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Today, July 1

New York Tiny House Freedom Fest: Featuring 25-30 actual tiny homes along with alternative energy displays, speakers, sustainability workshops, live music and food trucks. Bring your tiny house, RV tent and stay the weekend. Purchase tickets online. Ulster County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz. Tinyhousefreedomfest.com. Through July 2. Driving Course: 8 a.m. The Ellenville Central School District is offering the five-hour pre-licensing Course. Registration is at 8 a.m. on the morning of the class. There is no pre-registration. This class is open to everyone, not just students. The cost is $250. Call Mrs. Smith (845) 647-0138 for more information. Ellenville High School, 28 Maple Ave, Ellenville. Holy Cross Thrift Shop: 9 a.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. To 12 p.m. (845) 331-6796. Blood Drive: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rondout Valley Camping Resort, 105 Mettacahonts Road, Accord. Colonial Game Day: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Try your hand at many entertaining and historic games, including Game of Graces, Jacob’s Ladder, Hoop rolling and Whirligigs just to name a few. The Persen House (17391819), 74 John St. (corner of John and Crown streets), Kingston. Second Annual Community Family Fun Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, on the library’s Great Lawn, 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park. (845) 4867745. Event: 10 a.m. to noon. Forest Bathing. Enjoy a morning of Japanese practice of Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing as participants immerse all of their senses walking in a lovely forest. Israel Wittman Preserve, 25 Old Sawmill Road, Saugerties. Event is capped at 25 people. Please RSVP to Kate Berdan at kateb.wlc@gmail. com. Story Time in the Shade: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. with Maureen Garcia. Fun for all ages. Mountain Top Arboretum collaborates with Mountain Top Library, 4Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. (518) 589-3903. www.mtarboretum. org. Free admission. Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171. Saugerties Farmers’ Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 115 Main St., Saugerties. Every Saturday except on Sept. 30. Through Oct. 28. 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. Family Yoga: 10:30 a.m. If you have a mat, bring it along. Register on the calendar at the starrlibrary. org or call (845) 876-4030. Super Saturday Story Adventures: 11a.m. Woodstock Library District, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. Reading fun for the whole family with special guest storytellers. www.woodstock.org. Patriotic Ceremony: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Senate House State Historic Site, Fair Street, Kingston, is celebrating Independence Day with readings and songs. The Third Ulster Militia will be encamped on the grounds demonstrating 18th century camp life, including hearthside cooking. Many other activities. Guided tours of the Senate house will be provided by costumed interpreters at the usual rate of $4 for adults and $3 for senior citizens. Children 12 and under free. Outdoor activities are free of charge. Everyone is invited to attend. www.nysparks.com Workshop: 11 a.m. Designing a Children’s Garden. Introducing children to gardening can be fun and rewarding. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Road, Rhinebeck. (845) 266-5530. Concert: 11 a.m. Young People’s Concert. Arturo O’Farrell Quintet. Designed for children in grades K-6. Maverick Concerts, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock. (845) 679-8217. Under 16 free, adults $5 each at the door. Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. To 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Ulster County SPCA. Tour: 11 a.m. Free tours offered at West Point Foundry Preserve with a glimpse into this beautiful landscape. The 90-minute tour begins in the preserve’s parking lot at 68 Kemble Ave. A trail also connects the preserve to Cold Spring’s Metro-North station. (845) 4734440, ext. 222 Rummage Sale: Noon to 4 p.m. All items will be 50 cents. Includes clothing, shoes, housewares, children’s stuff, crafts, etc. Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop, 850 Main St., Margaretville. (845) 586-3737. Thrift Store: Noon to 4 p.m. Margaretville Hospital Auxilary Thrift Shop, 850 Main St., Margaretville. Stories and crafts: 12:30 p.m. Ages 4-7. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 246-4317. Bake Sale: 1p.m. Artists make creative sweet treats. All proceeds support WAAM’s Education Outreach and programming with Habitat for Artists. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-2940. Talk: 1 p.m. Mairead Mulhern, an environmental educator from Mine Kill and Max V. Shaul state parks, will discuss local wildlife found in Upstate New York. Woodchurch Lodge, 1633 Burroughs Memorial Road, Roxbury. www.jbwoodchucklodge.org Art Exhibit: 2 to 4 p.m. Summertime in the Catskills. A Group Exhibition by Olive Artists. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. July 1 – Sept. 2. Screening: 2p.m. “The First Artist in America.” Free Screening. Upstate Films/Woodstock. The filmmaker will be on hand for a question-and-answer session after the screening. Woodstock Films, 132 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-6608. Mower’s Flea Market: 2 p.m. to dusk Saturdays in July and August, Maple Lane, Woodstock. (845) 679-6744, mowerssaturdayfleamarket.com. Lecture and Talk: 2:30 p.m. Elin Menzies will discuss her current exhibition Wolf Crossing. WAAM’s Solo Gallery, Free Admission. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-2940. Exhibit: 4 to 6 p.m. Opening Reception. Five new exhibitions. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-2940. July 1 through 30. Exhibit: 5 to 7 p.m. Opening Reception at the Wired Gallery, 11 Mohonk Road, High Falls, opens The Golden Age of New Paltz, an exhibition in three parts. Part One: “1959-1963,” curated by Jack Murphy. Reading and Talk: 5 p.m. “The Beauty and Nobility of Life”. Woodstock Library Forum, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. 845-679-2213 Exhibit: 5 to 8 p.m. Gareth Crispell, opening reception at the Fletcher Gallery, 40 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. (845) 679-4411. July 1 to 16. Exhibit: 5to 7p.m. Meet the artist reception: Nancy Campbell at the Saugerties Public Library, “Hometown”, July 1 through Aug. 31, 91 Washington Ave., Kingston. (845) 246-4317 Exhibit: 6 to 9 p.m. Opening Reception. Golden Years photography by Ed Rosenbaum. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, Rosenbaum was a teenage music fan who photographed some of rock’s greatest luminaries as they passed through New York City. 1 Mile Gallery, 475 Abeel St., Kingston. (845) 3382035. Live Music: 6 to 9 p.m. Main St. Jazz Quartet. Rabbit and Turtle Pub Restaurant, 302 Main St., Poughkeepsie. (845) 345-9481. Concert and Conversation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Natalie Merchant to celebrate the release of her CD box set “The Natalie Merchant Collection” at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker St., Woodstock. Entry will be on a firstcome/first-serve basis, so please arrive early. Free. English Dance: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Workshop at 7 p.m. Hudson Valley English Country Dance at the Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Salem Road off Route 9W, Port Ewen. Cost is $10, $5 for full-time students. Jazz: 8 p.m. Jazz at the Maverick. Double Grammy Award-winning Afro-Cuban jazz legend blends textures and rhythms of South America and the Caribbean. Arturo O’Farrill Quintet, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock. (845) 6798217. General admission $30, reserved seating $55, students $5. Live Music: 8 p.m. Piranha Brothers. $5 cover. 21 and older. Uncle Willy’s, 31 N. Front St., Kingston. Live Music: 9 p.m. The BBoyz. High Falls Café, High Falls. (845) 687-2699. Live Music: 9 p.m. Daniel Bachman (full band), with Billy Rogan at the Colony Woodstock, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. (845) 6797625.