1 week Ago By Daily Freeman
• The exhibition “Bowled Over,” featuring the skills and artistry of 21 ceramic artists, is currently on display at the Olive Free Library, 4033 state Route 28A, West Shokan, N.Y. Among the participating artists is Alex Vo Duy.
The exhibition runs through Saturday, May 3. Call (845) 657-2482 or visit olivefreelibrary.org for more information.
• Acting classes open to high school students and adults at Coach House Players, 12 Augusta St., Kingston on six Saturdays from 10 a.m.
to 12 p.m. Dates are April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, and May 31.
Classes are conducted by Barbara E. Melzer. Cost is $80.
More information and registration forms can be found at www.coachhouseplayers.org.
• “SPACE/PLACE,” an exhibition showcasing artwork by Ellen Jouret-Epstein, has opened at the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock, N.Y.
“SPACE/PLACE” features two distinct but analogous series of works on paper completed over the course of 2024 to the present. The exhibition runs through Sunday, May 4. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.
m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Call (845) 679-2940, send an email to info@woodstockart.
org or visit woodstockart.org for more information. • The Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History at 99-101 Broadway, Kingston is showcasing the exhibition “Boundless Creativity: Immigrant Artists in the Hudson Valley.
” Featured artists include Andrew Lyght, Nestor Madalengoita, Elisa Pritzker, Anat Shiftan and Naoko Shima. Their pieces span a diverse range of mediums and styles. Boundless will then be open Wednesdays from 1 to 5 p.
m., Saturdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
and 3:30 to 6 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.
m. to 3 p.m.
It closes Sunday, June 1. For more information, visit rehercenter.org/events.
• Knit ‘n Knatter has restarted at Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. The group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 3 to 5 p.
m. in the library’s reading room. Come to knit, crochet or just for the confab.
Participants will drop purls, collaborate on projects or work on their own. Call (845) 876-2903 or visit morton.rhinecliff.
lib.ny.us for more information.
• Circle of Friends for the Dying will present a “Peace of Mind for Life” workshop on Tuesday, April 15, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 100 Wurts St.
, Kingston. The session is designed to help attendees make informed healthcare decisions. The workshop will provide essential resources for completing advance directives, including health care proxy and living will documents.
Residents can register for the session in person or online at https://circlehome.org/workshops/. Call (845) 802-0970 for more information.
• SUNY New Paltz’s Department of Theatre Arts’ production of “Shrek the Musical” opens a two-week run at the university’s Parker Theatre on Thursday, April 17, at 8 p.m. The play, an adaptation of the hit Dreamworks animated film, is directed by actor, director and New Paltz Theatre Arts almunus Zach Gibson.
The show is appropriate for ages four and up. The play chronicles the story of Shrek, an orge who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wise-cracking donkey and feisty princess who resists her rescue, a description said. Additional 8 p.
m. evening performances are April 18, 24, 25 and 26. Matinee performances at 2 p.
m. are scheduled for April 19, 26 and 27. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at https://bit.
ly/3YlPGGw. • Minneapolis-based poet and activist Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre headlines SUNY’s Ulster Ellen Robbins Poetry Forum on Thursday, April 17, at 1:15 p.m.
in the College Lounge in Vanderlyn Hall at the college’s Stone Ride Campus. The free event will also feature student and faculty presenters. Tran Myhre’s work explores the relationships between narrative, power, and resistance.
An educator and performing artist, Tran Myhre completed his master’s studies at the University of Minnesota, focusing on spoken word, critical pedagogy and social justice education. For more information, email Kari Mack at [email protected] or call (845) 687-5214 • The Stone Ridge Volunteer Fire Co.
, 525 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, will have a Fish Fry on Friday, April 18, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The cost is $15.
The format is eat in or take out. • Rich Pagano and the SugarCane Cups will perform Friday, April 18, at The Falcon, 1348 U.S.
Route 9W, Marlboro. Pagano and the SugarCane Cups recently released “Hold Still Light Escapes,” 10 songs based on the five-year navigation of Pagano’s late son Nic Pagano’s substance use disorder with songs inspired by texts, journals and experiences. Net proceeds from the show will benefit the Nic Pagano LGBTQIA+ Scholarship for Recovery.
Doors open at 7 p.m., with music from 9 to 11 p.
m. Visit liveatthefalcon.com for more information.
• The Reher Center will host a free reading and talk with author and Vassar College Professor Amitava Kumar on Friday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. A writer and journalist who was originally from India, Kumar now lives in the Hudson Valley.
Kumar will read and discuss his latest novels, “My Beloved Life” and “A Time Outside This Time,” in the Reher Center Gallery. Please enter through the Spring Street entrance. The conversation will touch on literature, migration, and the power of storytelling.
For more information, visit rehercenter.org/events. • “The Ten Commandments,” starring Charlton Heston as Moses, will be shown at Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St.
, Rosendale, N.Y., on Saturday, April 19, at 3:30 p.
m. The film, which dramatizes the biblical story of Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, also stars Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, Yvonne DeCarlo, and John Derek.
Admission is $10, $6 for members. Call (845) 658-8989 or visit rosendaletheatre.org for more information.
• The Katsbaan Reformed Church, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties, will have a yard sale and bake sale, rain or shine, on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.
m. There will be household items, books, toys and jewelry for sale, along with homemade baked goods. Visit katsbaanchurch.
org for more information. • ALO will perform Friday, April 25, at Levon Helm Studios, 160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock, N.Y.
, ALO, which recently released its new album, “Frames,” features Steve Adams on bass and vocals, Zach Gill on keyboards and vocals, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz on guitar and vocals, and Ezra Lipp on drums and vocals. The group will be joined by Madeline Hawthorne. Reserved seating, for which there is a waiting list, is $56.
Standing room is $51. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.
, doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.
m. Visit levonhelm.com or call (845) 679-2744 for tickets or more information.
• The Napanoch Fire Company will host its Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.
m. at the fire company, 25 Plank Road, Napanoch. The event will feature over 25 vendors selling things from candles, jewelry, and soaps, to keychains and pottery.
Pipes Pit Barbecue Truck will be on-site during the event. • Bloom, a voice ensemble directed by Debbie Lan, will perform on Saturday, April 26. at 12:50 pm at the Reformed Church of New Paltz, 92 Huguenot St.
, New Paltz, as part of the Earth Day Celebration. The performance will include songs from some lesser-known composers, including Samara Jade Gisondo and Alexa Sunshine Rose. There will also be familiar composers such as Jackson Browne as well as an original composition by Lan, titled “Peace Will Come.
” In addition, the program will feature the South African Zulu song “Shosholoza,” a work song that has evolved into a symbol of hope, solidarity, and resilience. • The “March O’ The Faeries” festival will return Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St.
, Kingston. The event, a collaboration with Circle Creative Collective and the Society for Creative Anachronism, will feature storytelling, a parade, an exhibit of fairy houses, crafts, music, food, and more. Attendees are encouraged to come in costume.
The festival is free and open to all. For more information, send an email to [email protected].
• The Cottekill Volunteer Fire Company will have a recruitment open house on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.
m. at its firehouse at 240 Cottekill Road, Cottekill. • “The Duke,” a comedy about an audacious real-life art heist, is the next screening in the Movies With Spirit series on Saturday, April 26, at 7 p.
m. at the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck.
Starring Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton, the film takes place on Aug. 21, 1961, when London’s National Gallery is stunned when Francisco de Goya’s priceless “Portrait of the Duke of Wellington” vanishes overnight, in the museum’s only theft since it opened in 1824. While the public imagined a James Bond-style villain was behind the heist, four years later, the thief turned out to be 61-year-old taxi driver Kempton Bunton.
Bunton told authorities he took the painting to protest the British government’s treatment of the working class, particularly the TV license fee. The 95-minute film is rated R. A trailer can be found at tinyurl.
com/TheDuke-MoviesWithSpirit. The screening will be followed by a discussion. Refreshments will be served.
Attendees over $10 are asked to contribute $10 a person. • The Napanoch Public Interest Group will present a Spring Craft Fair on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the Napanoch Fire Company, 25 Plank Road, Napanoch.
The indoor/outdoor event will feature more than 25 vendors. Among the items on sale will be candles, wreaths, jewelry, keychains, pottery, tumblers, crochet items and soaps. There will also be a raffle drawing and many more crafts.
In addition, the Pipes Pit BBQ Food Truck will be on hand. • Trinity Lutheran Church and the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will host a continental breakfast on Saturday, April 26, at 10 a.m.
at Trinity Lutheran Church, 72 Spring St., Kingston. The guest speaker will be Sister Carol Perry.
A free-will offering will be taken at the breakfast to support the Kingston Interfaith Council’s backpack program. To RSVP, call Paula at (845) 594-1828. • The Friends of The Olive Free Library will host its spring fundraiser, “Dolly Forever,” a tribute to Dolly Parton, on Saturday, April 26, from 6 to 8 p.
m. at the library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. The event will feature Critter Bonus playing some of Parton’s greatest hits, dinner with some of her Southern favorites, and a reading and stories from local author Holly George-Warren, who co-authored Parton’s book, “Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones.
” There will also be a prize for the best Dolly costume. Tickets are $45 each, with all proceeds benefiting the library. The deadline to RSVP is Sunday, April 20.
Visit olivefreelibrary.org for more information. • The Chancellor’s Sheep and Wool Showcase will take place Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.
m. to 4 p.m.
at Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Ave., Germantown. The event will feature shearing demonstrations, farm animals, an artisan craft market, historic re-enactments, live music, and more.
In the event of rain, the event will be moved to an indoor location at Palatine Park in Marbletown. Admission is $12 per car (cash only). Call (518) 537-4240 for more information.
• United Reformed Church, 9 Church St., Bloomington, will have a rummage sale on Wednesday, April 30, from 4 to 7 p.m.
, Thursday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.
m., Friday, May 2, from 2 to 6 p.m.
, and Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.
m. Call (845) 331-7099 for more information. • Kingston-based alt-folk singer-songwriter Ginger Winn, joined by A.
J. Yorio, will perform at Colony Woodstock at 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, on Thursday, May 1. Opening will be the New York-based rock band Imposters and guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and one-man band Lazlo Lang.
Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show starting at 7 p.
m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information and tickets, visit colonywoodstock.
com. • The country-rock group Pure Prarie League will perform Saturday, May 3, at Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, N.
Y. Doors open at 7 p.m.
, with the show starting at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $46 to $77.
50. Send an email to [email protected] or visit bearsvilletheater.
com for tickets or more information. • The Staatsburgh State Historic Site, 75 Mills Mansion Drive, Staatsburg, will host free guided birding walks through Mills-Norrie State Park, 9 Old Post Road, Staatsburg, on Sundays, May 4 and 18, at 9 a.m.
Reservations are required at bookeo.com/staatsburghshs. • Gardiner Library and Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley will host a native plant sale to complement the library’s pollinator garden on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.
m. to noon at the library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Master gardeners from Ulster County Cornell Cooperative Extension will be on hand to answer all gardening questions.
These small plants, called landscape plugs, are much less expensive than container plants and an excellent way to keep costs down while trying out some new plants. Proceeds will benefit the library. Plants are $4 each.
Cash or checks are preferred. Debit/credit available. For more information and a listing of plants, visit gardinerlibrary.
org. • Stone Ridge Orchard’s Balkan Dance Party, featuring live Balkan music, takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4, at 3012 state Route 213, Stone Ridge. The event starts at 2 p.
m. each day and runs to the wee hours. The lineup is set to include performances by Zlante Uste, a 12-piece Balkan Brass band, Romski Boji, performing Macedonian Romani music with Seido Salifoski and The Vanaver Caravan, featuring Bill and Livia Vanaver.
Sing to the apple trees for a bountiful harvest in a Celtic tradition and join the circle for traditional folk-style dancing to live Balkan music in celebration of Djurdjevdan/Herdelezi (St. George’s Day). The event will also feature Balkan food, a Charshiya Balkan marketplace purveying local and artisanal foods and goods, and hard cider tastings.
Adult tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door, youngsters under 18 are $15, and children under 6 are free. Camping is $20 extra. For more information and tickets, visit stoneridgeorchard.
com/events. • The Rondout Valley High School Parent Teacher Student Association will host a community pickleball tournament on Saturday, May 17, from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the high school, 122 Kyserike Road, Accord.
The tourney is open to players ages 14 and up. The cost to enter is $25 per team, with two players per team. There will be prizes for the winning team.
Along with the tourney, there will be a live DJ, local pickles, a 50/50 raffle, food, drink, games, and more. All players will get a free T-shirt and snacks. Send an email to ptsarvhs@gmail.
com for information on how to enter and other questions. • A “Blessing of the Animals” event, in honor of “Be Kind to Animals Week,” will take place Saturday, May 17, from 12 p.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Third Evangelical Lutheran Church, 31 Livingston St.
, Rhinebeck. Guests are invited to bring their pets to be blessed, as well as connect with “animal ambassadors” from local shelters and rescue groups. For more information, call (845) 478-2452.
• The Olive Free Library’s exhibition, “Address: Earth Art Expo – Reef & Desert Editions,” opens at the library at 4033 state Route 28A, West Shokan, on Saturday, May 17, and runs through Sept. 21. The exhibition features 13 Hudson Valley visual artists’ works in various media.
The show, curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis from the Inspiration Art Group International, will display its indoor Reef Edition from May 17 through July 12. An opening reception for both editions is scheduled on May 17 from 3 to 5 p.m.
, with an artists’ meet and greet set for Saturday, July 12, from 2-4 p.m. • Hurley Library, 48 Main St.
, Hurley, offers drop-in tech help on Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. • ESL Tutoring at the Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St.
, Phoenicia, runs every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.
m., with librarian Susan teaching English to those who wish to learn. All levels of English-speaking proficiency are welcome, and the tutoring lessons are free.
For more information, call (845) 688-7811 or send an email to [email protected]. • Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, presents Bard Math Circle with Mason Eyler on Sundays from 10:30 a.
m. to 12:30 p.m.
The program is free for all middle school students interested in mathematical problem solving, especially for those preparing to take the AMC 8 or MathCounts. It is led by New Paltz High School student and Upstate New York Math Team member Mason Eyler. Students will develop their mathematical problem-solving skills in the context of mathematical topics not frequently encountered in school, like combinatorics, number theory, algebra, logic and geometry.
Attendees should bring pencils and paper. For more information, call (845) 255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.
org. • People’s Place Wellness Empowerment Center’s monthly Evening Of Holistic Health collaboration with the Holistic Health Community continues the first Wednesday evening of each month from 3 to 7 p.m.
at 775 Broadway, Kingston. Visit https://peoplesplacewec.simplybook.
me/v2 for more information. • People’s Place Wellness Empowerment Center offers free weekly workshops, featuring wellness classes, health screenings, nutritional guidance, alternative health modalities, and financial education. 775 Broadway, Kingston.
For more information and to register for workshops, visit www.peoplesplace.org/wellness-empowerment-center/ or call (845) 338-4030.
• People’s Place Food Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.
m. and on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m.
at 17 St. James St., Kingston.
Donations of fresh and shelf-stable foods are being accepted. Call (845) 338-4030. • The Reformed Church of the Comforter, 26 Wynkoop Place, Kingston, is offering a weekly community lunch.
Each Friday there will be some sort of pasta casserole (like lasagna, or mac and cheese), homemade soup, tossed salad, beverages, something sweet. Maybe even grilled cheese sandwiches, or chili, or hot dogs with all the fixings. A nominal donation for your meal will be suggested and will align with whatever you choose to eat or can afford.
Send an email to [email protected] to learn what’s on the menu for that coming Friday. • People’s Place Bounty Table, located just outside the doors, offers free produce, bread, baked goods, dairy items, and proteins.
The items change daily and are first-come, first-serve during business hours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.
m. Call (845) 338-4030 for additional information. • A weekly Mah-jongg group meets Mondays from 10 a.
m. to 1 p.m.
at Congregation Emanuel, 243 Albany Ave., Kingston. The group is for everyone from beginners to experienced players.
Lessons are available. Send an email to [email protected] or call (845) 338-4271, ext.
101, for more information..
