Calendar

Today, Aug. 5

Driving Course: 8 a.m. Five-hour Pre-licensing course. Registration is at 8 a.m. on the morning of this class. There is no pre-registration. This is the New York state-required course for all new drivers. Open to everyone. Ellenville High School, 28 Maple Ave., Ellenville. (845) 647-0138.

Antique & Flea Market: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 49th Annual Antique and Flea market. Between 60-70 vendors. There will be a chicken barbecue, snacks and a bake sale. Margaretville Village Park (behind the Freshtown Marketplace), Margaretville. Suggested donation $2 for adults and children over 12. Parking is free.

Summer Festival: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy a day in the country. Rain or shine. Cragsmoor Road, off state Route 52, 1 1⁄2 miles to the Post Office. Free parking available. Kingston Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wall Street, Kingston. info@ kingstonfarmersmarket.org

Holy Cross Thrift Shop: 9 a.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. To 12 p.m. (845) 3316796. Thrift Store: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Church of the Comforter, Wynkoop Place, Kingston. 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. A gathering place for farmers, food, and community. 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.

Event: 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1 to 3 p.m. Matthewis Persen house museum guest hosts: Woodstock School of Art. View demonstrations of Pein Air watercolor and drawing with instructor Staats Fasoldt. Join the artists in the side yard of the Persen House as the create beautiful new works of art. 74 John St., Kingston. (845) 340-3040. Book-signing Event: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children’s picture book author Susanna Leonard Hill will be at the Millbrook Farmer’s Market at Merritt Bookstore, 57 Front St., Millbrook. (845) 677-5857. Event: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice. Latte Lecture: 10 to 11 a.m. About the opera “La Boheme.” Festival Lounge/ Phoenicia Park. By Donation; Sacred Harp: 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Shape Note workshop for all. Wesleyan Church. By Donation; Cambridge Chamber Singers: 12 to 1 p.m. The Renaissance of the Motet. Catholic Church; Masterclass: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Methodist Church. By Donation; Les Trois Mousquetaires, an opera premiere, 3 to 5 p.m. Main Stage/Phoenicia Park; Open Forum: Les Trois Mousquetaires, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Festival Lounge/Phoenicia Park. By Donation; “La Boheme,” an opera in four acts by G. Puccini, 8 to 10 p.m. Main Stage, Phoenicia Park. Phoeniciavoicefest. org $5 Students, $35 general $90 VIP. (845) 688-3291.

Ulster County Fair: 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz. $15 per person. Ulstercountyfair.com.

Bake Sale: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Woodstock Fire Department Company 4 Ladies Auxiliary, Zena Firehouse, 443 Zena Road, Woodstock.

Art Sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phoenicia Playhouse, 10 Church St., Phoenicia. (845) 688-2279.

Story Time: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. With Maureen Garcia. Fun for all ages. Montain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. (518) 589-3903. 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:

11 a.m. Woodstock Library District, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. Reading fun for the whole family with special guest storytellers. Check the website for weekly story events. www.woodstock.org.

Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. To 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Ulster County SPCA.

Event: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. El Galeon Andalucia Tours. This 500-ton replica ship measuring over 164 feet in length and with 6 decks is a floating museum. Deck tours will be available for adults at $10, children ages 5-11 at $5, children under 5 free. Check website to confirm details. Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. (845) 338-0071, hrmm.org Aug. 5-8.

Event: 11:30 a.m. Nature Nick will introduce us to some of the strangest animals on earth! Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. 845-8764030 Gathering: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regional anti-racism gathering. The event will kick off with introductions and potluck meal. “March for Justice” workshop beginning at 10:30 a.m. Christ King Episcopal Church, 3021 Route 213, Stone Ridge. 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. Concert: 1 to 5 p.m. Woodstock Concerts on the Green are free concerts performed live on the Village Green, center of Woodstock. Walking Tour: 1 p.m. Stockade National Historic District Walking Tour. Largest early Dutch settlement in New York state and the neighborhood where the state was born in 1777. Adults $10, children under 16 $5. Friends of Historic Kingston members free. Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery, Wall and Main streets, Kingston. (845) 339-0720, fohk.org. Book Reading/Discussion: 1p.m. Jennifer Donnelly, local young adults author will read from her New York Times Bestseller “Lost in a Book” and discuss writing in this program geared toward tweens and teens. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Road, Rhinebeck. (845) 2665530. Lecture: 2 p.m. “The Catskill Mountain House in the Civil War Era: The Making of a Veteran in a New Field.” Community Room of the Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. Mower’s Flea Market: 2 p.m. to dusk Saturdays in July and August, Maple Lane, Woodstock. (845) 679-6744, mowerssaturdayfleamarket.com.

Reading: 4p.m. Noah David Roberts is a 21-year-old fiction writer and poet based in the Hudson Valley. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St.,

Woodstock. (845) 679-8000.

Artist Exhibit: 4p.m. WAAM opening reception for Radius 50. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 6792940, woodstockart.org.

Art Exhibit: 5 to 8 p.m. Opening Reception. B&W: A Group of Black and White Art. Emerge Gallery, 228 Main St., Saugerties. 845-247-7515. Aug. 5 and exhibited through Aug. 28

Art Exhibit: 5 to 7 p.m. Opening reception. Katie Grove: Woven Spaces. Wired Gallery, 11 Mohonk Road, High Falls. Aug. 5-Aug. 27.

Art Exhibit: 5 to 7 p.m. Tours opening reception. Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, “Art Studio View”. The Courtyard, 43-2 E. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 516-4435. Art Exhibits: 5to 8p.m. The Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) presents two new exhibitions on view Aug. 5-26. 97 Broadway, Kingston. (845) 338-0333. “The Merchant of Venice”: 5:30 p.m. Bird-On-A-Cliff Theatre Company’s Woodstock Shakespeare Festival. 45 Comeau Drive, Woodstock. Blankets, chairs, picnics welcome. Admission free. Suggested donation $10. (845) 247-4007.

Book Event: 6 p.m. Janet Capron, “Blue Money.” The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-8000. Book Event: 6 p.m. Tracy Tynan “Wear and Tear: The Threads of my Life.” Oblong Rhinebeck, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-0500. The 22nd March of Champions Drum and Bugle Competition:

7 p.m., gates open at 5:30p.m. Reserved seating tickets $20. (845) 331-1448, ext. 1123. Dietz Stadium, 170 N. Front St., Kingston. chkingston.org Swing Dance: 7:30 p.m. beginner lesson included in the $10 admission. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock.

English Country Dance: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Cost: $10, full-time students $5. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Salem Road off Route 9W, Port Ewen.

Event: 8 to 9:15 p.m. “I Won’t Dance – Steve Ross sings and plays Fred Astaire.” Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge St., Castkill. (518) 9433818. Tickets $25, $10 for students.

Comedy Event: 8 p.m. Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Rosendale Café, 434 Main St., Rosendale. (845) 658-9048. Cost: $15.

Concert: 8 p.m. Indian Ragas. Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock. (845) 679-8217, maverickconcerts.org ,

Event: 8p.m. The Poetry Brothel of Kingston: Speaks Out! Resistance, Passion, and Pain-In a World Aflame. BSP Lounge, 323 Wall St., Kingston. (845) 481-5158. Tickets $10 at the door. Star Gazing: 8:30 to 10 p.m. Astronomer Bob Berman, Catskill Center’s Thorn Preserve, 55 John Joy Road,, Woodstock.

Live Music: 8:30 p.m. Jim Decker. A little bit of country, rock n roll, oldies, and some great standards. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Road, High Falls. (845) 687-2699.

Live Music: 9 p.m. Don Byron and Friends to explore early soul music at Helsinki, 405 Columbia St., Hudson. (518) 828-4800, info@helsinkihudson.com Live Music: 10 p.m. 70s & 80s with DJ Sping DRx. 21 and older. Uncle Willy’s, 3 N. Front St., Kingston.