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brary, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771.
Art Hour: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays Ages 3 to 103 with Francesca. Frannie will cook up something creative to do each week. She is known for her work with natural found objects, as well as jewelry. Phoencia Library, 48 Main St., Phoencia, (845) 688-7811.
Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Feb. 21. All-ages Story time. Toddlers, pre-schoolers and their caregivers are invited to join us in the Children’s Room for some early literacy fun. Approximately 30 minutes. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Road, Rhinebeck. (845) 266-5530.
Concerts and music
The Mairtin O’Connor Trio: 7 p.m. April 8. doors open, show is at 8 p.m. St. Pauls Parish Hall, 7412 South Broadway, Red Hook.
Peter Frampton: 8 p.m. April 8. UPAC, 601Broadway, Kingston. Tickets $45-$85. (845) 3396088. upac.org. HVP 21st Century Giants: 8 p.m. April 8. Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie. $35- $75 based on location, $20 student rush. (845) 473-2072
Tom Anderson: 8 p.m. April 8. Tom Anderson “My Favorite Sings” with special guests Jumbo Bungalow. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge St., Catskill. (518) 943-3818.
Concert: 8 p.m. April 8. The Orchestra Now and Bard Conservatory “The Dream of Gerontius”. Sosnoff Theater, Bard College, Annandale on Hudson. (845) 758-7900 Tickets $25-$35. free for Bard students.
Concert: 2 p.m. April 9. The Orchestra Now and Bard Conservatory. The Dream of Gerontius. Sosnoff Theater, Bard College, Annandale on the Hudson. Tickets $25-$35; free for Bard students (845) 7587900. Live Music: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays, Station Bar & Curio, Veronica Nunn w/ Peter Einhorn Trio. in the heated pavilion. 101 Tinker St., Woodstock. Bridge Music radio
broadcasts: Public soundart installation featuring the music of Joseph Bertolozzi using sounds from the Mid Hudson Bridge. Site-specific radio broadcasts at 95.3FM from Johnson-Iorio Park, Ransom Road, Highland. Year round. Free. http://www. josephbertolozzi.com/ bridge-music/.
Entry calls, auditions Community Orchestra:
Rehearsing at Dutchess Community College, Wednesday evenings, looking for French horn, clarinet, cello and string players in preparation for May concert. For more information call Dottie at (845) 876-2765, contact Christopher Brellochs, (845) 431-8625, or email Christopher.brelloc@sunydutchess.edu .
Dance
Tango: 7 p.m. April 7. Argentine Tango is the most creative and improvisational of social dances. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 8764030.
Lectures and workshops
Workshop: 3 to 7 p.m. April 7. The Culinary Arts and Colors. Old Dutch Church, Wall St., Kingston. April 7, 21, 28 (no class 4⁄14). $249. Materials fee $3040 pp, payable in class. (845) 339-2025. Preregister.
Discussion: 1 p.m. April 7. Naturalist Discussion with Deb Medenbach. Join for reading and discussions of each of these naturalists, summing up on the fourth week with our own conclusions of how to go forward. Session 1: Also Leopold. Sesssions 2: Henry David Thoreau. Session 3: John Burroughs (a special evening session at 6 p.m.). Session 4: An informed way forward. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen.
Talk: 6 p.m. April 7. Japanese-American internment talk coming to the Pine Plains Library, 7775 South Main St., Pine Plains. Free and open to the public. No registration required.
18th Annual Spring Garden Day: 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. April 8. Best Practices and solutions for your garden. SUNY Ulster Community College Campus, 491 Cottekill Rd., Stone Ridge. $45 at the door. For more
information contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community programs and events to to http://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/
Workshop: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8. Origami spring foldfest. Children ages 5 and older, teens, and adults. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston. (845) 331-0507 ext. 7.
Forum: 5 p.m. Sheila Isenberg presents two young writers: Elena Botts and Eliza Siegel. Woodstock Library Forum, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. (845) 669-2213. Free.
Spring Forum: 3 to 6 p.m. April 9. Working Across Difference: Meeting Refugees in Crisis, with co-sponsors, Mid-Hudson Valley United Nations Association-USA, Lifebridge Foundation, and RiverTides. Mohonk Mountain House Parlor, 1000 Mountain Rest Rd., New Paltz. (845) 256-2726.
“Hidden Treasures of the
Catskills” talk: 7 p.m. April 13. Arthur Anthony Musso. Staatsburg Library, 70 Old Post Rd., Staatsburg. Free and open to all. (845) 8894683.
Outings
Walk: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 8. Germantown Library and Keep Conservation Preserve offer Spring migration bird walk. Germantown Library, 31 Palatine Park Rd., Germantown. Encouraged to pre-register. (518) 537-5800.
Tour: 2 p.m. April 9. “A Painter’s Paradise”: Thomas Cole and his transformative experience in Florence, 1831-3. John F. McGuigan, Jr. Thomas Colege National Historic Site, 218 Spring St., Catskill. (518) 9437465 ext. 6. Cookie Walk: 1 to 4 p.m. April 9. Choose your own custom by-the pound Easter cookie assortment. Traditional favorites and fancy chef masterpieces. Reservoir United Methodist Church 3056 State Route 28, Shokan. www.ReservoirUMC.com
Screenings
“Voices Across the Divide”: 7 to 9 p.m. April 7. Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St., Woodstock. (518) 291-6808.
“Alive and Kicking”: 2 p.m. April 9. The Hudson Valley premiere of “Alive and Kicking,” takes an inside look into the culture of swing dancing and the characters who made it special. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. (845) 658-8989. Admission $10 for members, $12 non-members and $6 for children 12 and under.
“Sing”: 5 to 6:45 p.m. April 10. In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a signing competition become grander than he anticipates even as the finalists’ find that their lives will never be the same. PG Animation, comedy, family. Tivoli Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771. “Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them”: 6 p.m. April 13. . Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A,West Shokan. (845) 657-2482.
Special events
Fundraiser: 5 to 9 p.m. April 7. The Voyages of Jan Sawka, exhibition and film. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, 232 Main St., New Paltz. Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 8. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston. Kingstonfarmersmarket.org
Open House: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 8. One year at the Armory. Have some refreshments and help us celebrate! Hudson Area Library, Hudson. www. HudsonAreaLibrary.org
Lecture: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 8. “LGBTQ Community” Milan Town Hall, Rt. 199, Milan. Free. Coffee and bagels will be served.
Spring Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8. Home baked goods, Ukrainian foods from a Ukrainian meat market in NYC, pyrogies made by the church ladies and gift items. Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, 211 Foordmore Rd., Kerhonkson. Free admission, all are welcome.
Sugaring Off: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 8. 18th Century Style: Activities include boiling maple sap to syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles over an open fire, hewing a log into a trough and making wooden buckets and spiles. Free and open to the public. Guided tours of the Senate House available $4 adults, $3 sneiors. Children 12 and under free. Senate House State Historic Site, 296 Fair St., Kingston. (845) 338-2786; senatehousekingston.org. Flea Market: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9. Sundays mid-April through November (weather permitting). Grady Park, site of the
original17 and 18, D&H Route Canal 213 Locks, East, High Falls. Joni (845) 8100471. Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 9. Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 Rt. 32, Rosendale. (845) 658-8348 Fundraiser Scrabble: 3 to 5 p.m. April 9. An annual benefit for the Ulster Literacy Association ULA, New World Home Cooking, Rt. 212, Saugerties. (845) 331-6837 or visit ulsterliteracy.org. Wing Fling: 4 p.m. April 9. Come out and support the Rondout Valley Lacrosse team and enjoy delicious wings, salad, and pasta. High Falls Café, High Falls, N.Y.
Easter Egg Hunt: 1 p.m. April 9. Grab the kids and grandkids, find the Easter Baskets, and join u for an awesome family event. Egg hunt, Easter Bunny photo booth, and more. Rain or shine. Reservoir United Methodist Church 3056 State Route 28, Shokan. www.ReservoirUMC.com
Theater and performance
“Shuttlecock”: 7 to 9 p.m. April 7. By Dana Page. April 7 & 8. Adults situational comedy for mature audiences only. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903. Thomas Albrecht Performance: 12 to 2 p.m. April 8. Performance art by Thomas Albrecht, in conjunction with Intimately Unfamiliar. Dorsky Museum, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz. (845) 257-3844 “Art Collides” Performance: 2 to 4 p.m. April 8. “Art Collides” SUNY New Paltz students respond to artworks on display in the Dorsky Museum, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz. (845) 2573844.