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ALMANAC WEEKLY
October 2, 2014
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cider. A variety of apples from Dressel Farm will be available. Wander down Huguenot Street and listen to live music, browse through the wares of craft vendors and watch a demonstration of apple butter being made over an open fire. There will be pony rides, crafts and activities that include a pie-eating race and a new apple salsa competition. Create a salsa entry (or entries) for sharing, made with apples or without, and festival attendees will be invited to taste and judge the entries for $2. Winners will be determined by popular vote. Entries should be brought to the church by 10 a.m. on the day of the festival and should include one quart of salsa along with the appropriate accompaniment (i.e. chips, crackers, apple slices) for tasting. For more information, e-mail skraat@gmail. com, call (845) 255-0680 or visit www. reformedchurchofnewpaltz.org.
Mum Festival in Saugerties this Sunday The 49 th annual Mum Festival at Seamon Park in Saugerties will take place on Sunday, October 5 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The park will have thousands of mums on display at peak color. Enjoy music, craft vendors, a one-stroke decorative painting demonstration, a beekeeper, children’s activities, a wildlife show, Irish step dancers, a petting zoo and horse-drawn wagon rides, and take in an art show of work by local artists and photographers. The Mum Queen and her court will hand out mum corsages for the women, and a flower can be purchased to honor a loved one on the Mum-Full of Memories Tree. Admission is free. For more information, call Ethel at (845) 246-7581 or Carol Ann at (845) 246-8036.
Musical Bonnie & Clyde at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center One might not think of the short, violent career of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as grist for a stage musical; but then again, one might not have expected the murderous pair to have been glamorized so effectively on the silver screen in the persons of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, either. Touted as “a lovers’ concerto, with solo on Tommy gun,” Bonnie & Clyde, with book by Ivan Menchell, lyrics by Don Black and music by Frank Wildhorn, ran briefly on Broadway in 2011 and copped a few award nominations, including a Tony nod for its rockabilly, blues and gospel-tinged original score. Now Bonnie & Clyde the musical is coming to the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie, in a production by the LaGrangeville-based community theater troupe Trinity Players NY, directed by Jovan Bradley. It opens on Friday, October 3 and runs through Sunday, October 12. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets purchased in advance cost $18.95 for adults, $15.95 for seniors, students and children, and cost one dollar more at the door. To order tickets or for more information, call the box office at (845) 227-7855 or visit www.trinityplayersny.org. The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center is located at 12 Vassar Street. – Frances Marion Platt
JULIE O’CONNOR | ALMANAC WEEKLY
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Open House Day at Slabsides
avid Schuyler, author of Sanctified Landscape: Writers, Artists and the Hudson River Valley, 1820-1909, will speak about the shaping of John Burroughs’ nature philosophy and his importance in the quickly changing late 19th century in “The Naturalist’s River” at a Slabsides Day Open House on Saturday, October 4 at 12 noon. The Open House runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Slabsides is the rustic cabin that Burroughs built – partially with his own hands – in 1895. It was in this building that Burroughs wrote some of the essays that made him America’s foremost nature writer of his time, as well as entertaining such callers as Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, up until his death in 1921. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968, Slabsides is preserved today much as Burroughs left it. Slabs of lumber with their bark still on cover the exterior walls, and the rustic red cedar posts that Burroughs helped set in place still uphold the porch. Inside the cabin, the furniture that Burroughs used (and much of which he made) remains as it was. But to get a good look at the interior, including his writing desk and tools, you have to be there on Open House Day – and that only happens twice a year: the third Saturday in May and the first Saturday in October. To get there from Route 9W at West Park, turn west onto Floyd Ackert Road (between the Global Palate restaurant and the Post Office), cross the railroad tracks and follow Floyd Ackert Road about a half-mile to the foot of Burroughs Drive. Park there and walk up the hill to Slabsides, or drive up the hill and park at the gateway on the right, walk through the gate (currently being reconstructed) and up the gravel road to Slabsides. For information, call (845) 384-6320 or visit http://research.amnh. org/burroughs/programs.html.
British Car Show returns to Woodstock When it comes to cars, we hear a lot about Detroit, or the wonders of Japanese efficiency. Those claiming to be in the know talk about German engineering a great deal; and there are those who still gush whenever the unique suspension of a Citroën gets talked about, or the quiet purr of Saabs back in the day. To really get a motorhead or car buff singing, though, many believe that the best trick is to bring up classic British cars, especially of a high-end or sporting variety. And to really get them excited, suggest that they check out this coming weekend’s sixth annual British Car Show in Woodstock on Sunday morning, October 5. In addition to a celebratory Brit air about the proceedings, it will include special “Peace, Love & Lucas” Union Jack tee-shirts for sale (still apt following the recent referendum keeping the actual union intact), along with a rousing New York Conservatory for the Arts musical revue in the Woodstock Playhouse, on whose lawns the whole event unfolds. As with past shows, this sixth outing of the popular event will draw out loads of keen MGs, Triumphs, Austin-Healeys,
Jaguars and Morgan sports cars from the 1930s, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, Rileys and ACs, and even Morris Minor Traveler “woodie wagons.” Awards will be given out at 2 p.m. – Paul Smart
British Car Show, Sunday, October 5 (rain date October 12), 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock; www.woodstockbritishcarshow.com.
Wedding Showcase Novella’s New Paltz
2 Terwilliger Lane, New Paltz, NY
October 5, 2014 Doors open at 12 Noon 3 Dream Week Vacations will be awarded. Advanced Registration Requested Anyone planning a wedding or other event should attend! Please visit http://hvbridal.com for a full schedule. Vendor fee is ONLY $ 250.00 per show Free Admission Vendor space available: Email vendor@hvbridal.com OR CALL 845.774.9240 for info