Calendar

Today, July 5

Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171.

Thrift Store: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Margaretville Hospital Auxilary Thrift Shop, 850 Main St., Margaretville. (845) 586-2631.

Classics in Religion: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Diverse sources are used for the weekly classics in religion reading group. Kingston Library, Community Room, 55 Franklin St., Kingston. Albert R. Ahlstrom at aahlstrom@hvc.rr.com or (845) 334-8404.

Storytime: 10:30 a.m. For children 2- to 5-years-old, Plattekill Library, 2047 state Route 32, Modena. (845) 883-7286.

Baby & Me Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Caregiver and child program for ages 0-3. Focuses on developing your baby’s and toddler’s pre-literacy skills. Town of Ulster Library, 860 Ulster Ave., Kingston.

Toddler Story Time: 10:30 a.m. with stories, songs and art activities. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. (845) 6792213, www.woodstock.org. Tiny tots story time: 11 a.m. For ages 1-3, Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. www.saugertiespubliclibrary.org.

Happy Paws Thrift Store:

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit UCSPCA, 282 Main St., Saugerties. (845) 2551255.

Sack Lunch: 12 to 1:30 p.m. Bring your own lunch with you and enjoy it at the library in the East Room. Coffee will be available. Must bring own lunch, utensils, napkins and clean up after yourself. Tivoli Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771.

Crossroads to Recovery: 1 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston.

Bridge Games: 1 p.m. Town of Ulster Senior Center, 1 Town Hall Drive, Lake Katrine. $7. Pat, (845) 3311743.

Blood Drive: 1 to 6 p.m. Hillsdale Firehouse, Route 22, Hillsdale.

Blood Drive: 2 to 7 p.m. American Legion Post 178 Millerton, 155 Route 44, Millerton.

Holy Cross Church Thrift Store: 3 to 6 p.m. 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. (845) 338-0172.

Woodstock Farm Festival:

3:30 to dusk. Wednesdays. Maple Lane, Woodstock. woodstockfarmfestival.com

Art Hour: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. with Stephanie. New art projects every week, for ages 3 to 103 Stephanie always cooks up something

creative to do each week. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St., Phoenicia. (845) 6887811.

Dance Xross Fitness: 6 to 7 p.m. $10 per class, 10 Class card for $70. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountainview Ave., Woodstock. Call Stacy at (845) 532-3486.

Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band

and Social Club: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free rehearsals, all ages and talents welcome. Rosendale Recreation Center, 1055 Route 32, Rosendale. (845) 687-3136.

Program: 7 p.m. Traveling Talks: Silent Sparks of Fireflies. Curious about the bugs that talk with their blinking lights in the night? Olana State Historic Site, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson. Members, $5; non-members, $10. (518) 828-1872.

Workshop: 7 p.m. Join a free program in which participants will explore how to bump up the flavors of water and salad dressings to make staying hydrated and eating summer vegetables enjoyable. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen.

Thursday, July 6

Kingston Transition: 8:30-9:30 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.

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) 246-4317.

Hooks, Needles, Yarns & Threads: 10:30 a.m. to p.m. Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters and all other yarn crafters. Drop in any time. $1 Suggested donation, to go toward the purchase of resource materials for the library collection. Tivoli Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771.

Happy Paws Thrift Store:

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. Proceeds benefit Ulster County SPCA.

Event: 1 to 4 p.m. Snapology Gamebots, for gamers ages 7-13. Have a blast creating various robotic fun to play games – a robotic hockey player, pinball machine or a ring toss. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston. (845) 331-0507.

Event: 5 p.m. Summer Reading Program, for youth in grades 6-12. With join local musician Roger Cohn, Thursdays July 6, 13, 20, and 27 for the month-long series “Jammin’ with Roger. Red Hook Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red hook. (845) 758-3241 www.redhooklibrary.org.

Live Music: 6 p.m. First Thursday Singer Songwriter Series hosted by Maureen and Don Black. High Falls Café, High Falls. (845) 6872699.

Theater: 6 to 8 p.m. Powerhouse Theater Training Company presents Sound-painting. July 6, 13,20,27. Vassar College, Frances Lehnman Loeb Art Center, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. (845) 437-5907.

Workshop: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Urban Zen Restorative class with Mary-Beth Charno. Learn simple movements to focus the mind and energize the body. Rondout Valley Holistic Health Community, Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St. (Route 209), Stone Ridge. www.rvhhc.orginfo@rvhhc.org.

Theater: 7:30 p.m. Woodstock’s Voice Theatre to perform Thornton Wilder’s famed “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Three weekends in July from 6-23. Byrdcliffe Arts Colongy, Byrdcliffe Theatre, Upper Byrdcliff Rd., Woodstock. (845) 6790154. www.voicetheatre.org.

Theater: 7:30 “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Manin-the-Moon Marigolds” by Paul Zindel. Bridge Street Theatre Mainstage, 44 Wes Bridge St., Catskill. July 6-16. General admission $25, $10 for students age 21 and under. (800) 8383006.