Calendar
Today, March 31
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.
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.
Toddler storytime: 10:30a.m. For children 12-36 months, Ellenville Public Library and Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-3350.
Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Preschool story time. Early literacy activities and stories for children ages 3-5. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-3350.
Musical storytime: 10:30a.m. 1- to 3-years-old, Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 2464317.
Storytime: 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. For children ages 4-5. Highland Public Library, 30 Church St., Highland. (845) 691-2275.
Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. Proceeds benefit the Ulster County SPCA.
Spring Soup & Salad Lunches:
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cheesy Potato, Beef with Mixed vegetables. Lunch is served community style and is open to everyone at no cost. Quarts of soup will be available for $4. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St., New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 255-5210.
Canasta Players: 12 p.m. Gardiner Public Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. (845) 2551255.
Thrift Store: 12-4 p.m. Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop, 850 Main St., Margaretville.
Crossroads to Recovery: 1 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston.
Blood Drive: 1 to 6 p.m. Saugerties Knights of Columbus Council 4536, 19 Barclay St.,
Saugerties. Teen Book Group: 3 p.m. Stone Ridge Library, Main Street, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-2044.
Free tutoring by appointment:
3 to 6 p.m. Homework clubs and after-school kid sitters. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. (877) 576-9931.
Gamer’s Lounge: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Attention, gamers: Gamers’ Lounge is here. Grab your laptop and join us for some Minecraft, or go low-tech and play Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering or another card or board game with us. For children 9 and up. No registration necessary. Limited public laptops available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Fish Fry: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Fried Haddock Fish dinner or fried shrimp dinner including French fries, cole slaw and dinner rolls, $9.95. New England clam chowder, pint, $4.95; quart, $8.95. Glasco Fire Company, 139 Liberty St. Extension, Glasco. Takeout only. (845) 246-9600.
LEGO Club: 4:15 p.m. For children ages 5 and up. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 6475530.
Libratory: 4:30 p.m. An exciting, hand-on opportunity for children to participate in STEM learning in a fun, informal environment. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook. (845) 876-3241, www.redhooklibrary.org.
Soup & Sub Night: 4:30to 6:30 p.m. Variety of hot and cold subs, fresh soups (by the quart, pint or bowl), and dessert will be available. Eat in or takeout. Elizaville United Methodist Church, Columbia County routes 2 and 19, Elizaville. (845) 756-2338 or, on the day of event, (845) 756-5602.
Art Opening & Farewell Party:
5 to 8 p.m. Come say goodbye and enjoy live music, refreshments, art and artists, and your neighbors. Red Hook Community Arts Network. RHCAN/AC Gallery, 7516 North Broadway, Red Hook.
Film: 7 p.m. “Avatar” at the Enchanted Café, 7484 South Broadway, Red Hook, this is a free screening, sponsored by Red hook Public Library. Rated PG-13.
Multi-Media Art Show: 7to 9 p.m. “Daddy’s Girl” by Nadeen Currie. Show depicts middle class families from the 1950s to now. Benefit for Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903. March 31 & April 1. Hudsonvalleyplaywrites.com
Film Series: 7:30 p.m. “Around the World in 80 Days (1956).” Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie. (845) 473-2072. $6 general admission.
Talent Show: 6:30 p.m. doors open. “Tivoli’s Got Talent,” 7 to 9 p.m. Come check our local talent and enjoy complimentary refreshments. Upstairs at Murray’s Restaurant, 73 Broadway, Tivoli. Free. Sponsored by Tivoli Free Library and The Village of Tivoli.
Play: 8 p.m. “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” kicks off Spring Shakespeare Festival at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck. Tickets $24, $22 for seniors and children. (845) 8763080. Performances run March 31-April 9. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
Play: 8 p.m. “Damn Yankees,” Rhinebeck Central School, 45 North Park Road, Rhinebeck. March 31 and April 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday April 2 at 2 p.m. (845) 871-5500, ext. 5151.
Saturday, April 1 (to 10 a.m.)
Pancake Breakfast: 8 to 11 a.m. Olivebridge United Methodist Church, 5147 Route 213, Olivebridge. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, drinks. Gluten free available.
Spring Fair: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crafts, Longaberger, tastefully simple, food sale, white elephant table. Coxsackie United Methodist Church, 103 Mansion St., Coxsackie. Handicapped accessible.
Workshop: 9 a.m. registration will be begin. Training from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Feral Cat Trapper training. P.A.N.T (Partnership for Animals Needing Transition). Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. No fee will be charged. Donations will be accepted.
Holy Cross Thrift Shop: 9 a.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. To 12 p.m. (845) 331-6796.
Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171.
Teen Geek Squad: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Available to answer tech questions at the Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook. (845) 758-3241, redhooklibrary.org.
Hudson Valley Farmers
Market: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fresh and local. Every Saturday year-round. Creig Farm, Pitcher Lane, Red Hook.
Workshop: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Basket Weaving. Bevier House Museum, 2682 Route 209, Marbletown. Limited to 15 people.
Event: 10 a.m. Kite Flying. Join the Woodstock Land Conservancy for a celebration of Spring. Zena Confield, Zena Road, Woodstock.