Calendar
Today, Sept. 29
Kingston Transition: 8:309:30 a.m. Outdated Cafe, 314 Wall St., Kingston. Neighbors meeting neighbors for breakfast on the first Thursday of every month. Come and talk about what you are doing for the Kingston community and what you think is needed to improve life for all in Kingston. Find out more about Kingston’s Repair Cafe. All are welcome.
Class: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Artistic Anatomy Keith Gunderson. Students of all levels of experience and ages are invited to register at any time throughout the year. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock. (845) 679-2388.
Class: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Awareness through Movement, Lynn Kenny, certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-8890.
Class: 10 to 11 a.m. Chi Gong for healing and disease prevention. Hawksbrother. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-8890.
Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads: Thursdays between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tivoli Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters and all other yarn crafters. $1 suggested donation, to go toward the purchase of resource materials for the library collection. (845) 757-3771, www.tivolilibrary.org.
Happy Apple Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 24 E. O’Reilly St. (across from the firehouses), Kingston. (845) 338-0833.
Story hour for ages 3-5: 10 a.m. Hurley Library, 44 Main St., Hurley. (845) 338-2092, hurley.lib.ny.us.
Parkinson’s Dance/Exercise Class: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Weekly group for Parkinson’s disease patients, caregivers & friends to address systems of the disease and other neurological disorders. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave., Kingston. $12 per class. Anne Olin at (845) 679-6250.
Storytime for ages 18 months and up: 10:15 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. Storytime for ages 18 months and up. (845) 876-4030.
Tiny Tots Musical Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 2464317.
Storytime and crafts: 10:30 a.m. For children 5-to-9years-old, Plattekill Library, 2047 state Route 32, Modena. (845) 883-7286.
Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. Proceeds benefit Ulster County SPCA.
Music: 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Robert Shaut, saxophonist, and Andrea Shaut, pianist. Fine Arts at Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston. All programs are free. Church is handicap-accessible.
BrainGames: 1 p.m. at the Starr Library, 66 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. Brain Games is a fun program for older citizens using memory games and puzzles to help them expand their brain power. A volunteer leader guides the class of all skill levels through a series of mental exercises designed to stimulate and challenge their brain. Sponsored by the Office of the Aging. Free. www. dutchessny.gov/countygov/ departments/aging or (845) 876-8799.
Class: 1 to 4 p.m. Open studio. Students of all levels of experience and age are invited to register at any time throughout the year. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock. (845) 679-2388.
Art Clubs for Teens (10-18 years) & Kids (5-9 years) 1:30 p.m. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. (845) 338-5580, esopuslibrary.org.
After school story hour:
3:30 p.m. Grades 2 and 3. Stone Ridge Library, Main Street, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-2044. http://www. stoneridgelibrary.org/ Mahjong: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 8764030.
YMCA Farm Stand: 3:30 to 6 p.m. YMCA, 507 Broadway, Kingston.
Class: 5 to 8 p.m. Sketch Class. Students of all levels of experiences and ages are invited to register at any time throughout the year. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock. (845) 679-2388.
Art Exhibit: 5 p.m. Opening reception. “When Light Touches Paper.” On view through Oct. 16. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center’s Project Gallery, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie (845) 4375370.
Poetry and Music: 6 p.m. Where words and music meet. Community Room, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston. (845) 331-0507.
Tech Time: 6 to 7 p.m. Sign up for a 15-minute one-toone session with a library staff member who will answer general computer questions. Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Ave., Kingston (845) 338-7881.
Open mic: 7 p.m. Sign up 7 to 7:45 p.m. The Lodge, 20 Country club Lane, Woodstock (cross streets) Route 375 and Riseley Lane. Doors open at 8 p.m. email: showtiem@ gothamCityWork.com. Free Admission.
Poetry: 7 p.m. Roberta Gould and Raphael Kosek will read their work at New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, between Saugerties and Woodstock. (845) 246-0900.
Bears in the Catskills: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Catskill Center’s Erpf Center, 43355 Route 28, Arkville. Suggested donation $5.(845) 586-2611 catskillcenter.org.
Photography Exhibit: 7 p.m. Ralley at the Library. Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz.
Play: 8 p.m. Caryl Churchill’s “Mad Forest,” a play from Romania. Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 13-16. SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz. (845) 257-3936.
Friday. Sept. 30 (to 10 a.m.)
Baby/Toddler Playgroup: 9:30 a.m. For ages infant to 5 years old, Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens. Children must be accompanied by parent, grandparents or caregiver. (518) 945-2580 or lesliecreed@ hotmail.com.
Class: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Mixed level Vinyasa, Anne Robinson. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-8890
Exercise Program: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Adult/Senior Exercise program. Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston. Call Pat Johnson at (845) 481-7332
Happy Apple Thrift Shop:
10 a.m. 24 E. O’Reilly St., Kingston. To 3 p.m. (845) 338-0833.
Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171.
Seminar: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Medicare 101. Germantown Library, 31 Palatine Park Road, Germantown. Contact Columbia County office for the Aging. (518) 828-4258. Pre-registration is encouraged. (518) 537-5800.
Under Threes Storytime:
10 a.m. For children birth-35 months with a caregiver. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. Sign up at (845) 647-5530.