Calendar
Today, June 23
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) 687-6090.
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: 10:30 a.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: 10:30 a.m. 1- to 3-years-old, Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 246-4317.
Lunch or Dinner: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chicken, ribs, fried fish (Talapia). Include mac & cheese or potato salad, green beans, dessert. $12. Pick up or delivery. Point of Praise Family Life Center, 243 Hurley Ave., Kingston. (845) 853-5427.
Blood Drive: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Pawling, 9 Reservoir Road, Pawling.
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.
Canasta Players: 12 p.m. Gardiner Public Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. (845) 255-1255.
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: 2 to 7 p.m. Millbrook Firehouse, 20 Front St., Millbrook.
Blood Drive: 2 to 7 p.m. Saint Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 80 Mansion St., Coxsackie.
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.
Summer Chess Club: 4 to 5 p.m. Tivoli Summer Chess Club. Come play chess with Library Clerk, Patrick. All skill levels welcome. All ages. East Room, Tivoli Free Library, 86 Brodway, Red hook. (845) 757-3771.
LEGO Club: 4:15 p.m. For children ages 5 and up. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-5530.
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.
Movie: 5 p.m. “Lego Batman Movie.” Join for a free movie and refreshments at Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook.
Workshop: 6:30 p.m. Starr Library will be hosting Sarah Bell to teach some belly dance moves. To register, go to the calendar at starrlibrary.org or call (845) 876-4030.
Art Exhibit: 6:30 p.m. Opening reception. Cate Chevalier Working Title. The Gallery 37 West Market St., Red Hook. Exhibit June 24 through July 23.
Gelen Pitman Quartet: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Gelen Pitman Quartet, contemporary BeBop. Gomen_kudasai Noodle Escape, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.
Jazz Music: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Hot Jazz-swing-gospelR&B. Alley Cat Blues and Jazz Club, 294 Wall St., Kingston. Maverick Concert: 8 p.m. Are pleased to present ETHEL, the post-modern, indi-classical quartet, in a conversation with Kate McGloughlin. The event features ETHEL’s spontaneous short musical response to McGloughlin’s solo exhibit “Requiem for the AshokanThe Story Told in Landscape”. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 6792940.
Saturday morning, June 24
Blood Drive: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. New Paltz Fire Department No. 1, 25 Plattekill Ave., New Paltz.
Appraisers Roadshow: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friends of the Hurley Library, 48 Main St., Hurley. Each item you bring to the library to be appraised will cost $5 and in return you will learn the value of the item, and what the best method of selling that item may be.
Conversation: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Cottage Conversations in the “Playhouse” at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park.
Crafts Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fine artists and craftspeople will be traveling from over 25 states to exhibit and sell their one-of-a-kind creations. General admission $10, seniors $9, children 6-16 are $4 and children under 6 are free. The Rhinebeck Crafts Festival, at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave., (Route 9), Rhinebeck. June 25th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Workshop: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Ikebana Flower Arrangement lesson. Fee: $25 plus flowers, $20 plus flowers for Tachibana members. Gomen-Kudasai Noddle Escape, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.
Lecture: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Honeybee Lives and organic beekeeping. $30 per person. Honeybee Lives Apiary, New Paltz.
Book Fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Catskill Interpretive Center, 5096 Rt. 28, Mt. Tremper. (845) 688-3369
Hudson River Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hudson River Day and Inaugural Hudson River Boat Building Challenge. This free family-friendly event will have boat building, boat races and rides, visiting vessels, live music, children’s activities, food vendors and more. Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. (845) 338-0071, hrmm.org Event: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our shelter van will be ready to load up with donations from the community benefit Ulster County SPCA at Petco, 1175 Ulster Ave., Kingston
Event: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feature Dressel Farms strawberries along with 7 hyper-local craft beverage producers, fine food, local artists and more. Dressel Farms, 271 Rt. 208, New Paltz. (845) 255-0693
Concert: 11 a.m. Young People’s Concert “Ethel”. Maverick Concerts, 120 Maverick Rd., Woostock. (845) 679-8217. Kids under 16 free, adults $5.