kindly bring a kidfriendly potluck dish to share. Free and open to all.”

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Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Wappinger on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Times vary according to location, so check the website for accurate schedule information. Not only do we love Poughkeepsie’s fish pond and Kingston’s model train and Santa slide, as well as the groceries and greenhouse, but the free Santa photo is also a real treat, and it’s fine to take your own pictures as well. For locations and more information, visit http://adamsfarms.com.

Hudson Valley Mall: December 19 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., December 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., December 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Christmas Eve from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 1300 Ulster Avenue in Kingston. For more information, visit http://shophudsonvalleymall.com.

Newburgh Mall: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a .m. to 6 p.m. at 1401 Route 300 in Newburgh. For more information, visit www.newburghmall. com.

Poughkeepsie Galleria: Santa appears in lower Center Court Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 2001 South Road in Poughkeepsie. For more information or to visit the interactive online Santa’s Village activity, visit www.poughkeepsiegalleriamall.com.

Poughkeepsie Plaza: Santa is in the center of the plaza December 14 through 24 from 10 a.m. to closing at 2600 South Road in Poughkeepsie.

Santa has a website at http://santasimage.com. For more information, visit www.poughkeepsieplaza.com.

Woodstock continues its threescore-and-12-year tradition when it welcomes Santa Claus to the Village Green at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24. How Santa arrives is always a mystery, whether by horsedrawn sleigh, a firetruck, an el-

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our community.

To learn more about Meals on Wheels, visit www.mowaa.org. For more information or to donate to the Hyde Park chapter, call (845) 229-5896 or mail to Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park, Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 1 Church Street, Hyde Park, NY 12538.

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Any which way but by sleigh Woodstock awaits Santa’s Christmas Eve arrival via transport unknown

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or most who have not been there, Christmas Eve in Woodstock is all about Santa’s arrival, which has taken many wondrous forms over the years. Will he be coming from the sky, down Tinker Street, up over the rooftops – or in some strange fantabulous contraption out of some rock ‘n’ roll stage manager’s fever dream? It hardly matters because those who attend year after year know that the best parts of Christmas Eve are often atmospheric, no matter the weather.

First off, there’s the magic of the Woodstock Village Green in winter, ablaze with shop lights and a magnificently decorated tree and menorah. Then there’s the music, from traditional carolers and brass band offerings, at times, to the ever-present rock bands, with backup singers and horn sections most years.

Of course, Santa hands out stockings to everyone. It’s a mad crush to get to them, but everyone’s friendly and accommodating, which brings up the best of the best: the feeling of both anticipation and tradition, old-style holiday suspension of disbelief and a postmodern hipsterism that allows folk to reminisce about past Santa arrivals and the tricks of the trade and many local personalities behind this evening put on by old rock ‘n’ rollers.

Things kick off around 5 p.m. or so; it’s good to get into town and park a bit early. But in the final round, everyone gets home about 7, flushed and brightcheeked from the chill, yet aglow with holiday magic.

– Paul Smart

ephant, a camel, a hot-air balloon or flying Volkswagen bus. While waiting for Santa, the crowd is serenaded by carolers and musicians in front of the Dutch Reformed Church.

After his grand entrance, Santa makes his way to the center of the Green and hands kids stockings filled with candy and other goodies – including Hanukkah treats. Santa’s elves are there to maintain order and make sure that each child gets a stocking.

FEATURED LOCAL CHARITY: MEALS ON WHEELS For a long time, I simply thought of Meals on Wheels as a gesture of kindness and have always regarded the organization with fond memories.

As a child, I used to make occasional deliveries with my grandfather, visiting people’s homes with a hot meal in hand and light conversation. Since my only exposure to this organization was through his weekly volunteer shift, I didn’t realize that the clients received meals every weekday. I could not know that for many of the recipients, this might be their only interaction with another person that day.

And until I attended a recent presentation of Meals on Wheels of Greater Hyde Park to some area homeschooled Juliette Girl Scouts, I had no idea that its meal deliveries can mean the difference for area

residents between remaining at home and moving into an assisted living community.

From aging seniors to those recovering from injury or illness, Meals on Wheels is an affordable way to ensure that a hot, balanced meal is provided daily to members of the program. The Hyde Park program also offers a sandwich lunch option for those interested in the extra meal, such as over the weekend when there are no dropoffs.

Each Meals on Wheels chapter has its own setup. The Hyde Park organization uses the kitchen at St. James United Methodist Church, employs two people who prepare the meals five days a week, a bookkeeper and something like 70 volunteers to help with meal prep, delivery and fundraising. Meals on Wheels tries to keep the prices as low as possible to accommodate seniors on limited incomes, and with continually rising food costs, it’s an ongoing challenge to make up the difference through donations and fundraising events.

Interested in helping out? Here are three ideas: Your tax-deductible financial contribution to your local Meals on Wheels chapter could be in honor of a loved one, or just a simple gesture to acknowledge the need for this service in our community; your organization, such as Scouts, could make special crafts such as napkin-holders for the meal recipients; and you can support the group’s fundraisers over the course of the year. Your assistance makes a real difference to seniors in

Local animal communicator Cindy Brody shares this in a recent blog entry at http://cindybrody.com: “When you adopt it should be a joyous occasion, but unfortunately sometimes the best intentions can fall short, leaving everyone heartbroken. Animal rescues are flooded with pets after the holidays, often because people didn’t realize what a huge responsibility pets can be; they didn’t know that their son Max was allergic to dogs or that a border collie would need so much exercise; they thought they could train their active puppy, but they simply need more tools and they can’t afford a trainer.”

If you know someone with a passion for the outdoors, wildlife or any animals for that matter, here are two family-friendly places to visit with creative ideas for supporting animals locally as a gift during the holidays, to honor someone in the workplace, to celebrate a birthday or simply as a year-end tax deduction.

The Forsyth Nature Center (FNC) in Kingston has a wish tree on-site, as well as a wish list at nearby Lucas Pet Supply – 30 Joys Lane in Kingston, (845) 331-2469, http://lucaspets. com – with suggestions of items that the Center’s animals need, such as water bottles, wood shavings, wild birdseed and heat lamps. For a more permanent way to honor a loved one, consider donating an inscribed permeable paver for $100 at the Center, with up to three lines of writing at 16 characters per line. Paver forms are available as a downloadable PDF at the FNC website at www.forsythnaturecenter.org. A lifetime Friends of Forsyth Nature Center membership is available for $25, with membership forms downloadable from the Friends page. And you can buy Forsyth Nature Center merchandise, including hats, tee-shirts, mugs and more, when

Mark-at-the-Park DeDea is there.

The Forsyth Nature Center is located at 157 Lucas Avenue in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 339-3053 or visit http://forsythnaturecenter.org.

Bear Mountain State Park’s Trailside Museums and Zoo offers an Adopt-an-Animal program with an option to choose your animal, and five levels of giving, ranging from $25 to $250. Donors receive thank-you gifts related to their animals, and funds are used for food, medical care, supplies and maintenance of the animal exhibits and museums.

The Park is located at 55 Hessian Drive in Highland Falls. For more information, call (845) 786-2701, extension 293, e-mail chris.osullivan@parks.ny.gov or visit www.trailsidezoo.org.

FAMILY-FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES SUBMITTED BY AREA PARENTS Tuesday, December 24 New Paltz United Methodist Church, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., 1 Grove Street in New Paltz. (845) 255-5210, http://newpaltzumc.org.

New Hackensack Reformed Church, 5 p.m., 1580 Route 376 in Wappingers Falls. (845) 462-0810, http://nhrc-church.org.

Our Savior Lutheran Church, 5 p.m., 1400 Route 52 in Fishkill. (845) 418-OSLC, http://oursaviorlutheran. org.

Grace Church, 7 p.m., 160 Seremma Court in Lake Katrine. (845) 3822288, www.grace4ulster.org.

Overlook United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., 233 Tinker Street in Woodstock. (845) 679-6800, www. umcwoodstockny.com.

Milton-Marlboro United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., 112 Church Street in Milton. (845) 795-2302, www.mm-umc.com.

Old Dutch Church, 7:30 p.m. musical prelude/8 p.m. service, 272 Wall

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Street in Kingston. (845) 338-6759, http://olddutchchurch.org.

Christ the King Church, 7:30 p.m., 2 Eugene Brown Drive in New Paltz.

(845) 256-8480, http://newpaltzchurch.com.

LOCAL MUSIC Here are three terrific and easy ways to support local musical offerings here in the Hudson Valley: Buy Rachel Loshak’s wonderful new album So Bright at www.rachelloshak. com; check out Simone Felice’s excellent self-titled album at www.simonefelice.com as we wait excitedly for his new March release Strangers (stream the first single, “Molly-O,” on his website); and support our country’s old-

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As some of you may recall from my previous mention of singer/songwriter and bassist Rachel Loshak’s latest album So Bright, which was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dean Jones, her music appeals in so many ways. Her light and open sound in “Apple Tree” floats through me while the personal, intimate lyrics settle in: “When I was small/I

thought by now I’d be me.” Energetically, her songs like “I Don’t Know Why” feel as solidly grounded as her years as a bassist might imply, but the melodies remain alive with movement and not heavy.

And don’t feel like this is music just for the older crowd; give your family a break from the drama-infused pop scene and share Loshak with your teens and tweens.

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the most of what I find”; and title track “So Bright”: “My sun is rising/Up to the sky/The Earth has never been so bright.”

One album highlight is Loshak’s cover of Justin Roberts’ lullaby “All for You,” which I just love.

I asked Loshak to share more about her life and work. Wait until you read what she says about Christmas cake. For more information, visit www.rachelloshak.com.

only way to earn a living as a musician, but that has a huge toll on personal and family lives and our health. Supporting local musicians contributes to them being able to stay closer to home more often.

seems to get switched up a notch. My family is the most important thing, and I’ve learned this year to put them first. Oh, and not feel guilty for not sending out Christmas cards. Okay, well, I do feel a bit guilty...

Any roles your sons or family play in your business [Loshak’s husband is Morgan Taylor, musician and creator of Gustafer Yellowgold]:

A favorite holiday tradition in your family:

Best place for people to buy your music: At my website store, www.rachelloshak.com/store.

Something that you wish that people knew about the impact of buying locally, from local musicians: It enables us to have careers and families without having to tour all over the country or world in order to sustain ourselves. Touring is really the

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Our two boys inspire us and remind us what’s real. They help us set up shows, they help us write songs and our eldest, at 5 ½, has already been contributing his own artwork to the Gustafer videos for the past year.

Something you have learned/appreciated/ experienced this holiday season: I’ve learned to slow down, even during this time of year when everything

Making a traditional English Christmas cake together every year.

It’s a rich fruitcake that we make in September, and open up every couple of weeks to pour brandy over it.

A week before Christmas we’ll make our own marzipan and cover the whole cake, then a couple of days before, we ice it with Royal Icing.

Then we decorate it. We start to eat it on Christmas evening, after a delicious roast meal, then it lasts up to a month or more afterwards (due

to the brandy!) so that we can give slices to friends and family as and when we see them. Last year I mailed a slice back to my Dad in England!

A favorite holiday spot that you like in the Hudson Valley: When we lived on Samsonville Road, every Christmas Eve, people put cutoff gallon containers along either side of the road with candles inside, every ten feet or so, then lit them as it got dark, stretching for a mile or more, from around Tetta’s Garage all the way down through Samsonville and up towards Palentown. It’s beautiful.

Anything else that you’d like to announce, share et cetera: I’ve had such overwhelming responses to my new album So Bright that I’ve

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decided not to wait so long before writing and recording again. Morgan and I will be working on a record together over the next year to make an album that reflects the chemistry that happens when we perform together.

LOCALLY SOURCED GIFTS As your Kids’ Almanac columnist, I want to share some ideas for locally sourced gifts made by local, talented parents. Enjoy!

Whimsy Home Jasmine Redfern, (845) 255-5465, www. whimsy-home.com, www.whimsyhome. etsy.com I experienced lamps in an entirely new way after encountering Jasmine Redfern’s collection at Cocoon in New Paltz. Her work is part of a larger awakening that I’ve had around household fixtures: Just as some meditation instructors recommend placing special objects around the home as mindfulness reminders, Redfern’s lamps infuse joy. Not just sources of light, but elements of fun!

Best places for people to buy your work: Cocoon or Verde in New Paltz carry some of my lamps, and they are great stores! But sometimes it can be hard to choose something as a gift, and that is why we have gift certificates on my Etsy shop: www.whimsyhome.etsy. com.

Something that you wish that people knew about the impact of buying locally, from local artists: When you buy a handmade item, you’re getting something completely unique that was made with care and love. There’s a story behind it; you’re supporting an independent business, and that rewards creative thinking, entrepreneurship and craftsmanship. A handmade item has soul and character built into it, and it shows! I treasure the things my family has that are made by artisans, and we’ll keep them for as long as possible. That “less disposable” way of decorating your life has a positive effect on the environment. Supporting a local artist is great for your immediate community.

I shop local, so I give back right away to our community.

Any roles that your family plays in your business: My 13-year-old has a lot of design ideas. He helps out sometimes at shows and with shipping, or in my workshop if I am in a crunch. When I am too busy to hang out in the house, my husband and son come hang out with me in the workshop. We have been watching Christmas movies and Doctor Who episodes while filling orders lately. Fun! A favorite holiday tradition in your family: Every year for the past 14 or 15 years, when we put our holiday lights and decorations away, we write a note to “our future selves.” It is awesome to get out the decorations and find a note to us from our past selves. Sometimes we add some spending money! We save them all, and reread them every year.

A favorite holiday spot that you like in the Hudson Valley: I love taking wintry, snowy walks at Peterskill. Snow on pine trees is my favorite!

Anything else that you’d like to announce:

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he Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) will present the 1988 film Scrooged on the big screen on Friday, December 20 at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets cost $6. If you dress like a spirit, you get in for free. The darkly comic modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol stars Bill Murray playing the role of Frank Cross, a cold-hearted TV exec who is planning a live production of A Christmas Carol when his adaptation starts to mirror his own life. Things get worse when his dead former boss visits to tell him the error of his ways. Informed that he’ll be visited by three ghosts, Frank takes heed and starts immediately to make amends. Karen Allen co-stars, along with David Johansen, Carol Kane and Robert Mitchum. Tickets are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit www.bardavon.org.

Something I am excited about is that I have been doing more with vintage lamp bases lately. I have been refurbishing great old bases and pairing them with fabulous fabric. This new part of my business is called Lamp Revamp, and I love it!

Geeks and Freeks Bill Spring, www.etsy.com/shop/geeksandfreeks Bill Spring’s work is one of those wonderful product lines where your kids love it because his pendants, buttons and bracelets are fun and trendy with characters they adore, and you love it because they’re all locally made at a terrific price point. And because Bill can use your own images to create the pieces, you can customize your order for any occasion: bling you can believe in!

Best place for people to buy your work: The best place right now is my online shop at www.etsy.com/shop/geeksandfreeks. I make stuff that’s very “pop.” I like sci-fi, comics, cartoons and rock ‘n’ roll, so that’s what I make. I’ve done a lot of reproduction animation cels and a new line of replica Beatlemania stuff: tickets, buttons and bubblegum cards in collage frames. I’ve got handpainted lunchboxes, too. But the majority of my products are for kids: cool little pendant necklaces and bracelets with studs, rhinestones and buttons.

I would love to have a little shop in the real world, ideally on Main Street in New Paltz or in Woodstock. But the rents are very high for such things, and you have to do incredible volume to break even. That’s why most of this real estate goes to bars

and restaurants or resellers. Artists and crafters just can’t pay those kinds of rents.

Even rents for spaces at larger craft shows and fairs have gotten pretty crazy. I like doing smaller events where there’s not so much pressure, and you can take the time to talk to people about your stuff. I’d love to find a location in New Paltz to run a monthly art and craft show with little or no cost to artists – maybe just charge enough to cover whatever insurance costs and permits are involved. It’s very hard when artists have to pay big upfront fees just for the opportunity to sell their art.

Something that you wish that people knew about the impact of buying locally, from local artisans: I’m not against buying from chains per se, but when we do this, most of our money goes up the ladder to stockholders and management, and only a tiny bit stays in the pockets of the local folks who work in the store. Once that dollar goes into the cash register of a big store, it’s gone – it goes across the country or overseas, and it’s never going to come back to your town.

When you buy from a local artist or crafter, you’re making sure that almost all of your money stays in your town. Sure, some will go to the pay the artist’s bills, but a lot will also go to a local baker, a local karate school, your local coffeeshop.

But beyond this, you’re also helping someone keep an interesting and fulfilling job and live a meaningful life. Making custom jewelry is a lot more satisfying than working behind the jewelry case at Target, selling stuff made in a factory. And as a buyer, you’re a lot more likely to have a fun experience when you buy from a real person instead of a faceless supply chain.

Any roles that your daughters and family play in your business: My two daughters are the reason for everything I do. I make things to make them happy, and then sometimes make more of the same things to sell. It’s easier for me to get inspired when I have actual recipients in mind for anything I make, and my daughters are my biggest supporters. This means, of course, that my products age with them. Five years ago I was making baby tees and onesies; now I make jewelry for older kids and preteens.

I also love making personalized gifts for other people in my family, and sometimes these turn out to be prototypes for items that I make to sell. Hopefully customers will have the same interests as my relatives! Last year I made my teenage niece a full-sized custom box of “Cotton-Headed Ninny Muggins” breakfast cereal, because she’s a big fan of the movie Elf. That was a one-of-a-kind, though, as I can’t really see any commercial potential in it.

Something that you have learned/appreciated/experienced this holiday season: This year I’ve been thinking about just how hard everyone works to make something like Hanukkah or Christmas come to be. As a kid, it always felt like the holidays just “happened.” But as you get older, you understand that creating opportunities for holiday joy takes a tremendous amount of effort.

My wife and I, and the rest of my family, try our very best to let the kids experience a few “wow” moments in December, and we run ourselves ragged doing it. But all the stress and fatigue are worth it when my daughters’ faces

com/events/212427055603670; Roos Arts, “Light Me Up”: www.facebook.com/ roos.arts.

The Little Match Girl was one of my favorites when I was little, and it still holds power for me with the purity of her visions with each match: for warmth, nourishment, beauty and love. There’s a bleakness to the story, but it’s also affirming of what we have to share with each other.

I’m making space in the studio right now and will have original pieces there that don’t come out very often. Roos Arts also carries a small collection of my work in their gift shop in the back of the gallery. Throughout the year, the best place to buy my work is jennyleefowler.etsy.com.

And I’m always happy to chat about special projects and commissions for original paper cuttings.

surprises.

Any roles that your family plays in your business:

I sell holiday wreaths made from our evergreens and herbal products: salves, tinctures, healing balms, herbal soaps, dried and fresh herbs.

Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market, http:// rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com; the next market is December 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Amenia Farmers’ Market, http://ameniafarmersmarket.com, from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday; www.perryhillfarm.com, “online custom made soap especially for you.” For salves, lotions et cetera, please e-mail vharkness@perryhillfarm.com.

Jenny Lee Fowler’s magic hands

I love that you asked about the role that my family plays in my business.

This year more than ever, and on these Match Girl pieces especially, my kids have lent their eyes to the work. When I yell down the hall and my 11-yearold son is willing to set down his Minecraft game, wander down and give me an art crit, it’s a very happy thing. And my 7-year-old daughter helped me to curate and hang my solo show this summer. I’m excited by their instincts for seeing – what they bring to the aesthetic and to solving technical issues as well. And I wouldn’t be doing this today if my husband hadn’t helpfully reminded me that you don’t need to make time for a hobby if it’s your work. He helped me to hone in on it as a calling and find a niche that works for our family’s economy.

Nightlight by Jasmine Redfern of Whimsy Home

light up with complete wonder because of something that they truly believe is real magic. That’s what makes me happiest.

A favorite holiday tradition in your family: My oldest daughter is only 8, so we’re still building our traditions, and I’m sure we’ll come up with tons over the coming years. Driving my wife crazy by constantly playing my favorite Christmas music is one tradition I always love. Another thing we’ve done recently as a family is to make reusable gift boxes. We take a mediumsized cardboard box, add a coat of colorful paint and then put Christmas pictures and stickers all over it. Gifts can go inside, and then afterwards, the box is flattened and put away with the decorations until next year. My father-in-law has gotten the same box three years running – with a new gift each time, of course.

A favorite holiday spot that you like in the Hudson Valley: We like Water Street Market in New Paltz all year long, but it’s especially nice at the holidays, when all the great shops and cafés are decorated. I wish there were more places like it. We spend too much time in our cars, at malls and in big-box stores, and it’s nice to have pretty little outdoor places to sit or window-shop. It reminds me of a miniature version of a high street in England or Europe. I wish we could extend it all along the Wallkill for a half-mile or so: just small, locally owned businesses on our own waterfront.

Anything else that you’d like to announce: I’d like to remind people to not overspend this Christmas. Big, expensive, impersonal gifts are not what holi-

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days are about. It’s a better idea to buy something inexpensive, but which has some personal connection to the person you’re buying for. I try very hard to make stuff that’s cool and unique, but also very affordable. I hate going to gift events where the cheapest thing is 40 dollars. I make stuff mostly for kids, so I want kids to be able to afford it, to maybe give as little gifts to their good friends or classmates. Maybe if we can get kids to shop local, they’ll get in the habit and do it for the rest of their lives!

Jenny Lee Fowler jenny@ jennyleefowler.com, jennyleefowler.etsy.com Jenny Fowler was my gateway into the world of fine paper arts, and I was hooked after seeing some silhouette cuttings that she did in a leaf. Her art pieces are incredibly detailed. The images slow me down and invite me in: impossibly small shapes emerging from the paper like tiny whispers.

When I look at the silhouettes that Jenny did of my kids a while back, somehow these flat, one-dimensional images hold the power to transport me back immediately to a specific place and time in their lives. I am moved by how much energy can come through a single piece of blank paper.

Best place for people to find your work: This month, I will have original paper-cut vignettes from Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Little Match Girl hanging in the windows (viewable from indoors or out) of Roos Arts in Rosendale and KMoCA in Kingston. I’m really excited about this work, and I want people to see it. And the pieces are part of lively group shows that are up this month: KMoCA, “Cold Comfort”: www.facebook.

Something that you wish that people knew about the impact of buying locally, from local artists: I wish that more people understood that when they buy from local artists, that they’re not only purchasing objects, but patronizing the set of skills and the place in the world for artists to make art that they really care about.

Like any other money, it puts food on tables, but it also lends to the broader cultural feast. Artists create experiences and connections and often provide reflections of what it means to be of this place we call home. And I think we all benefit from that.

Something that you have learned this holiday season: My Poppy grew up in a farming community on the prairie. They worked very hard through the growing season, and then winter was a time when they would hitch up the sleigh and go visiting – play music or games, make things, eat! When he talked about it, you could feel the pause. For many of us, things don’t slow down in that kind of way with the seasons, and the year can feel more like it’s careening into the next. This year, I’ve been trying to keep an eye toward what I want the season to feel like, rather than a real or imaginary list of what I want to get done with our family time.

A favorite holiday tradition in your family: My husband’s family has a tradition of finding a really big Yule log, strapping it with a red ribbon, taking turns (youngest to oldest) sitting on it and making a wish, then banking it for the night. Little red coals in the morning means your wishes will be granted. My husband and I also have a tradition of making our own cards. As my kids get older they also create our holidays in new ways: making up their own recipes in the kitchen, sewing a stocking for a dog, cleaning out the chocolate from their advent calendars, plotting

Perry Hill Farm Vicki Harkness, vharkness@perryhillfarm.com, www.perryhillfarm.com My experience with Vicki Harkness’ Perry Hill Farm products began with some soap that I had purchased as gifts. But after I got them home, they just looked so gorgeous and smelled so good that I ended up keeping them for myself. When I got poison ivy, I ordered Vicki’s jewelweed salve, and now it’s such a staple in my healing basket that I have no idea how I ever lived without it: I use it for everything!

Best places for people to buy your work:

Something that you wish that people knew about the impact of buying locally: In our case, you are helping a local farm preserve open space, ensure a local, fresh food supply, support a local family that’s paying local taxes and may employ other local people.

Something may be cheaper from large manufacturer, but I can tell you exactly where my ingredients came from, ensure that the plants were grown without chemicals and were grown in toxin-free soil.

Any roles that your son and family play in your business: My son helps me plant, cultivate and harvest our plants. He even has a side business: Joshua’s Trees. He sells potted tree saplings. My husband also helps provide the muscle for planting bed creation, fencing and more.

Something that you have especially appreciated this holiday season: I always appreciate the opportunity for our entire family to work together to provide good stewardship on our farm. I feel very passionate about the environment, the importance of local food supplies and wildlife habitat.

A favorite holiday tradition in your family: Cutting down our own Christmas tree from our farm and wishing all of our rescued/adopted animals a Merry Christmas.

A favorite holiday spot that you like in the Hudson Valley: To us, trains seem to be a major part of our holiday. Of course we love the movie Polar Express, which had a local showing this year. We also have enjoyed the Catskill Mountain Railroad Holiday train: http://catskillmtrailroad.com. Lastly, for the holiday train enthusiasts like us, the New York Botanical Garden’s Train Show is a must: www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2013/holiday-train-show/index.php.

– Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno is dreaming of days merry and bright. She lives in New Paltz with her husband Mike 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.

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

10AM Visit with Santa at The Poughkeepsie Plaza (through 12/24, 10am til closing)! Info: www.poughkeepsieplaza.com. Poughkeepsie Plaza, 2600 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

11AM-8PM Visit with Santa at The Poughkeepsie Galleria (Monday - Thursday, 11am-8pm; & Sunday 11am-6pm)! Info: www.newburghmall. com. Poughkeepsie Galleria, lower Center Court, 2001 South Rd, Poughkeepsie.

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 Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

1:30PM-2:15PM Free Lunchtime Meditation Group. On-going, Thurs, 1:30-2:15pm. Open to all levels, weekly guided meditation and relaxation exercises. Donations welcome. Web: www. lindamlaurettalcsw.com. Serenity Counseling & Meditation, 101 Hurley Ave, Hurley.

2PM-4PM Graduate Program Open House – Department of Communication Disorders.

Attendees will meet the faculty, tour the SpeechLanguage and Hearing Center facilities, and learn about the programs. To register, or for more information, emailcommdisgrad@newpaltz.edu. Info: 257-2700. SUNY New Paltz, Humanities Building, Room 22, New Paltz.

2PM-3:30PM Astrology-Affirmations & Sacred Music for The Winter Solstice with Marian Tortorella @ Sage(12/19, 2- 3:30)Meditative Dulcimer Music & Astrology set the tone for the coming Winter Solstice. Astrological Affirmations for eachZodiac Sign, combined w/ the Horoscope Chart of the Actual Winter Solstice by Master Astrologer, Sound Healer/Recording Artist & Composer Marian Tortorella aka Fatima.$20/ sugg donation @door or reg:sagehealingcenter@ gmail or 679-5650 Sage Healing Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock.

3:30PM Book Explorers. For ages 4 & up. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, 338-5580.

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.

3:30PM-4:30PM Chess Club. Ages 8-Adult. Led

by Merrie Zaretsky. Learn to play or improve your skills. You don’t need to sign up for these on-going sessions. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock, 679-2213.

5:30PM-6:30PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Beginners/Mixed. Web: www.unisonarts.org.

Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, $13, 255-1559.

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6:30PM-8:30PM New Paltz Workshop: Tool Maintenance. This course is geared toward taking care of a trail maintainer’s tools. Learn how to properly clean, sharpen, and maintain your tools. Bring your tools to the course. RSVP. Info & directions: www.nynjtc.org/workshop/ tool-maintenance-tu-783 or Sona@nynjtc.org.

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6:30PM M.R. Poulopoulos. Genre: folk. Info: www.americanglory.com or 518-822-1234. American Glory BBQ, 342 Warren St, Hudson, free.

phone: (845) 334-8200 ext. 104, fax at (845) 334-8809.

6:30PM Holiday Cookie Swap. Info: www.highlandlibrary.org or 691-2275. Highland Library, 30 Church St, Highland.

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

6:30PM-7:30PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Advanced. Web: www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, $13, 255-1559.

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7PM Live @ The Falcon: Pat O’Shea. Rhett Miller – Opener. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Rainbow Chorus Rehearsal (Thursdays, 7-9pm). Mid-Hudson Valley’s new gay and lesbian chorus needs you. No auditions, and sight reading not required. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass—all voices needed. Rehearsals every other Thursday.Info: rainbowchorus1@gmail.com or 679-2135. $10 per rehearsal. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston.

7PM Storytelling with Janet Carter. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, New Paltz.

7PM Reading of the Work of Jacques Lacan.

Moderated by Dr. Anna McLellan, member of the Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association. Subject: Lacan’s Seminar V: The Unconscious. Reg req.

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

7PM-8:30PM Free Holistic Self-Care Class: Crystal Clear Masters with Suzy Meszoly. Beings of Light who offer deep spiritual guidance and physical attunements so that we may reconnect with our natural, powerful state. Info: www.rvhhc. org. Family Traditions, Emmanuel Shopping Center, Stone Ridge.

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

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

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10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, 338-5580.

12PM Book Discussion: “The Metaphysical Club”

by Louis Menand. Info: 229-7791 x. 205. Hyde Park Library Annex, 2 Main St, Hyde Park.

12:05PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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Post Rd, Hyde Park.

6PM-8PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights, Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures - a 3-D experience -, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

6:30PM 64th Annual Living Nativity. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. & again at 8 p.m. Info: info@ olddutchchurch.org or 338-6759. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

7PM It’s a Wonderful Life! 1946, 129 minutes, not rated. Info: www.palacealbany.com or 518-4654663. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $5, $3 /child.

7PM Annie LaBarge and other members of the Health Alliance Oncology Support Program’s Memoir Writing Group, guided by Abigail Thomas, present Holding On, Letting Go. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz.

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

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Mark Soskin Trio featuring Drum Legend Steve Smith! Info: www. liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Book Signing & Readings: given by the authors of the anthology: Holding On, Letting Go from Abigail Thomas’ HealthAlliance Oncology Support Memoir Group. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz.

7PM West Point Band’s Jazz Knights. The concert will include a variety of holiday favorites arranged especially for a big band. Staff Sgt. Alexis Cole will be singing. Info: www.westpointband. com or 938-2617. Linda Norris Auditorium, 339 Central Ave,

5:45 PM Eighth Annual Ferry Godmother Christmas Caroling Series 2013. There will be a special appearance by The Merry Minstrels, an acapella quartet in Victorian costume. The event is free and open to the public. Donations of chestnuts or other goodies to share are requested. Come share this tradition of caroling to the ferry riders as they disembark the Newburgh Beacon Ferry. Event complete with a campfire!

Newburgh waterfront at Newburgh-Beacon Landing, Newburgh.

3PM-5PM Anime Club. Get to know others who enjoy anime and manga as much as you do! Watch anime, read manga, look at art books, cosplay, and more. Age 13 and older and adults Sarah Hull Hallock (Milton) Free Library, 56-58 Main St, Milton, 795-2200.

3:30PM Free Children’s Movie: Annabelle’s Wish. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or 687-7023. Stone Ridge Library, 3800 Main St, Stone Ridge.

7:15PM Holiday Film Series: “Christmas In Connecticut.” (1945). Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sydney Greenstreet and Dennis Morgan.

Directed by Peter Godfrey. Discussion to follow.

Info: 229-7791 ext. 205. Hyde Park Library Annex, 2 Main

6PM-7PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm.

Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

3:30PM AfterSchool Crafts. For ages 8-12.

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

7:30PM Friday Film Series: Scrooged. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $6, 339-6088.

4PM-6PM Grand Opening, Reception & Panel Discussion to raise enough funds to send 3 exceptionally gifted orphans from Laos to art school in 2014 and change their lives! 100 exquisite miniature paintings for sale. Organized by One Voice Global .Woodstock Artist Association, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock.

8PM A Christmas Carol. Directed, written and produced by Lou Trapani. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 876-3080. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308, Rhinebeck, $20.

6PM The Healing Power of Joy. In this free introductory class you will explore ways to directly access your inherent field of joy. Come give your joy muscles a workout! Info: 246-4317. Saugerties Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

6PM Gustafer Yellowgold. His show is a mix of song, projected cartoon images and great stories.

Info: www.woodstock.org or 679-2213. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock,

HOLIDAY FUN!

Bill Barrett, Peggy Fusco, Deborah Osherow with Special Guest Rob Stein at Mary’s Place / Joma Cafe in West Shokan Thursday Dec. 19 • 8-10pm Playing songs of Winter Joy E AT • S I N G - A - L O N G • D A N C E

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4PM -7PM Sew Woodstock Holiday Party!

Event will take place at: 3257 Rt 212, Bearsville,684-5564 .

5:15PM Bard Math Circle. Red Hook Library, Red Hook.

6PM-7PM Good Cause for Laughter- A Laughter Yoga & Silent Auction Benefit. . A laughter yoga benefit is being held to pay for shipping books donated by the Rosendale Library to a new library being created in Katmandu, Nepal. Info: www. childrenoftomorrow.org or www.laughingataging.com . Canaltown Alley behind the Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, 616-6764.

6PM Annual Christmas Bash with Santa Claus!

Music by “4 Elves” in disguise including Vito!

Drink specials all night long. No cover charge.

229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Co, 4076 Albany

7PM It’s a Wonderful Life. 1946, 129 minutes, not rated. Info: 518-465-4663. Palace Theatre, Albany, $5, $3 /child.

8PM Storm King’s Acoustic Music Series: The April Verch Band. Web: www.sks.org. The Storm King School, Walter Reade, Jr. Theatre, 314 Mountain Rd, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

8PM 64th Annual Living Nativity. Info: info@ olddutchchurch.org or 338-6759. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

8PM Morton Acoustic Night. Featuring: Bob and the Boys & the Boyers, Acoustic Fire, Russell Austin, Rick Nuzzo, The Riches.. Info: www. morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us or 876-2903. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

8PM Group 99. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8:30PM Snowflake *LP Release.* 9pm Ultram (Cullen, Turco, ‘Hopper). 10pm Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band (Tunde Adebimpe of

TV on the Radio). 11pm Snowflake *LP Release.* Info:www.bspkingston.com. BSP, 323 Wall St,

Kingston, $10.

9PM Big Sister. $10. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9 PM The Lindsey Webster Band. Web: 679-4406 or bearsvilletheater@gmail.com or www.bearsvilletheater.com. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $10.

9:30PM The Gong Show & Holiday Party. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org or 658-8989. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale, $5.

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Drop-Off Holiday Camp. A day of fun activities for kids 8–12 while you finish last minute holiday preparations. Reg req. Info: www.tivolilibrary. org or 757-3771. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli.

8AM John Burroughs Natural History Society Winter Solstice Walk. An easy two mile walk. Trip leader Lin Fagan (339-2054 or faganlin@verizon. net ) to register. Info: www.jbnhs.org. Associated Market, Fann’s Plaza, Rte. 32, Rosendale.

8AM Winter Solstice Walk in Rosendale. An easy two mile walk (some uphill.) Afterwards, there will be opportunities for fellowship, refreshment and holiday shopping in the village. Contact trip leader Lin Fagan (339-2054 or faganlin@ verizon.net ) toregister Fann’s Plaza, Associated Market, Rte. 32, Rosendale.

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

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

9AM-10:30AM Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, Saturdays 9-10:30am. All are welcome.No charge. 679-8800. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (A-Frame), 2578 Rt 212, Woodstock, free.

10AM Mid-Hudson ADK: Photo Hike at NyqusitHarcourt Wildlife Sanctuary. Leader: Brian Sullivan 594-9545. Leave message. Bring camera, water, food, and dress appropriately. Info: www.

MidHudsonADK.org. Trailways Bus Station, corner of Prospect 10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

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

10AM-2PM Teen Geek Squad. Call ahead of time to schedule an appointment or simply drop in.

Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook, 758-3241.

10AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market.

Cooking Education Series: Farmers’ Market Cooking $30/class. Held 3rd Sat til April, 11am1pm Each class will cover different basic cooking techniques. Offering bread & baked goods, fresh fish, meat & eggs, fruits & vegetables, gourmet peanut butter & local wine. The Market will continue on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month from 10am -2pm through April. Info: www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Old Dutch Church, Bethany Hall, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

10AM Annual Holiday Classic 5k - ColumbiaGreene Community College. Entry fee is $16, $20/ day of race. Register online: active.com.

Info: 518-861-6350. Greenport.

10:30AM -12:30PM Origami Foldfest- Holiday Ornaments. Learn how to make holiday ornaments using the Japanese art of paper folding led

by Anita Barbour. For ages 5 to adult. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

11AM-4PM Brook Farm Project Solstice Event.

Co-sponsored by Brook Farm Project and Two Row Wampum Hudson Valley. Celebrating the

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Ulster County. The count circle is nearly bisected by the Hudson River and includes parts of Ulster, Dutchess, Greene, and Columbia Counties. Reg req. Info: forsythnature@aol.com.

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Free Empowerment Workshop given by Certified Empowerment Life Coach Ann Davison, LCSW (1/15, 6-9pm). Info: 512-785-3907 or www. empowermentwins.com. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge.

Sign-Up Now! Tai-Chi & Chi Gung Class with Michael (over 30 yrs exp). Beginning January 6 Mondays 7:30-8:30pm. Build a total integrated mind/body fitness while cultivating life’s abundant healing energy. Cost $25 month or $10per class. Info & to sign-up: 389-2431 or whitecranehall. com. 77 Cornell St. #116, Kingston.

Register Now! Astrology-Affirmations & Sacred Music for The Winter Solstice with Marian Tortorella @ Sage(12/19, 2- 3:30). Meditative Dulcimer Music & Astrology set the tone for the coming Winter Solstice. Astrological Affirmations for each Zodiac Sign, combined w/ the Horoscope Chart of the Actual Winter Solstice by Master Astrologer, Sound Healer/Recording Artist & Composer Marian Tortorella aka Fatima.$20/sugg donation @ door or reg:sagehealingcenter@gmail

or 679-5650 Sage Healing Center, 9 Deming St, Woodstock.

Are You Fummoxed by The Upcoming New York State Health Exchange Options? You are not alone. Red Hook Public Library will be offering sessions with Navigators to help citizens sign up for the various health plans from 10:30 - 6 pm on Mondays - December 30, January 6, January 13, February 3, February 10, March 3, March 24 and March 31. There will also be Saturday sessions, from 10:30 am -2:30 pm -Saturdays, January 25, February 22 and March 15. These are private sessions; please call 1-800-453-4666 to schedule an appointment. This service is free and open to the public.

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

Need Free Help Registering for Health Care? A Health Exchange Navigator will be visiting Phoenicia Library starting in January to help people sign up.If you would like an appointment to register with a Navigator at the library.

Appts necessary, call 518-221-9889. You should bring all your tax information.

Appts start January 6, 12 -6pm. Phoe-

darkest day of the year, to welcome the growing sunlight in the days to come. Sacred fire, Acorn(Medicine Hoop), singing, story telling, potluck. Bring a family dish & chair (or two).

Info: sallybeethankful@gmail.com or l 255-1052.

Brook Farm Farmhouse, Lenape Lane (off Butterville Rd), New Paltz.

11AM Storytime with Santa! Donate a pair of new mittens to Mitten Tree. Story reading & pictures with Santa. Raffle. Cookies will be served.

Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls.

11AM-1:30PM Hudson Valley Farmer’s Market.

Lisa Dudley and Ed Kenny will be serenading shoppers with original and traditional music amidst fresh baked bread, cheeses, and even ostrich eggs. Wine, soap, knitted hats, and CD’s.

Grieg Farm, 229 Pitcher Ln, Red Hook.

11AM-1PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market.

Cooking Education Series: Farmers’ Market Cooking. The classes will be held in the kitchen of the Old Dutch Church from 11 am -1 pm on the 3rd Saturdays of the month (12/21, 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19). Info: lori@kingstonfarmersmarket. org . Old Dutch Church, Bethany Hall, 272 Wall St, Kingston, $30 /per class.

11:30 AM-2 PM Gardiner Winter Farmers’ Market. Quality juried crafts for great holiday gifts; organically grown seasonal vegetables; organic free range meats and eggs; local honey and honey products; organic breads and pastries; dried, pickled and preserved vegetables and fruits.

484-553-4602. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

12PM Sheila Buff. The debut release of her new book Food Lover’s Guide to The Hudson Valley: the Best Restaurants, Markets and Culinary Offerings. Info: www.merrittbooks.com or 677-5857.

Merritt Bookstore, 57 Front St, Millbrook.

12PM Happy Apple Holiday: Cider-Pressing Demo & Hot Toddies. Complimentary ciderbased hot toddies will be available, and our own Mark Doyle will demonstrate the process our apples go through to become sweet cider. Fishkill Farms, 9 Fishkill Farm Rd, Hopewell Junction.

12PM-3PM Cultural Holiday Brunch. Food, music and celebration. Bring family and friends, your holiday spirit and your favorite family or cultural dish to share. Info: 331-5300. LGBTQ Community Center, Apuzzo Hall, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

12PM-6PM Kids’ Santa Crawl. A family-style Santa Crawl with Santa appearing throughout downtown. Info: www.downtownpeekskill.com/ festivals/ Downtown Peekskill, Peekskill.

12 PM-3 PM Voices of Diversity’s Cultural Holiday Brunch. Annual Holiday Potluck Brunch. Food, music and celebration. Bring family and friends, your holiday spirit and your favorite family or cultural dish to share. All are welcome! Info:www.lgbtqcenter.org or 331-5300.

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

12PM-2PM Opening Reception: Winter Fine Arts Show. Featuring the works of exhibition of work by Raymond J. Steiner, Charlotte Tusch (Scherer) Maxine Davidowitz & Helen Gold. Show will run through April, 2014. Info: 679-2218 or wjc.arts@gmail.com. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Gallery Lev Shalem, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock.

12PM-5PM Exhibition of Paintings by John Greene. Info: 917-579-4947 or creativecrossings12581@gmail.com. Stanford Grange #808, 6043 Route 82, Stanfordville.

1PM-4PM Have a Cool Yule at Wilderstein! The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed, tours of the decorated mansion continue every weekend

nicia Library, Phoenicia.

Woodstock Food Pantry Needs Your Help! Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30,2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am - 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555 or www.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoodstock.com.

Register Now! Swing Dance with Instructors Linda and Chester Freeman (1/4, 7:30-10:30pm). $10 admission includes basic lesson at 7:30pm. Special performance at 9pm. No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. MAC Fitness, 743 East Chester (Rt9W), Kingston; also offered Swing Dance Class Series with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman (Meets on Mondays, beginning 1/6, 6-7pm). Intermediate and advanced at 7 and 8pm. No partner or experience necessary. Info: www.got2lindy.com or 236-3939. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston.

Ulster/Dutchess (NYUD) Christmas Bird Count. Centered in Glasco,

through the end of December, 1-4pm. In addition to touring the mansion, a refreshing winterstroll on Wilderstein’s grounds, complimentary hot mulled cider and cookies are served. Info: 876-4818 or www.wilderstein.org. Wilderstein Historic Site, 330 Morton Rd, Rhinebeck.

Lose Weight Naturally in Six Weeks.

Serious weight loss and stress management program based on traditional Chinese medicine principles. Free Intro Talk: 1/7 @ 7pm. 2 program dates: 1/14 @ 7pm & 1/17 @7pm. Info: meg@ megcoons.com or 901-9910. 12 North Chestnut St, New Paltz.

Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop led by Frayda Kafka.

Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm dates: (1/8, 2/5, 3/5, 4/2, 5/7, 6/4, 2014). Certified hypnotist.Sponsored by the Oncology Support Program of the Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley. 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.

Audition Notice: The Comedy of Errors. Auditions held on Jan 11 at 1pm. Also, Jan 12 at 7 pm. All Parts Are Open. Info: trapani@centerforperformingarts.org. Center For Performing Arts At Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, 876-3080.

Audition Notice: Boys from Syracuse by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Auditions are Jan. 4 at 1pm, Jan. 5 at 7pm. Needed: Adult male & female actors who sing. Directed by

1PM Bard Math Circle. Kingston Library, Kingston.

4:30PM-8PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights. Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures - a 3-D experience, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

2PM Babes in Toyland. Laurel & Hardy holiday classic. Info: www.shadowlandtheatre.org or 647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville.

5PM-7PM Change Your Brain, Change Your Mind. Info: www.mindstrengthbalance.com or 657- 6411. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

2PM-3:30PM Astrology - Affirmations & Sacred Music for The Winter Solstice with Marian Tortorella @ Sage. Meditative Dulcimer Music & Astrology set the tone for the coming Winter Solstice. Astrological Affirmations for each Zodiac Sign, combined w/ the Horoscope Chart of the Actual Winter Solstice by Master Astrologer, Sound Healer/Recording Artist & Composer Marian Tortorella aka Fatima.$20/sugg donation @door or reg:sagehealingcenter@gmail or 679-5650 Sage Healing Center, 9 Deming St, Woodstock.

5PM Neurofeedback at Woodstock Library Forum -0”Changing Your Brain, Changing Your Mind.” Illustrated talk to be given by LincolnStoller, PhD. Free admission. Refreshments. Info: 679-2213 or www.woodstock.org.

Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

2PM Christmas Plays, Carols & Cocoa! “Silent Night” by Walt Vail and “Dulce Domum” by Amie Brockway. Performances include caroling, cookies, and cocoa, and are recommended for all ages. RSVP at 586-1660, or openeye@catskill.net.

6PM-9PM Potluck Party & Opening Reception.

Group Show “Art is Everywhere.” Info: info@ artsupstairs.com or 688-2142. The Arts Upstairs Gallery, , 60 Main St, Phoenicia.

2PM-3:30PM Coinology 101. Open to teens and adults. Children under 12 with parental supervision please. Learn how to start collecting and searching pocket change for valuable mint errors!

No prior experience necessary. Third Saturday of every month. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston, free, 331-0507 x 7.

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

3PM-6PM Winter Solstice Photography Workshop. Join Hudson Valley Landscape photographer Greg Miller for a unique photography experience on the bluffs. Info: 229-2006 or Bill_ Urbin@nps.gov. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Rt 9G, Hyde Park.

3PM-6PM Portrait Artist, Pam Israel will sketch charcoal portraits of anyone wishing to participate. Children are most welcome. Come watch the process unfold or sit for your portrait. Info: 255-5482. Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot St, New Paltz.

4PM-6PM Artist Talk & Reception - “Leslie Bender: Involutions - Invocations.” A solo exhibition of new paintings on paper and canvas. Show will exhibit through 12/31. Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 11-6; Sunday, Noon-5 & by appointment and chance. Info:876-7578 or www.ShahinianFineArt.com Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Upstairs Galleries, 22 East Market St, Rhinebeck.

4PM-8PM Christmas with the Ellisons at Knox’s Headquarters. Tour by candlelight the elegant 1754 Ellison mansion decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. The house will have costumed staff in each room. Knox’s Headquarters, 289 Forge Rd, Vails Gate.

4PM-6PM Leslie Bender Talk. Talk about Leslie’s show, Involutions— Invocations, and reception with artist. Info: www.ShahinianFineArt.com or 876-7578. Albert Shahinian Fine Art, 22 E. Market St, 3rd floor, Rhinebeck.

4PM Handel’s Messiah: Sing-A-Long. Gwen Gould, conductor. Info: 518-828-7513. First Presbyterian Church, Corner 4th St & Warren, Hudson.

5PM-7PM Salted Bros. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

6PM-11:30PM 3rd Annual Santacon Pub Crawl.

Crawlers dressed as Santa enjoy specials along the way. Starts at Peekskill Brewery at 6pm. Info: santacon.info/Peekskill-N Peekskill.

6PM-8PM Seventh Annual Mohonk Preserve Member Appreciation Sale & Party. Open until 8pm every night from the 18th through the 23rd (we’ll be closing at 5 on Christmas Eve). reserve members will receive 20% off all items not alreadyon sale all day long. Have you volunteered your time to help the Preserve? Well, bring your volunteer membership card because your efforts have earned you 25% off. Rock and Snow, 44 Main St, New Paltz.

6:30PM 64th Annual Living Nativity. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. & again at 8 p.m. Info: info@ olddutchchurch.org or 338-6759. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

7PM Exercise for a Cause & Zumba for Food.

Participate in aerobics, strength training, step aerobics and Zumba classes. All it will cost you is a donation of non-perishable food items that will go to our neighbors in need and local food pantries. Info: 255-9317. New Paltz Elks Lodge, 290 Route 32 S, New Paltz.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Ed Palermo Big Band with Napoleon Murphy Brock. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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

No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville.

7PM Holiday Artist Salon with Live Music.

Featuring Will Play & Anita Mars. Food and refreshments will be served. Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot St, New Paltz, free.

7PM Phoenicia Community Choir. Special guest conductor will be Jolie Dunham. It is preceded by caroling along Main Street starting at 5:30, gathering at Church and Main Streets. Info: 688-2169.

Wesleyan Church, Main St, Phoenicia, free.

7PM-9PM Winter Solstice Bonfire! Ccelebrate & enjoy hot apple cider, s’mores & music around a giant bonfire. Info: www.rhinecliff.org or 206-4965. Rhinecliff Landing, Rhinecliff.

7PM-10PM Special Holiday Jazzfest - The Swing DaddyZ, featuring Audrey Willis. No cover. 485-9999 Pour House, 206 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

7PM Blue Christmas Service. Gospel music

Lou Trapani. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 876-3080. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck.

Audition Notice: Miss Saigon.

Auditions held on Jan 5 & 6 at 7 pm.

Needed: Adult male & female actors who sing. Also need one boy (4-5 years). Info: anna0118@gmail.com.

Joseph’s Steakhouse, 728 Violet Ave, Hyde Park.

Mid-Hudson ADK: Mid Week Hike.

The leaders offer 3-6 hour hikes of varying difficulty to different areas of the Mid Hudson Valley. Held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Web: www.MidHudsonADK.org. Hudson Valley, 399-2170 or 592-0204.

2014 Woodstock A-I-R Program for Artist of Color Working in the Photographic Arts. Deadline: 2/28/14. Info: www.cpw.org or info@ cpw.org. The Center for Photography, 59 Tinker St, Woodstock.

Visit with Santa at Adams Fairacre Farms (four locations - Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh & Wappingers Falls). Times vary check website: adamsfarms.com. Free picture with Santa!

Enter Now! Celebration of Lights Photo Contest! Enter a 5x7 photo in the contest by 1/24/14. A complete list of rules can be found at www. saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Open to all Saugerties Public Library patrons.

Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties.

in black churches focus of talk This will be a different kind of worship service: of comfort, of song, of loss, of Scripture, of candle lighting and of hope. All are welcome. For more information, call the church office at Info: 338-8930 or visit www.redeemerkingston.com.Redeemer Lutheran Church, Wurts and Rogers sts, Kingston.

7PM Opera, Song and Story: A Christmas Celebration! Presented by Kingston Festival of the Arts. Kerry Henderson- baritoneAlison DavysopranoCarmen Borgia- singer and songwriterPeter Cody- pianistBex Roper-Caldbeck- storyteller& introducing Rosa Henderson- songstress.

The Uptown Gallery, 296 Wall St, Kingston.

7PM-9PM El Rancho Deluxo’s Cuban Blues.

Every Third Saturday. Info: 246-5306. Cafe Mezzaluna, 626 Rt 212, Saugerties.

7:30PM Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffee House Series: An open mic format followed by our featured performers, John & Nancy De Nicolo.

Info:-592-4216 or vfolks@aol.com. Unitarian Fellowship, SouthRandolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, $6/adults, $5 /senior.

7:30PM Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse: John & Nancy De Nicolo. An open mic format followed by the featured performers. Info: www. hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org. Unitarian Fellowship Hall, South Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, $6.

7:30PM-10:30PM Winter Solstice / Holiday Swing Dance Party Performance & Potluck.. $10 admission includes basic lesson at 7:30pm.

No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. For more info and to register visit www. got2lindy.com or call 236-3939. MAC Fitness, 743 East Chester (Rte 9W), Kingston.

7:30PM Third Saturday Contradance. Caller: Eric Hollman with Neil & Lilly Pearlman, duo performance. New and old Scottish tunes with strong Jazz and Latin influences. Info: contra@ hvcd.org or 473-7050. St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 55 Wilbur Ave, Kingston.

8PM-11PM Monty Pythons “Life of Brian” Christmas Spirit Air Studio Style. Celebrating the return of the sun with an Xmas Pot Luck Dessert party. AIR Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil St, Kingston,331-2662.

8PM Rhinebeck: A Christmas Carol. Directed, written and produced by Lou Trapani. Info: www. centerforperformingarts.org or 876-3080. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308, Rhinebeck, $20.

8 PM Theatersounds presents Holiday Humdinger - An Implausible Claus. with Richard Edelman, Frank McCourt’s Limerick Christmas with John D. Alexander, and an irreverent Holiday Song for absolutely everyone, directed by Nicola Sheara. *Actors appear courtesy of Actors Equity Association 657-6303. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston, free.

8PM The Compact. No cover. Grand Cru Beer & Cheese Market, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck, 876-6992.

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

8PM Ray Spiegel Indo-Jazz Ensemble. Featuring Mike DeMicco - guitarBill Moring - bassTani Tabbal - drumsRay Spiegel -vibes and tabla. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, $15.

8PM Tom Pacheco. Info: 658-9048. Rosendale Café, Main St, Rosendale, $15.

8PM Paul Green’s Rock and Roll Christmas Extravaganza. Web: www.bearsvilletheater.com Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $50 20, $40, $30, 679-4406.

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8PM Hudson: A Christmas Carol. Play by Charles Dickens. Performed by David Anderson. Directed by Ted Pugh. Info: www.wtdtheater.org or 518-610-0909. Solaris, 360 Warren St, Hudson, free.

8PM “An Evening of English Music.” Featuring Tania Halko Susi, viola, and Kairos: A Consort of Singers, with Artistic Director Dr. Edward Lundergan. Carols and seasonal selections, including sing along favorites. Info: www. esopuschamberorchestra.com/Quimby Theater at SUNY Ulster’s Stone Ridge Campus, 491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge.

8:30PM-12AM Salsa Dancing in Kingston.

Salsa, Merengue, & Bachata. Every Saturday Night 8:30pm to 12am. Suggested donation: $5.

338-7161. Gabriels’ Café, 316 Wall St, Kingston.

8:30PM It’s a Jumpin’ Fiesta with Shorty King’s Rhythm Revue. Info: 677-2985. La Puerta Azul, 2510 Rte 44, Millbrook.

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10AM-2PM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: Mala Waldron. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

10:30AM-12:30PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm .Meditation instruction available. Video teaching by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche with short discussion at 11:45am. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

10:30AM-12PM Sunday Mornings in Service of

Sacred Unity. Guided by Amy McTear, Joseph Jastrab, Dahila Bartz Cabe & other musical guests. 2nd & 4th Sunday ongoing. Web: www. unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

11AM Free Annual Christmas Show & Santa Train Ride! Hosted by STS. Visit www.stsplayhouse.com for details. Directed by Dylan Kastel.

A family friendly review featuring Uncle Rock and The Sons of Phoenicia and a host of other performers. Followed by a train ride with Santa at the Empire State Railway Children’s Museum at 1pm. STS, 10 Church St, Phoenicia.

11:30AM Group Holiday Art & Craft Fair. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

12PM-3PM Saugerties Indoor Market. Offering fresh and local fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, honey, flowers, cheeses, breads and on-site dining.

Chef ’s demonstration, at 11am. 917-453-2082.

Senior Center, 207 Market St, Saugerties.

12PM-2PM Opening Reception: Winter Fine Art Show. Featuring an exhibition of work by Raymond J. Steiner, Charlotte Tusch (Scherer) Maxine Davidowitz & Helen Gold. Woodstock Jewish Congregation,1682 Glasco Tnpk, Woodstock, 679-2218.

12PM-5PM Exhibition of Paintings by John Greene. Info: 917-579-4947 or creativecrossings12581@gmail.com. Stanford Grange #808, 6043 Route 82, Stanfordville.

12:30PM-4:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: Snowshoe Mossy Glen Trail. 3-mile long loop route through the woods adjacent to the Peter’s Kill stream. Pre-registration is required. If there is no snow, this outing will be a hike. Info: 255-0752.

Minnewaska Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $8 /per car, $5 /snowshoes.

1PM-4PM Have a Cool Yule at Wilderstein! The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed, tours of

the decorated mansion continue every weekend through the end of December, 1-4pm. In addition to touring the mansion, a refreshing winterstroll on Wilderstein’s grounds, complimentary hot mulled cider and cookies are served. Info: 876-4818 or www.wilderstein.org. Wilderstein Historic Site, 330 Morton Rd, Rhinebeck.

3 PM Hudson Valley Saxophone Orchestra. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Chamber Foundation’s Music Scholarship. Info: www.dcrcoc.org or 454-1700 x1023. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, $5 /suggested donation.

1 PM Hudson Valley Saxophone Orchestra. Proceeds from the event will benefit The Chamber Foundation’s Music Scholarship. Info: www.dcrcoc.org or 454-1700 x1023. CunneenHackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, $5 /suggested donation.

3PM 8th Annual Classical Christmas Concert.

Featuring duel grand harps, flutes, violin and singers. A good-will offering will be taken to benefit Samaritan’s Purse. Refreshments are served. Info: office@stjohnsreformed.org or 758-1184. St.John’s

1PM A n n u a l C h r i s t m a s P l ay The iNativity. The play, conceived and directed by the Rev. Sonja Maclary, puts a modern-day spin on the Nativity of Jesus. Info: 679-2336, or visitwww.christwoodstock.org. Christ’s Lutheran Church, 26 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. The snow date for the performance will be Dec. 23 at 7 pm.

4PM-8PM Christmas with the Ellisons at Knox’s Headquarters. Tour by candlelight the elegant 1754 Ellison mansion decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. The house will have costumed staff in each room. Knox’s Headquarters, 289 Forge

2PM Christmas Plays, Carols & Cocoa! “Silent Night” by Walt Vail and “Dulce Domum” by Amie Brockway Performances include caroling, cookies, and cocoa, and are recommended for all ages. RSVP at 586-1660, or openeye@catskill.net.

2:30PM Danny Whitecotton. Genre: folk. Info: www.americanglory.com or 518-822-1234. American Glory BBQ, 342 Warren St, Hudson, free.

3PM Works by Dylan Thomas and Isaac Bashevis Singer. A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas and “Zlateh the Goat” by Isaac Bashevis Singer will be read. For adults and children 10 years and older. A suggested donation of $8 will benefit the Cragsmoor Historical Society Building Restoration Fund. Info: 647-6487.

Cragsmoor Historical Society, 349 Cragsmoor Rd, Cragsmoor.

3PM Rhinebeck: A Christmas Carol. Directed, written and produced by Lou Trapani. Info: www. centerforperformingarts.org or 876-3080. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308,

Rhinebeck, $20.

4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle.

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

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

4:30PM-7PM Solstice/Holiday Party. The Wild Swan Band play Celtic songs&tunes. No Cover.

Info: 658-9048. Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale.

4:30PM-7PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights. Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures - a 3-D experience, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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7:15PM National Theatre from London: 50 Years on Stage. A cast of 100 will perform live on stage in this once-in-a-lifetime event, directed by the National Theatre’s current Director Nicholas Hytner. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org or 658-8989. Rosendale

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11AM-1PM Open Computer Lab. Open Computer Lab is held Monday-Friday. Web: www.poklib. org. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 485-3445 x 3381.

8PM Hudson: A Christmas Carol. Play by Charles Dickens. Performed by David Anderson. Directed by Ted Pugh. Info: www.wtdtheater.org or 518-610-0909. Solaris, 360 Warren St, Hudson, free.

11AM-12PM Senior Qi Gong with Zach Baker.

Mondays, on-going. Web: www.unisonarts.org.

Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $5 /per class, 255-1559.

5:30PM-7PM Rockin’ Rooks: Morton Youth Chess Club. Students in grades K - 12 are welcome to join for fun, learning, and tournament competition. Info: 876-5810. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

8PM Peter Kessler “Sings the Blues.â€? Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

Monday

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

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

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9AM -12PM Food Pantry Needs Help! Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30,2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoodstock.com.

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

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

9:30AM Serving and Staying in Place Social Meeting, seniors wanting to remain in their homes and community. On-going meets every Monday at 9:30am. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

10AM-12PM Senior Drama with Edith LeFever.

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

Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $2 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

2PM -6PM Woodstock Food Pantry Hours. Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30, 2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoodstock.com.

3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis. Mondays.

Web: www.phoenicialibrary.org. Phoenicia Library, 9 Ava Maria Ave, Phoenicia, 688-7811.

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. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt

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5:30PM-6:30PM Qi Gong with Zach Baker. This class will not be held on the second Monday of the month. Web: www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mt. Rest Rd, New Paltz, $10, 255-1559.

6:15PM-7:15PM Reiki Circle. Ongoing. Mondays.

Includes group guided meditation & brief individual energy healing treatment. Donations welcome. Web: www.whitecranehall.com Shirt Factory, #116, 77 Cornell St, Kingston, 389-2431.

6:30PM-8:30PM Open Computer Lab. Web: www.poklib.org. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 485-3445 x 3381.

8PM Hudson: A Christmas Carol. Play by Charles Dickens. Performed by David Anderson. Directed by Ted Pugh. Info: www.wtdtheater.org or 518-610-0909. Solaris, 360 Warren St, Hudson, free.

8PM Open Mic Poetry Reading with Leif Grund. Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8PM-10PM Kali Z. Fasteau. Piano, Drum Set, Voice, Flutes, Mizmar, with L. Mixashawn Rozie: Saxophones, Flute & Percussion. Quinn’s, 330 Main St, Beacon.

Tuesday

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9AM-12PM Woodstock Food Pantry Hours!

Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30, 2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am - 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoo dstock.com.

10AM-1:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: Mine Hole Waterfall and Point Lookout Hike. Moderately challenging 2-mile hike. Pre-registration is required. May necessitate the use of ice gripping devices on the bottoms of shoes. Info: 255-0752.

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

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

10:30AM Babies & Books Storytime. For ages 0-2. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, 338-5580.

3PM Hudson: A Christmas Carol. Play by Charles Dickens. Performed by David Anderson. Directed by Ted Pugh. Live music from the Hadley Lyre Ensemble. Info: www.wtdtheater. org or 518-610-0909. Solaris, 360 Warren St, Hudson, free.

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24 3:30PM-4:30PM Chess Club. Ages 8-Adult. Led

by Merrie Zaretsky. Learn to play or improve your skills. You don’t need to sign up for these on-going sessions. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock, 679-2213.

3:45PM -4:45PM Heart Meditation for World Peace and Self-Healing. Both chanting and stillness. All most welcome. Free of charge. Led

by Laila Brady and Joel Walzer. Woodstock Sufi Center, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-8989.

4PM Family Christmas Eve Service w/Candlelighting. Info: 255-5210. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St, New Paltz.

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Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-6800.

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4PM St. Peters Christmas Eve Vigil Mass.

Info: 658-3117. St. Peters Church, 1017 Keator Ave, Rosendale.

10AM St. Peters Christmas Day Mass. Info: 658-3117. St. Peters Church, 1017 Keator Ave, Rosendale.

5PM A Candlelight Christmas Eve Service. All welcome. Phoenicia United Methodist Church, 29 Church St, Phoenicia.

8PM Open for Christmas! Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

5:30PM-7:30PM Phoenicia Community Chorus.

Sing with your friends and neighbors. Led by Maria Todaro. No audition nor need to read music. Phoenicia Wesleyan Church, 22 Main St, Phoenicia, 688-5759.

6PM-7:30PM Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee. A Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). Info: www.enjan.org or 475-8781. New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St, Kingston.

6PM-7PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm.

Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

7 PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Family Service. Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-6800.

7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop.

On-going -Tuesday nights from 7pm-8:30pm.

Free to attend: learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Elks Lodge, 290 Rt 32 S, New Paltz.

7PM Morton Yarn Nights with Cher. Bring projects to work on, get advice from others, share your expertise, or just come to enjoy the company of other yarn enthusiasts. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff, 876-1085 or yarn.witch@gmail.com.

7PM-8:30PM Singing Just for Fun! New Paltz Community Singers. Everyone welcome, everyone gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Info: genecotton@gmail. com. Quaker Meeting House, 8 N. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz.

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

7PM Christmas Eve Service w/Communion & Candlelighting. Info: 255-5210. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St, New Paltz.

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

7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Meets every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. Never a cover. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

7:30PM Candlelight Christmas Eve Service. All welcome. Reservoir United Methodist Church, 3056 State Route 28, Shokan.

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

8PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. Shady United Methodist Church, 13 Church Rd, Shady.

8PM St. Peters Christmas Eve Vigil Mass. Info: 658-3117. Mission, 1017 Keator Ave, Rosendale.

8PM Dharma Bums. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8PM Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. A Brass & Organ Prelude beginning at 7:30 pm.

Info: 338-6759 or info@olddutchchurch.org. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St, Kingston.

8PM-9PM Living Torah Video Presentation. A weekly torah lesson by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Followed by group discussion and explanation.

Learn about the Jewish mystical and practical approach to love or learn about the upcoming Jewish Holiday. On-going every Tuesday, 8-9pm.

Free. 679-7148. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

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Thursday

12/26

8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

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

10AM-4PM Open House at Knox’s Headquarters. The Ellison mansion is open for tours at 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 2PM & 3PM each day.

Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion.

Knox’sHeadquarters, 289 Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate, 561-1765.

12PM-4PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Holiday “Open Hours.” Enjoy two “Meet the Animals” programs at 1 pm and 2:30 pm. Info: www.hhnaturemuseum.org or 534-5506 x204.

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall-onHudson, $3.

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 Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3PM Family Fun Day Film Screening: The Muppet Movie. 1979, 95 minutes, Rated G. Second showing at 7pm. Info: www.palacealbany. com or 518-465-4663. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $5, $3 /child.

3:30PM-4:30PM Chess Club. Ages 8-Adult. Led

by Merrie Zaretsky. Learn to play or improve your skills. You don’t need to sign up for these on-going sessions. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock, 679-2213.

3:30PM Book Explorers. For ages 4 & up. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, 338-5580.

6PM-7PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm.

Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

7PM-8:30PM Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response. A group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Info: www.mideastcrisis.org or 876-7906. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library 7PM Family Fun Day Film Screening: The Muppet Movie. 1979, 95 minutes, Rated G. Info: www.palacealbany.com or 518-465-4663. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $5, $3 /child.

7PM Reading of the Work of Jacques Lacan.

Moderated by Dr. Anna McLellan, member of the Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association. Subject: Lacan’s Seminar V: The Unconscious. Reg req.

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

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

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

Friday

12/27

10AM-11:30AM Mohonk Preserve: Talk to the Animals. Meet the residents of the Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center, including Spot and Tripod, the resident turtles, and visiting pond creatures! Reservations are required. Call for location. Info: 255-0919.

10AM-4PM Open House at Knox’s Headquarters. The Ellison mansion is open for tours at 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 2PM & 3PM each day.

Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion.

Knox’sHeadquarters, 289 Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate, 561-1765 ext. 22.

10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port

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Ewen, 338-5580.

12PM-2PM Children’s Holiday Tea. Offering an assortment of Harney & Sons teas, scones and breads, dainty finger sandwiches and a selection of homemade desserts. A craft project for the children will also be offered. RSVP. Info: www. mountgulian.org or 831-8172. Mount Gulian Historic Site, Fishkill, $18, $15 /child.

12:05PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3:30PM Afterschool Crafts. For ages 8-12. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen, 338-5580.

6PM-8PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights, Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures - a 3-D experience -, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

6:30PM-7:15PM Swing Dance Workshops with Chester & Linda Freeman. 6:30-7:15 & 7:158pm. Admission $15 each/$20 both. Sponsored

by Hudson Valley Community Dances; Info: www. hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.

6:30PM-7:30PM Not Your Mama’s Book Club.

Meets on the fourth Friday of the month. All are welcome. Arlington Branch Library, 504 Haight Ave, Poughkeepsie, 485-3445.

7PM Rescheduled: Movie Night - Despicable Me! Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, $12, $10 /senior/student, 657-2482.

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

7:15PM-8PM Swing Dance Workshops with Chester & Linda Freeman. 6:30-7:15 & 7:158pm. Admission $15 each/$20 both. Sponsored

by Hudson Valley Community Dances; Info: www. hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.

7:30PM Outdoor Star Party. View the night sky away from the lights of the cities and towns of our area! Bring your own telescope or view the stars through one brought by our members. RSVP is required at the website: midhudsonastro.org.

Lake Taghkanic State Park, 1528 State Rt 82, Ancram.

8PM-8:30PM Swing Dance Beginner’s Lesson.

Dance to The Saints of Swing, follow from 8:3011:30pm. Admission $15/$10 full time students.

Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances.

Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571.

Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.

8PM John Pizzarelli Quartet. Web: www. theegg.org. The Egg, Swyer Theatre, Albany, $38, 518-473-1845.

8PM Luis Mojica. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Let’s Get Merry. George Conrad + Joel Flowers + favorite holiday music = perfect gift of the season. Info: www.centerforperformingarts. org or centerforperformingarts.org. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308, Rhinebeck, $20.

8PM 5 Plus 1. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8:30PM-11:30PM Swing Dance to The Saints of Swing. Beginner’s lesson prior to dance 8-8:30pm. Admission $15/$10 full time students.

Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances.

Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 454-2571.

Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie.

9PM The Dream Logic presents Not Quite New Year’s Eve. Web: www.bearsvilletheater.com.

Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-4406 or bearsvilletheater@gmail.com.

Saturday

12/28

Ulster/Dutchess (NYUD) Christmas Bird Count. Centered in Glasco, Ulster County. The count circle is nearly bisected by the Hudson River and includes parts of Ulster, Dutchess, Greene, and Columbia Counties. Reg reqrd. Info: forsythnature@aol.com.

Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Ulster/ Dutchess Christmas Bird Count (Northwestern Dutchess). Call:Mark @ 845-339-1277 if interested in helping out. Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org.

9AM-10:30AM Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, Saturdays 9-10:30am. All are welcome.No charge. 679-8800. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (A-Frame), 2578 Rt 212, Woodstock, free.

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

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

10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

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

10AM-4PM Open House at Knox’s Headquarters. The Ellison mansion is open for tours at 10AM, 11AM, 1PM, 2PM & 3PM each day.

Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion.

Knox’sHeadquarters, 289 Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate, 561-1765, x 22.

10AM-2PM Teen Geek Squad. Patrons will receive one-on-one technology assistance from one of the library’s teen geeks, who can show them everything from navigating the internet to how to set up new devices. Call ahead of time to schedule an appointment or simply drop in. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook, 758-3241.

10AM-12:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: Holiday Break Walk and Point Lookout Hike. 2-miles and includes some hills and rocky terrain. Preregistration is required. In the event of snow, this hike will be offered as a snowshoe hike. Info: 255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill Parking Area, Gardiner, $8 /per car.

1PM-4PM Have a Cool Yule at Wilderstein! The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed, tours of the decorated mansion continue every weekend through the end of December, 1-4pm. In addition to touring the mansion, a refreshing winterstroll on Wilderstein’s grounds, complimentary hot mulled cider and cookies are served. Info: 876-4818 or www.wilderstein.org. Wilderstein Historic Site, 330 Morton Rd, Rhinebeck.

1PM Viking Run 10k - Rosendale Recreation Center. Challenging and hilly course. Entry fee $5. Info: schabomr@yahool.com. Greenport.

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.

4:30PM-8PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights, Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures - a 3-D experience, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

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

7PM Live @ The Falcon: The Slide Brothers.

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

7:30 PM The Open Eye Theater presents “Revisiting Nancy LaMott” with special guest artist, Mel Bellar, Patricia Dell and Kent Brown in cabaret, The performance is Saturday, December 28 at 7:30 PM. RSVP by calling 586-1660. $18/gen adm & $15/srs. Please no credit cards. Open Eye Theater, 960 Main St, Margaretville.

8 PM Music Through the Ages. Traveling through time and place with classical guitarist David Temple. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or centerforperformingarts.org. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308, Rhinebeck, $20.

8PM-1AM Woodstock Tango 10th Anniversary Celebration. Tango Basics Class at 8pm, door prizes, food and beverage table. Featuring Argentine Musicians. No partner is necessary to enjoy the evening. Mt View Studio, 20 Mountain Ave, Woodstock, $20.

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

8PM Hallow Dog. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

8:30PM-12AM Salsa Dancing in Kingston.

Salsa, Merengue, & Bachata. Every Saturday Night 8:30pm to 12am. Suggested donation: $5.

338-7161. Gabriels’ Café, 316 Wall St, Kingston.

9PM Professor Louie & The Crowmatix. Special Guests Celebrate The Music of Rick Danko - Rick Danko B’day Bash. Web: 679-4406 or bearsvilletheater@gmail.com or www.bearsvilletheater. com. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $10.

Sunday

12/29

8AM-11AM Breakfast Buffet. Pancakes, eggs, French toast, sausage, biscuits and gravy, coffee and juice. Info: 255-1633. New Paltz Elks Lodge, Route 32 S, New Paltz, $7, $6 /senior/under 10.

10AM-4PM Open House at Knox’s Headquarters. The Ellison mansion is open for tours at 10am,11am, 1pm 2pm & 3pm each day. Tour the elegant 1754 historic house decorated for the season in 18th century fashion. Knox’s Headquarters, 289 Forge Hill Rd, Vails Gate, 561-1765, x22.

10AM-2PM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: JB’s Soul Jazz. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

10:30AM-12PM Extended OM Chant. Guided by Dahlia Bartz Cabe. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $10.

10:30AM-12:30PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm .Meditation instruction available. Video teaching by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche with short discussion at 11:45am. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

1PM-4PM Have a Cool Yule at Wilderstein! The halls are decked, the trees are trimmed, tours of the decorated mansion continue every weekend through the end of December, 1-4pm. In addition to touring the mansion, a refreshing winterstroll on Wilderstein’s grounds, complimentary

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3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis. Mondays.

Web: www.phoenicialibrary.org. Phoenicia Library, 9 Ava Maria Ave, Phoenicia, 688-7811.

6PM Ashokan New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance.

Info: www.ashokancenter.org or 657-8333.

Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Rd, Olivebridge.

3PM A Double Book Launch Celebration. Spell Breaking; Remembered Ways of Being and Anthology of Text Scores by Pauline Oliveros.

Uptown Gallery, 296 Wall St, Kingston.

4PM Crafting with Kids. Held on the first and last Monday of each month. For ages 4-10. Registration is required. Highland Public Library, 30 Church St, Highland, free, 691-2275 ext. 16.

3PM Music Through the Ages. Traveling through time and place with classical guitarist David Temple. Info: www.centerforperformingarts. org or centerforperformingarts.org. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rt. 308, Rhinebeck, $20.

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. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford, $12.

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.

4PM-9PM Holiday Celebration Torchlight Parade and Fireworks. Kids’ torchlight parade, followed by the main torchlight parade down the mountain, and the fireworks show immediately following. Giveaways and prizes. Hunter Mountain, Hunter. Info: 800-486-8376 or huntermtn.com.

5:30PM-6:30PM Qi Gong with Zach Baker. This class will not be held on the second Monday of the month. Web: www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mt. Rest Rd, New Paltz, $10, 255-1559.

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.

4:30PM-7PM A Frosty Fest: A Spectacular Festival of Holiday Lights. Enchanted forest with animated light displays, glistening gardens, magical mansion, Santa’s North Pole, Frosty’s Adventures -a 3-D experience, 30-ft. train, stage shows, food, cafes, gift shops. Info: www. afrostyfest.com or 339-2666. Headless Horseman Hayrides, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park.

8PM Rick Altman Trio. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8PM Sin City. Info: 679-5342. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, free.

Monday

12/30

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 -12PM Woodstock Food Pantry Needs Your Help! Shelf stocking and donation dropoffs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30,2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am - 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneig hborfoodpantryofwoodstock.com.

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

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

9:30AM Serving and Staying in Place Social Meeting, seniors wanting to remain in their homes and community. On-going meets every Monday at 9:30am. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

11AM-12PM Senior Qi Gong with Zach Baker.

Mondays, on-going. Web: www.unisonarts.org.

Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $5 /per class, 255-1559.

11AM-1PM Open Computer Lab. Open Computer Lab is held Monday-Friday. Web: www.poklib. org. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 485-3445 x3702..

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $2 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

2PM -6PM Woodstock Food Pantry Hours. Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30, 2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoodstock.com.

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5:30PM-7PM Rockin’ Rooks: Morton Youth Chess Club. Students in grades K - 12 are welcome to join for fun, learning, and tournament competition. Info: 876-5810. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

6:15PM-7:15PM Reiki Circle. Ongoing. Mondays, 6:15-7:15pm. Includes group guided meditation & brief individual energy healing treatment.

Donations welcome. Info: 389-2431 or michael@ whitecranehall.com or www.whitecranehall.com.

Shirt Factory, #116, 77 Cornell St, Kingston.

6:30PM-8:30PM Open Computer Lab. Web: www.poklib.org. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 485-3445 x 3381.

8PM New Year’s Celebration with Moe. Two night New Year’s Run(12/30 & 12/31). Info: www. palacealbany.com. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $35/12/30 & $50/12/31.

8PM Poetry with Bruce Webber. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

Tuesday

12/31

9AM-12PM Woodstock Food Pantry Hours.

Shelf stocking and donation drop-offs for Good Neighbor Food Pantry Mondays, December 23 & 30 - 9 am- 12 noon. Pantry is open Tuesdays, December 23 & 30, 2 - 6pm and December 24 & 31, 9am - 12pm. Basement, Dutch Reformed Church, Old Forge Rd, Woodstock. Info: 417-5555 or 417-5555. ww.goodneighborfoodpantryofwoo dstock.com.

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Annual New Year’s Eve at Noon Celebration! Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, 75 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie.

845-471-0589; mhcm.org.

12PM-6PM Oracle Readings for the New Year with Maureen Brennan Mercier. $40 for half hour; $75/ one hour. 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

4PM Rock N Roll Resort New Year’s Eve Event (12/31-1/1). Ringing in the New Year with three stages & Roster of up and coming acts. Wicked Cool Productions has teamed up w/ Below the Influence Productions. Featuring: Particle, Bastinado, Fikus, MUN, The BigSway, Cheatcode, Honeycomb, Digital $torm, Adam Amrod, Spundose, $weat Pant$ Money, Danzer, Creeper, DigiBuddha, and Space Carnival. Overnight accomodations available. Info: www.rocknrollresort. com or 626-8888. Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson.

5:30PM-7:30PM Phoenicia Community Chorus.

Sing with your friends and neighbors. Led by Maria Todaro. No audition nor need to read music. Phoenicia Wesleyan Church, 22 Main St, Phoenicia, 688-5759.

5:30 PM First Night Saratoga 5k. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs. Part of the Saratoga First Night festivities. For more information, contact Jeffrey Allen at (518) 584-4132 or by email at jallen3@nycap.rr.com.

6PM-7PM Public Sitting & Walking Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm.

Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

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7PM Live @ The Falcon: New Year’s Celebration with The Alexis P. Suter Band. Opening Act: Aubrey Haddard. Info: www.liveatthefalcon. com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Uptown Kingston’s - New Year’s Eve Celebration. Hosted by Chronogram & Uptown Kingston. Burlesque, Peep-shows, Swing Dancing, Vaudeville, and an old fashioned ball drop at Midnight! All events are free and open to the public, with the exception of BSP has a cover charge of $25, resv req.

Dress appropriately. Line-up: BSP Kingston: Hosted by Lady Schnitzel, Frenchy and the Punk, Burlesque Room with Lady Alchemy & Delysia La Chatte, After Midnight Dance Party with Dave Leonard; -Keegan Ales Sideshow on N. Front Street. Pop-up Peepshow complete with Keegan’s Brews, Photobooth by Peter Demuth Photography, and Antique installation by Milne’s At Home Antiques and Gallery! Prohibition-era cocktails at Stockade Tavern, with Klezmer group Caprice Rouge & friends! Cabaret themed cocktail & menu specials across town, including Santa Fe Uptown, Gabriel’s Cafe, Elephant Tapas Bar, and Boitson’s Restaurant (who will have a special smokers/cocktail lounge on their back deck).Ball drop - hosted by Baby New Year and Father Time, at the corner of Wall & N Front sts. Breakfast (or Pizza!) after midnight at Duo Bistro & Sissy’s Cafe. Silent Movies & Italian deli available at Dominicks Cafe.

7PM-10:30PM New Year’s Eve Waltz Salon! New Year’s Eve Waltz Salon! Calling all waltzers and wallflowers. Presented by Kingston Festival of the Arts. Music, hors d’oeuvres and champagne Gallery pianist Peter Cody will provide the music with special appearance by baritone Kerry Henderson &friends. Uptown Gallery, 296 Wall St, Kingston, $25 /adults, $45 /couple.

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

7PM Morton Yarn Nights with Cher. Bring projects to work on, get advice from others, share your expertise, or just come to enjoy the company of other yarn enthusiasts. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff, 876-1085 or yarn.witch@ gmail.com.

7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Meets every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. Never a cover. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

8PM New Year’s Day Music -The Chris Zaloom Band. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

8PM-9PM Living Torah Video Presentation. A weekly torah lesson by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Followed by group discussion and explanation.

We will then learn about the Jewish mystical and practical approach to love or learn about the upcoming Jewish Holiday. On-going every Tuesday, 8-9pm. Free. 679-7148. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

8PM New Year’s Eve at Spillian! Dig out your party shoes - ring in the New Year in style!

Downton Abbey style! $ 40 a person, a champagne toast included. Reservations required. A festive evening celebrating Downton Abbey in the perfect environs, complete with a buffet of Edwardian-inspired hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a toasting contest (winner wins a free two night stay at Spillian in 2014!), fires in the fireplaces, music from the era in the background, and and Downton Abbey episodes running all evening for the diehard fans so you’re ready for the season premiere the following week...Come in your best Downton Abbey duds! Cash bar, featuring a couple of kinds of champagne and other bubblies, special holiday drinks specials. Spillian, LLC, 50 Todd Mountain Rd, Fleischmanns, 800-811-3351 or play@spillian.com.

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8PM New Year’s Celebration with Moe. Two night New Year’s Run(12/30 & 12/31). Info: www. palacealbany.com. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $35/12/30 & $50/12/31.

8PM-9:30PM New Year’s Eve Concert - Amy Fradon & Leslie Ritter with Helen Avakian and Cathie Malach. Info: www.mtnviewstudio.com or 657-2172. Mt View Studio, 20 Mt. View Ave, Woodstock, $20.

8PM New Year’s Eve Concert: The Sweet Clementines and Breakfats in Fur. Bacchas, Main St, New Paltz.

9PM Karaoke Killer - Murder Mystery Evening.

Presented by The Tow of Us Productions. 3-course dinner & show. $40/ dinner & show, $20/show only. RSVP = 895-8975. Elsie Place, 1475 Rt 208, Wallkill.

9PM New Year’s Eve Performance: Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, an eight-piece soulinfused rock band. Info: www.helsinkihudson. com or info@helsinkihudson.com or 518-8284800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

9PM Funky Funky New Year’s Eve Show. Free show with DA Flash Band. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

9:30 PM New Year’s Eve with The Bedtime Kissers. Rosendale Cafe, Main St, Rosendale.

9PM Happy New Year’s Eve Party with Breakaway. Featuring Robin Baker. Info: 687-2699.

High Falls Café, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

Wednesday

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Happy New Year!

Rock N Roll Resort New Year’s Eve Event (12/31-1/1). Ringing in the New Year with three stages & Roster of up and coming acts. Wicked Cool Productions has teamed up w/ Below the Influence Productions. Featuring: Particle, Bastinado, Fikus, MUN, The BigSway, Cheatcode, Honeycomb, Digital $torm, Adam Amrod, Spundose, $weat Pant$ Money, Danzer, Creeper, DigiBuddha, and Space Carnival. Overnight accomodations available. Info: www.rocknrollresort. com or 626-8888. Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson.

12PM-6PM Soul Listening Sessions with Celestial Channel Kate Loye. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /half an hour, $75 /one hour.

12PM HMRRC Winter Series No. 2 Race. University at Albany, Albany. Second race in the winter series includes the Hangover Half-Marathon and Bill Hogan 3.5-mile. For more details, contact Cheryl & Brian DeBraccio at rundj@nycap. rr.com.

1PM-4:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: New Year’s Day Snowshoe Waterfall Outing. 2.5-miles and includes some hills and rocky terrain. Pre-registration is required. Info: 255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill Parking Area, Gardiner, $8 /per car, $5/snowshoes.

1PM Mid-Hudson ADK Outing: New Year’s Day Walk at Vassar College. Leader: Sue Mackson: 471-9892, suemackson@gmail.com. Info: www.

MidHudsonADK.org. Vassar College, North entrance, Poughkeepsie.

2PM New Year’s Day Clairvoyant Channeling Group with Rev. Betsy Stang. Info: 679-2100.

Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $25.

3PM-5PM New Year’s Day Opening Reception: “Selections” Featuring the paintings of Christopher Engel. Exhibits through January 29th.

Info: 254-4998. Zoom Gallery, 1164 Main St, Fleischmanns, free.

3PM-5PM Sixth Annual New Year’s Day Musical Ritual featuring Amy McTear & over 25 musicians on a musical journey. Epworth Retreat Center, 8 Epworth Ln, High Falls.

8PM Happy New Year! Harmony Club is Open!

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

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Cafeteria Checker/Attendant Mohonk Mountain House seeks customer-friendly individuals to greet staff in our Employee Cafeteria and assist in general Cafe chores. Part-time year round, including days and evenings, and at least two split shifts per week. This position is perfect for an individual who would enjoy access to many of the facilities at Mohonk. Flexible schedule necessary.

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

Rich, John Scoffield and many others. Catskill Hotels, Woodstock Playhouse, Youth Theater.

Reasonable rates. 845-246-1384.

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LOOKING FOR HELP with light housekeeping & errands during the week in Palenville. $12/hr., 4-6 hours/week. Please call (518)678-3450.

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CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE looking for private duty. Live-in or out 5 days/ week. 25 years experience with Dementia, Alzheimers, terminally ill & disabled patients. Excellent references. Call Dee @ 845-399-1816 or 845-399-7603.

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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Michael graduated from Northeastern University, Summa Cum Laude, before earning his law degree from The University at Buffalo and being admitted to the New York State Bar in 2011.

Residential real estate closing representation starting at $575.00 Miller, Weiner & Associates, P.C. 270 Fair St., Kingston, NY 12401 (845) 331-7330 • mwmassoc.com

INCOME PROPERTIES. Replace lost wages and help save for retirement. Your tenants can pay off your mortgage. Experienced landlord will show you how. Matt LaRussa, Broker 845-389-3321 WEST SAUGERTIES: One-of-a kind contemporary. Reduced. $219,000. Hurry! www.27maryannsaugertiesny.com; 914539-2646

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PRIVATE BUYER (non-realtor) SEEKING PROPERTY to purchase w/a private 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 MINUTESDRIVETOWOODSTOCK.CASH OFFERED, CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@yahoo.com.au w/photos/ info. or call (518)965-7223.

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COUNTRY GENERAL STORE, Turn-key business, equipment, real estate w/rental income. $595,000. John Bordi Realty 845691-7669

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Energy Conservation Specialists LLC (ECS), a participating contractor in the Home Performance w/Energy Star Program, performs Comprehensive Home Energy Assessments and energy efficiency upgrades in a seven county area in the Hudson Valley.

ECS seeks candidates for the following positions: Job Site Coordinator- Part-time, 20-40 hours/week. Candidate should have prior construction or construction management experience, be familiar with all types of insulation and have excellent communication skills. Training and certification by the Building Performance Institute is a plus.

Salary commensurate w/experience. Field Technician- Part-time, 20-40 hours/week.

Experience w/installing all types of insulation and performing air sealing. Must have reliable transportation, be a self-starter and demonstrate initiative. Salary commensurate w/experience. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to: energyconservationspecialists@gmail.com

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ALOHA ACRES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY; Affordable 3-BEDROOM, 2 bath, 1440 sq.ft., manufactured home. Park rent: $475/month. Only $28,900. John Bordi Realty 845-691-7669.

The absolute final deadline is Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Monday at 11 a.m. in Woodstock and New Paltz; Tuesday in Kingston.

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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)8383124.

300sf APARTMENT-LIKE OFFICE SPACE. Utilities included. Behind Lowes, Route 299. 845-255-5920.

STOREFRONT AVAILABLE. Former Pet Grooming Shop. Can be converted to multi-uses. Approx. 900 sq.ft. $800/ month. Hot water/heat included. Electric separate. Main Street, Rosendale. 845787-6580.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT: HIGHLAND. 5-BEDROOM; includes heat, electric & hot water; $1250/month. 1-BEDROOM; includes heat, electric & hot water; $700/ month. John Bordi Realty 845-691-7669.

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 plus den. 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 845-797-2070.

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milton/marlboro rentals

MARLBORO. Country setting. SPACIOUS GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT. Open floor plan w/separate kitchen, bathroom & washer/dryer. Heat & electric included.

Suitable for 1 or 2. No dogs. No smokers.

References. Security. $895/month. 845-7955778; C: 845-489-5331.

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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.

A SMASHING 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in renovated barn, cathedral ceiling, 2 skylights, full bath, wood floors.

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WOODSTOCK • (845) 679-9444 KINGSTON • (845) 339-1144 SAUGERTIES • (845) 246-3300

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WOODSTOCK PRIVACY!

Dramatic contemporary log home set on 4.55 acres filled w/ amazing design. The fab open flr plan of the house gives way to an easy flow from the great rm, living rm, dining area & kitchen all w/cathedral ceiling, lrg windows w/mtn views & hand-cut blue stone flrs. Features include 3BR, 2 baths, a study & family rm. Ideal detached large 3-car garage w/sky lights, heat, elec, concrete flr & loft! Minutes to the village, NYC bus, & restaurants.. ....................................... $565,000

PROFESSIONAL LOG BUILDING

Move your small business, retail operation or professional offices right in! Beautiful 2006 log construction. Designed for office and/or retail use. Spacious & bright. In addition to the huge 1st & 2nd flrs this well built structure also has a 1,700 sq. ft., full height, lower level being used for product storage. ............................................................... $399,000

WISHING ALL OF OUR HUDSON VALLEY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS A JOYOUS HOLIDAY, PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN

STUNNING RHINEBECK ESTATE

Set on 6.3 acres having 4BR’s & 4.5 baths. Lovely open-floor plan w/top of the line gourmet kitchen to die for! Magical conservatory flooded w/windows. 1st flr MBR w/his & her bath. Office, library, formal LR, dining rm, 4-car heated garage & 2,500 sqft basement w/wine cellar. Elevate to the 2nd flr w/3BR’s & 2 baths. Minutes to village, Rhinecliff Amtrack, Kingston & Taconic Parkway. ............... $1,495,000

RED HOOK GEM

This hidden gem is just outside the Red Hook Village. Spacious 4BR, 2 bath home w/a small horse farm & your own private stream! Lovely stone frplce & gleaming wood flrs throughout the recently added MBR & great rm. Relax & watch the horses from the screened porch. The outbuildings & driveway size would allow for a small business to store vehicles . $289,900

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“ARTS & CRAFTS” GEM- Extraordinary Woodstock classic c. 1897 restored & updated to the highest standards - solid oak doors, mahogany Pella windows, refinished red fir floors, Turkish tiles, country kitchen w/ European appliances, cherry cabs & black granite sink & counters, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, LR & DR, ironwood decking, copper roofs, updated systems and cedar shake carport. Perfectly “move-in” ready, in PRIME location, too! ......................$712,000

KINGSTON’S FINEST- Stunning Greek Revival c. 1848 in fine uptown location painstakingly restored to its bygone elegance. Ultra gracious floor plan features fireplaces in formal DR, sitting room & MBR, gorgeous refinished oak & pine floors, eat-in kitchen w/ updated appliances & cabinetry, front & rear staircases, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, enchanting courtyard stone patio & attached garage. Listed on National Historic Register!.............. $450,000

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PURE COUNTRY- Contemporary clapboard Saltbox farmhouse c. 1990 nestled on 3 prime Stone Ridge acres. Impeccably maintained & improved and featuring double height living room, warm pine flooring, spacious country kitchen, bedrooms up & down, 2 full baths, new Andersen windows, architect designed 25x16 screened room for warm weather entertaining PLUS professional landscape & stonework.

PICTURE PERFECT! ..........................$379,900

ROOM FOR EVERYONE!- Expansive 3200+ SF and newly renovated, this home is perfect for large and extended family living! 4 BRs in main section PLUS new 2 BR space with full bath & kitchen over 2 car garage, 4 full baths, den/office with cozy fireplace, NEW carpet in all BRs, country kitchen with new appliances and family/media room with sliders to 1.8 acre lot with decked AG pool for summer fun! PRICED TO SELL! ......................$309,900

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AFFORDABLE LIVING MINUTES TO WOODSTOCK Easy living here at the Hurley Ridge Condos, you will never have to worry about snow removal-they shovel right up to your door, lawn care or any exterior maintenance.

Also INCLUDED is heat & hot water. It does not get better than this! Mins to Woodstock & Hurley Ridge Market, on NYC bus route. 1 BR condo on the ground floor, end unit w/recent renovations. Brick FP in LR, handicap ready bathroom w/walk in shower, private patio w/privacy fences, newer carpet & ceramic floors. Each unit gets a spot in the carport, storage unit accessible from the shared laundry room and use of the inground pool!

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ULSTER COUNTY MORTGAGE RATES Rates taken 12/16/2013 are subject to change

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(E)3/1 Arm(F) 5/1 Arm Call 973-951-5170 for more info

Outside smoking. $1200/month includes all utilities. NO DOGS. 5 MINUTES BY CAR outside Village. Please call (845)255-5355.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in center of New Paltz behind Starbucks. 1 block walk to SUNY, Post Office, stores and restaurants.

2 person max. Small pet friendly. No smoking. $1000/month includes heat, off-street parking, garbage & snow removal. 845-2552062, marker1st@yahoo.com.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in village.

Kitchen & bath. Parking available. Ideal for couple or 2 singles. Walk to everything. No pets. $1000/month includes heat. First, last and security. Available 1/1/14. 845-2558817.

2-BEDROOM & STUDIO APARTMENT available immediately. In village. No pets, no smoking. References. Call 845-256-8247.

2-BEDROOM NEW PALTZ CONDO for rent in Orchard Heights, Village of New Paltz. Available 1/1/14. $1200/month. 1.5 baths, kitchen, living room. Non-smokers, no pets. Please call 845-419-2338.

2-BEDROOMS, Available now. 1.5 baths, private entrance. Located on quiet, country road. No pets/smoking. Please call 845-2552525, leave name and number.

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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

$550/month, New Paltz. Big sun-filled room starting mid-January. Wide ridge views. Includes everything: Utilities, inroom satellite TV, wifi, laundry. New bathroom. Ideal for studious folk. NONSMOKER. Tidy pets welcome. House-share w/2 others. 7-minute car ride to SUNY NP. Room292NewPaltz@gmail.com.

Showings start 12/23.

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT. Walking distance to college. Heat & hot water included.

Off-street parking. No smoking. No pets. $720/ month. Available 1/1/14. Call 845-255-0839.

BEAUTIFUL 3-BEDROOM PRIVATE HOUSE in New Paltz w/backyard & driveway on quiet street. Within walking distance to supermarket, movie theatre, more. $1650/month. Perfect for 3 students. Call Rick 914-573-1252.

New Paltz Village: 1-BR APT. in House; 1 block from SUNY Campus. Students welcomed, parking included. $650/month + utilities. Call 917-709-4462.

COTTAGE FOR RENT. Full bath, 2-bedrooms, living room, kitchen. No pets. No smoking. Call 845-255-2525, leave name & number.

FURNISHED FIRST FLOOR 1-BEDROOM CONDO. Great location near New Paltz historic district, shops, restaurants. Utilities, cable, WiFi included.

(845)616-5410, (410)267-9009.

LARGE CARPETED ROOM AVAILABLE; share apartment w/2 females. Non-smoker.

No pets. 5 miles north of New Paltz. Wooded setting on rural road. $550/month includes all utilities, high-speed internet & laundry.

(845)255-4945.

NEW PALTZ HOUSE: 3-bedrooms, 2 baths, laundry. Interior remodeled. Good location. 1/2 acre. Couples preferred. $1400/ month plus utilities. 1 month security deposit required. 914-475-5926.

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. 845-705-2430.

SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Spring 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.

SPACIOUS 4-BEDROOM, 3 bath LOG CABIN. Recently renovated on 125 secluded acres with it’s own pond. Available for short or long-term lease. Furnished or unfurnished. $2500/month. Call 917-553-0675.

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

www.coluccishandrealty.com

35 Beautiful Acres • Roxbury, NY • • • • • • •

Well Maintained 1832 House w/Additions 5,000 Sq Ft /12 Rooms/Wide Plank Floors 2 Full + 2 Half Baths/1 Shower Room 34x23 Meditation Room 32x24 Open Space (no columns) 3 Woodstoves/1 Insert/1 Fireplace 3 Outbuildings: - Classic NY 3-Story “Overshot� Dairy Barn - Woodshop/Storage Building - 1 Car Garage (Former Grainery)

Half cleared, half wooded property with Koi pond, landscaped gardens and beautiful views. One year round and one seasonal stream. Several excellent building sites.

Easy access on a quiet country road. Good earth energy.

PRICE $340,000

FMI: Jim Gordon 607.326.4924

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rosendale/ high falls/tillson/ stone ridge rentals

SPACIOUS, RENOVATED 1-BEDROOM UPSTAIRS APARTMENT. $750/month includes utilities. Quiet location. Rt. 209.

Call (845)338-5828.

LOVELY, EXTRA LARGE 2-BR to Share in High Falls. Roommate wanted.

Bedroom comes with 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 and references. 845-687-2035.

LOVELY SEASONAL RENTAL: VERY LARGE 3-BEDROOM, 1 bath fully furnished home in High Falls, 8 miles from downtown New Paltz. Includes Wi-Fi

& cable. $1250/month plus utilities.

Available January-June 2014; dates flexible. (646)732-9674.

STONE RIDGE APARTMENT: 1-BEDROOM w/adjoining room, living room, kitchen w/dining area, full bath, light & airy, second floor. No pets/smoking. $800/month includes heat & hot water. References, lease & 2 months security requested. 845-705-2208.

STONE RIDGE COTTAGE. Available January. 650 sq.ft. 2-bedrooms, 1 bath.

6 acres w/creek, beautiful, quiet, deck w/ Lilacs. Private but not isolated. Indoor cat only. $800/month plus utilities. Please contact rklin3000@aol.com TILLSON: Brand New Private basement; 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT. One regular size & one small bedroom - or office. Huge walk-in closet in large bedroom. Large living room w/

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Apartment Size 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 Bedroom

Maximum Tenant Rent * $ 1,126.00 $ 1,301.00 $ 1,452.00

Contract Rent (Subsidized) $ 1,347.00 $ 1,572.00 $ 1,661.00

* Maximum Tenant Rent for those households that qualify based on income guidelines includes utility costs for heat and hot water. Tenant pays electricity.

Maximum Incomes vary by household size and are determined by the current HUD Section 8 and HFA Low Income Housing Eligible Households will be required to pay 30% of income for rent (For example, a household earning approximately $20,000 per year would pay approximately $500 per month for rent and the remaining rent would be subsidized by Section 8).

Applicants will be required to meet income and additional selection criteria. Applications may be requested from Cornell Pace, Inc., P.O. Box 949, Yonkers, NY 10704. Requests for applications should include a self-addressed, legal size envelope. Completed applications must be returned, by regular first class mail only, to a different post office box number that will be listed with the application.

At the time of the selection, if there are no apartments available, the applicant will be informed of the placement of their application on a waiting list for future consideration.

Rip Van Winkle Apartments and its management are equal opportunity housing providers and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability. double sliding glass doors w/view of the Wallkill river. Closet space in living room.

Full bathroom. Private entrance. This apartment is very private & secluded.

Fishing - 4-wheeling - boating. Lots of room for playing or just relaxing. Serious inquiries only. $1000/month including everything except propane heat. First month, last month & security a must. Call 845-849-4501.

TILLSON

Brand New Private basement;

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT. One regular size & one small bedroom - or office. Huge walkin closet in large bedroom. Large living room w/double sliding glass doors w/view of the Wallkill River. Closet space in living room.

Full bathroom. Private entrance.

This apartment is very private & secluded. Fishing - 4-wheeling boating. Lots of room for playing or just relaxing. Serious inquiries only. $1000/month including everything except propane heat. First month, last month & security a must.

Call 845-849-4501.

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krumville olivebridge/ shokan rentals

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

450 sq.ft. First, last and security. $780/ month. No pets. Close to Ashokan Reservoir.

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

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saugerties rentals

BEAUTIFUL ARTS & CRAFTS style cottage. Wood paneled, cathedral ceiling living room, EIK, w/new appliances. 5 miles to Woodstock/Saugerties/Kingston. Private.

Quiet accessible road. $850/month plus utilities. References, security. 917-846-5161, 212-877-4368, davsar@aol.com APARTMENTS FOR RENT, SAUGERTIES Skyline Woods Apartments. Private country setting. Convenient location.

Under new management. Bright, updated, spacious, wall-to-wall carpet, lots of closet space. Laundry room and plenty of parking avail. 1- & 2-bedrooms starting at $750/month + utilities. Call Don at 845-443-0574

HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1 month FREE RENT w/signed Lease by 12/31/13

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south of stone ridge rentals

ONE-ROOM COTTAGE on bus route between Stone Ridge and Accord. Large common lawn and woods. Parking and garden space available. Electric, hot water included. Pets with approval. $565/ mo+heat. 845-419-3444.

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kingston/hurley/ port ewen rentals

NICE, CLEAN, APARTMENT w/2 small bedrooms. 1 block from Kingston Hospital. Second floor. First, last, security, 1-year lease, references required. 2 occupants preferred. Pet friendly. 845331-8258.

CLEAN VILLAGE 3-BEDROOM, 2 full bath apartment in 2-family building near waterfront. No pets. First months rent; $950/month & $1900 security deposit. Tenant pays all utilities (gas, electric, water). (845)679-4274.

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT on horsefarm. Clean, beautiful. Italian tile kitchen & bath, Marble foyer, cathedral ceiling, French windows. Convenient location to thruway. $900/month plus utilities. (845)532-5080.

SAUGERTIES: CHARMING 2-BEDROOM COTTAGE available immediately. Eat-in kitchen. Yard on Esopus Creek. Newly renovated. $750/month + utilities, security, references. Ask for Helona at Win Morrison Realty 845-246-3300.

WEST SAUGERTIES: Available 1/1/14; 4-5 BEDROOMS, 2 baths, large eat-in kitchen, deck, large yard, off-street parking, private & quiet. $1750/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. 845-588-0089.

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woodstock/ west hurley rentals

1-BEDROOM CHARMING, CHEERY APARTMENT. See first! On mountain yet easy access! Deck. Full bath. 2 acres.

Garden, Stream. $700/month. First, last, security. No pets preferred. References.

(845)679-2300, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS

are the setting for this quaint farmhouse; located on a private road 6 miles from the center of Woodstock.

Two bedrooms, one bath, washer & dryer, full kitchen, dining room, sitting room and cozy living room with gas fireplace. Rent includes garbage pickup, snow plowing and lawn mowing. $1500/mo. Security deposit required.

845-679-5321

1-BEDROOM LARGE, CLEAN, UPSCALE WOODSTOCK APARTMENT, w/custom tiled jaccuzzi bathroom, huge closets, EIK, private deck, quiet, beautiful grounds.

Close to town. No smoking/dogs. $950/ month. 845-679-6408.

AFFORDABLE MODERN STUDIO. Country setting, near Wilson State Park.

Skylight, hardwood floor, private deck, mountain views, fireplace, free wireless internet. $650/month plus utilities. 914725-1461.

CENTER WOODSTOCK VILLAGE, yet secluded. Adorable apartment. Cedar shower, many lovely touches. No drugs, smoking. $750/month includes utilities, town-water, WIFI, parking, trash pick-up, 1st, last, security, references. (718)8014745, (845)679-6625.

FURNISHED COZY CABIN SUBLET. Center of Woodstock. 4 months, January 1-May 1. $850/month utilities included.

845-679-8777.

HUGE 1-BEDROOM DUPLEX APARTMENT in historic building in Woodstock Center. Full of character like a NY loft. Full bath, clawfoot tub. EIK kitchen. Parking off-street. For responsible, employed person w/recommendations. No smoking/ drugs/pets. $930/ month includes all utilities. (914)4660910.

NEWCONDITION;2-BEDROOMHOUSE,

1 wooded acre, 3 miles to Woodstock. W/D, dinette, oak kitchen. Large storage basement. Propane gas heat. No smokers/pets. $975/month plus utilities, security, references. 718-479-0393.

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: EFFICIENCY APARTMENT. $550/month, utilities separate. No smokers, no pets. References. Call Joanne 845-679-0031.

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west of woodstock rentals

AFFORDABLE MODERN STUDIO. Country setting, near Wilson State Park.

Skylight, hardwood floor, private deck, mountain views, fireplace, free wireless internet. $650/month plus utilities. 914725-1461.

MOUNT TREMPER APARTMENTS

1553 Wittenberg Road • (845)688-9846 1BEDROOM, $675/month + utilities & security.

FULLY FURNISHED 2BEDROOM. $250/weekly rental.

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vacation rentals

FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com

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seasonal rentals

FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island.

Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com PRIVATE WOODSTOCK SEASONAL FURNISHED post & beam 2-bedroom, 2 bath contemporary. Luxury & beauty around this sophisticated open, airy masterpiece w/ rich creative craftsmanship, artistic design that showcase it’s beauty. The great room/ gathering room features living room w/

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woodstove, dining area & chef’s gourmet kitchen w/a butcher block breakfast bar, granite counters, top of the line dual fuel stove, refrigerator & dishwasher. Large expansive windows face & frame the dramatic 4-season VIEWS of majestic Woodstock Overlook Mtn. ranges. Call for more details.

Call 845-417-6052.

WINTER/SPRING...

2-LEVEL FURNISHED 1-BEDROOM, high ceilings, skylights, separate entrance, deck, parking.

Really nice bathroom. Quiet. Very private.

Trouble-free comfort. $775/month includes utilities, cable, Wi-Fi, winter maintenance, equipped kitchen, amenities, artist’s workspace. No smoking. No cats. (845)679-8222.

WOODSTOCK-SAUGERTIES; Beautiful, peaceful 2-BEDROOM HOUSE. 1.5 baths, EIK, fireplace, WiFi, cable, efficient oil heat, convenient, accessible, quiet road. No pets.

Through April. Security, references. $1000/ month plus utilities. 917-846-5161, 212-8774368; davsar@aol.com

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SECONDS SALE. Every day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call ahead: 845-616-0621. 670 Broadway (9W), Ulster Park, NY.

BASIA DESIGNS HOLIDAY STUDIO SALE...

This coming weekDec. 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24; Friday-Tuesday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

BASIA’S KNIT & DESIGN STUDIO will be open for holiday shopping at 2019 Glasco Tpke, (near Plochmann Lane) Woodstock.

See pictures at basiadesigns.etsy.com A great selection of handknit sweaters and unique, couture fleece coats and jackets will be on sale w/a 10% holiday discount as well as a fun 50% off sale rack.

rentals to share

ROOMMATE WANTED to share beautiful, large apartment. Hardwood floors, large rooms, fireplace. $650/month plus 1/3 of utilities. Close to SUNY Ulster. 845-2148780.

Barneche Design/ Stephanie Barnes Studio Holiday Sale & Open House 50%-75% off reversible coats, jackets, vests, skirts, tops & dresses. Plus lots of new creations from Barneche.

Sunday, Dec. 22 - Tuesday, Dec. 24, 11 am - 3 pm,

361 Route 214, Chichester, 1.5 miles from Phoenicia

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for sale

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.

MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20” leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs- 2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352.

PIANO, UPRIGHT WURLITZER. Used but in good condition. Needs tuning and repair of one key. $800 or best offer. 2550417 OR 917-647-1549 Roll Top Desk; $300 or best offer. Cash and carry. Piano desk; $150. Small table w/two chairs; $50. Three tier folding shelf; $75.

Call 845-255-0909.

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tree services

LAWLESS TREE SERVICE

CERTIFIED ARBORIST • CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

STUMP GRINDING ALLEN LAWLESS • 845-247-2838 SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK CELL.: 845-399-9659

605

firewood for sale

(845) 688-5822 • www.barneche.com

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 BUYING OLD AMMUNITION; Full, Partial, Empty Boxes. Loose Cartridges.

Also Firearms, Cartridge, Powder Company Advertising, Posters, Calendars, Catalogs, Brochures etc. Call (845)399-0260, Leave Message CASH PAID. Estate contents- attic, cellar, garage clean-outs. Used cars, junk cars, scrap metal. Anything of value. (845)246-0214.

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antiques and collectibles

BIG SALE EVENT

50% OFF Marked Prices Now through the end of February

VELSANI ANTIQUES 5340 Rt. 28, Mt. Tremper

ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood.

Top quality wood at reasonable prices.

914-388-9607 Getwood123@gmail.com We accept cash, checks, & credit cards.

www.getwood123.com You will not be disappointed!!

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You’ll know who to chat up at the next chamber mixer.

studio sales

Aurora of Woodstock Studio Sale!

Saturday, December 21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 6 Orchard Lane: Affordable Art, watercolors, prints, earrings, and cards starting at $10! Also: art supplies super cheap!

Supercalafragicalistically Rainbowrific!!

BUTTERFIELD POTTERY STUDIO

Hudson Valley Business Review Understand the economy.

Understand everything else. www.hudsonvalleybusinessreview.com

December 19, 2013

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vendors needed

FLEA RED HOOK

MARKET & GARAGE SALE

Route 9 • Holy Cow Shopping Center

SUNDAY

7 a.m. - 4 p.m.

March thru December 2013

We at Red Hook Flea Market & TGS Associates would like to thank all of our vendors and customers and to wish you all a very healthy & happy holiday!

VENDOR SPACES 10’x20’ $20/Space Vendors wanted for Food on the Run. Veterans & Seniors call for savings.

PAYMENT DUE UPON ARRIVAL Call John (845) 758-1170

670

counseling services

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

700

OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished. Also frames & wood sculptures repaired. Call Carol 687-7813. c.field@earthlink.net

710

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.

715

cleaning services

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)5142510.

PREMIER WINDOW CLEANING Gutter Cleaning Services, Inc.

Free Estimates • Fully Insured

Chris Lopez • 845-256-7022 yard and garage sales

TOTAL CLEARANCE of items stored away this year. Books, paintings, furniture, contents of shed, etc. Route 212, opposite Rainbow Lodge, Mt Tremper. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, 12/21.

680

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art services

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 HHA, 14 years experience, AVAILABLE to care for elderly or sick people in my home 24 hours, 7 days. Can give care in your home evenings and night shifts. Call Manana at 845-382-9987.

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.

A CLEAN AND ORGANIZED HOME/ OFFICE FOR THE NEW YEAR AND BEYOND. Experienced, reasonable and reliable. Servicing Kingston, New Paltz, Saugerties, Woodstock & surrounding areas. Free Estimates. 845-532-9034.

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caretaking/ home management

painting/odd jobs

ARTGUY PAINTING, PLASTER REPAIR. Support the arts & hire an artist to paint your home. Reasonable rates. Free estimates & references. Mural work a specialty! 10% DISCOUNT IF BOOKED BY CHRISTMAS. Call Chris Gonyea at (845)633-1366.

“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 6799036 for Free Estimate. Senior Discount.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN- Dump Runs* Yard Work* Clean-Outs* Carpentry* Tile* Roofing* Clean-up & take away your scrap material/metal for free. Great references. Available to help w/your every project.

Reasonable hourly rates. Please call your handyman for odd jobs (845)389-5186 or (845)3395379.

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, clean outs. Second home caretaking. All small/medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty.

References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

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.

GBM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC. Professional Moving and Delivery.

Local and N.Y.C. Metro areas. N.Y.S. Dot T 12467, Shandaken, N.Y. Call 845-688-2253 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.

Interior Painting & Staining, Sheet Rocking, All Stages of Remodeling Residential & Commercial • Free estimates, fully insured Accepting all major credit cards.

Contact Jason Habernig

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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. **PAINTING STANDARD.** Affordable, On Schedule, Quality. Residential/ Commercial. Interior/Exterior. Neat, Polite, Professional. Now taking Fall/Winter reservations. Call (845)527-1252.

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

Professional Craftsmanship for all Phases of Construction

845-331-4844 hughnameit@yahoo.com

Interiors & Remodeling Inc s ’ d e .

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From Walls to Floors, Ceilings to Doors, Decks, Siding & More.

845-688-7951

www.tedsinteriors.com

AA Statuary & Weathervane Co.

“No Job Too Small!”

Well Pumps • Water Heaters Tankless Heaters • Boilers Radiant Heat NEW & OLD CONSTRUCTION KITCHEN & BATHROOM REMODELLING • EMERGENCY SERVICE

• Licensed & Fully Insured • 9 Dover Court, W. Hurley, NY 12491

845.679.6758 Emergency Cell: 845.514.5623

ASHOKAN STORE-IT

HANDYMAN, HOME REPAIR, Carpentry, Remodels, Installations, Roofing, Painting, Mechanical repairs, etc. Large and small jobs. Reasonable rates. Free estimates.

References available. (845)616-7470.

PARAMOUNT CONTRACTING & DEVELOPMENT. R e s i d e n t i a l / Commercial. Fully Insured. EXCAVATION: *Site Work *Drain Fields *Septic Systems *Driveways *Demolition *Land Clearing.

LANDSCAPING: *Lawn Installation *Ponds *Retaining Walls *Stone Work, & much more.... **Snow Plowing & Sanding.** Call William for your free estimate (845)4016637.

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eclectic services

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30 years moving experience. Fine Art Antiques Handler.

Local, Long Distance, Fast, reliable, reasonable. Also, Dump runs, Estate clean-outs. Car service to all area Airports.

Authorized Dealer & Installer Low-Rate Financing Available

e w Emergency Generators r y LICENSED 331-4227 INSURED

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Call Michael at (845) 684-5545

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repair/ maintenance services

Handyman. JUST GEORGE at your service.

New Paltz-based handyman. Experienced, versatile, professional. All-season, 24/7.

Inside and outside work, from large jobs to quick fixes. 845-514-3365. justgeorgehandy@gmail Facebook-justgeorge handy

locksmithing

YES VIRGINIA, Woodstock Lock does sell & service Medeco High Security locks & keys. For locks, safes and keys that work, call Woodstock Lock (845)679-4444.

Quality service from the ground up

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Specializing in: Hardscape Tree trimming Fences Koi ponds Snow plowing

Benjamin Watson, Owner Phone: (845) 389-3028

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spirituality

Laurie Oliver — Spiritual Counseling Smoking cessation • pain management stress relief • past life regressions.

Intuitive, Sensitive Guidance Spirit Communicator

animals

AKC-REGISTEREDGOLDENRETRIEVER PUPS. Ranging in color from light to dark.

Males & females. Home-raised with mom & dad. Will be Vet checked, first shots. Christmas pups. $850 firm. 845-883-0034.

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Down to Earth Landscaping

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PHYSICAL MATTERS TRANSPORT

Stoneridge Electrical Services

SNOW PLOWING & SANDING Call William, for your free estimate (845) 401-6637

(845) 679-2243 • laur50@aol.com

(845) 679-4742 • schafferexcavating.com

The best rates Advertise with Ulster Publishing and reach over 50,000 readers at affordable rates.

334-8200 ulsterpublishing.com/advertise

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Contracting & Development Corp.

GIVE THE GIFT OF WELLNESS

redrockgardencenter.com 845-569-1117

or only William, please let me know! “Celty” (female black and white) & “Keuka” (female gray tabby); Caregiver moved out of state to senior housing. Kitties are about 7-years old & very sweet. Caregiver is totally heartbroken to have to leave the kitties. If you can adopt both, perfect!! But if you can only adopt one, please contact me. For more information about these wonderful cats, please email carriechapman@ gmail.com or call (347)258-2725.

William Watson • Residential / Commercial

Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis.

ZEN MOVERS of your PHYSICAL REALITIES

1 Ridge Rd., Shokan, NY 12481

Paramount

Liquidation Sale

Ask About Our Long Term Storage Discount

845-657-2494 845-389-0504

Excavation Site work Drain ¿elds Land clearing Septic systems Demolition Driveways

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

Plumbing & Heating

gardening/ landscaping

Landscaping Lawn installation Ponds Retaining walls Stone work ...and much more

Building with pride.

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

ADVANTAGE

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building services

Reliable, Dependable & Insured Call for an estimate

845-331-4966/249-8668

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Meet Noel &

Merry

PEACHES

Peaches is approximately one year old. She is spayed, health tested, up to date with shots, litter box trained, does beautifully with other cats and is patiently waiting for her forever home and family.

Peaches was abandoned while pregnant with six kittens. She was taken in by our rescue group and given a wonderful foster home where she birthed and cared for her babies.

Fast forward a few months. All her kittens have been adopted and Peaches is living in a wonderful new foster home while waiting to be somebody’s loving cat.

She is sweet, quiet and gentle. She’s shy around strangers but will come out of her shell once she is settled. Peaches needs a person or family who understands the nature of a shy cat who has had a very hard start in her short life.

Please call (845) 679-6070 if you would like to hear more about and possibly meet Peaches.

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.

Bone Hollow Rd, Accord. 845-687-4983 or visit our cats at www.projectcat.org WANTED: LOVING HOMES for KITTENS, CATS, PUPPIES, DOGS..... Koda; large male dog, approximately 3.5 years old. He’s good w/ other dogs, cats, and people. Sweet disposition.

Clownfish; grey and black tabby cat. He’s extremely affectionate and just wants to be on your lap or in your arms. He also gets along very well w/other cats. Sturgen; grey short hair cat w/a tiger striped face. He’s 5-7 years old and gets along great w/other cats. Come meet Sturgen today! Come meet them ALL in person at the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, off Sawkill Road, Kingston. Call 331-5377.

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pet care

Pet Sitting Playdates plus Dog Walking PETWATCH Loving Cat Care est. 1987 1987 est.

679-6070 Susan Susan Roth Roth 679-6070

We are two little kittens who never had any mittens and are looking for a fun and loving home to grow up in. We are about 12-weeks old and are sister and brother.

We have been for our well-baby checkups and said to be in perfect health. We had our first kitten vaccines (ouch!) and we are litter trained. We each have one blue eye and one yellow eye, which make us very special indeed.

We were found on a street in Kingston three weeks ago and are staying in a foster home until you take us to our forever home. We will be a little shy to meet you at first because we don’t know very many humans.

Can we live with you? We promise to be good and love you forever and always.

For more information, call 914-388-0393 FOR ADOPTION: “Clark Gable”; Looking for his forever “Tara”; beautiful male tuxedo who likes to be petted but doesn’t like to be picked up (at least for now). Would be a great barn cat.

“Tuxedo Boy”; Older gentleman (about 10/11 years old) is a totally tame sweetheart who likes to rub against your legs and jump into your lap.

He has FIV and is territorial w/other cats. Would be a great only cat. “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

255-8281

633-0306

pet’s reward.....VETERINARYHOUSE CALLS. Dr. B. MacMULLEN. (845)339-2516. 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.

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vehicles wanted

CASH PAID FOR USED cars & trucks regardless of condition. Junk cars removed. Call 2460214. DMV# 7107350.

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vehicles

2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL. 165,000 miles. Black, of course. Loaded. $1800. Call (845)679-8222.

2002 SUBARU IMPREZA OUTBACK SPORT; AWD, 126k, 5-speed, new clutch/ timing belt, silver, $5200. 2003 SUBARU IMPREZA OUTBACK SPORT; 127k, auto, AWD, new timing belt, PW/PL, runs great, $5200; 2004 SUBARU FORESTER X, green, auto,104k,PW/PL,norust,$6499.2006Subaru Baja; 142K- $7600. For more SUBARUS AT GREAT PRICES call/text Gabe 845-551-5523 OR e-mail: gdhm67@hotmail.com

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ALMANAC WEEKLY

December 19, 2013

BEGNAL MOTORS 2014 JEEP CHEROKEE stk: J14282

279

$

per mo

39 month lease, 10,000 miles per year $1,500 down . msrp. $27,490

2014 RAM PROMASTER

IN STOCK Low Top and Hi Top

2014 JEEP COMPASS or JEEP PATRIOT Your Choice

229

$

per mo 39 month lease, 10,000 miles per year 1,500 down + tax. msrp. $26,080

stk: J14319

stk: J14315

2014 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO

339

$

per mo 39 month lease, 10,000 miles per year stk: J14330 1,500 down + tax. msrp. $33,490 2014 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 2014 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING

299

$

per mo

39 month lease, 10,000 miles per year 1,500 down + tax. msrp. $31,760

stk: C1424

msrp. $22,635 Rebate.................................$1000 Balloon Rebate.................$500 Discount.............................$1,140

$

19,995

stk: D1402

2014 RAM CREW CAB ‘BLACK EXPRESS TRUCK’ LEASE

4x4

299

$

stk: T1471

per mo 27 month lease, 10,000 miles per year $2,000 down + tax. msrp. $40,125

2013 CLEARANCE SALE 2013 RAM

2013 DODGE DART SAVE

SAVE UP TO

$

$

7,500

ON REMAINING INVENTORY OVER 350 CARS AVAILABLE 515 ALBANY AVE. KINGSTON, NY

2013 DODGE AVENGER

$

2,000

IN STOCK DARTS

2013 WRANGLER SAVE

17,790 $2,000

3 TO CHOOSE FROM msrp. $21,790

ON REMAINING STOCK

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