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Today, Oct. 14

Blood Drive: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Catskill United Methodist Church will hold its Fall Red Cross Blood Drive. 40 Country Estates, South Cairo. (518) 943-4389. Breakfast: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Modena Ladies Auxiliary. Modena Firehouse, 1953 U.S. Route 44/state Route 55, Modena. $8 per person, $7 senior. Fall Sale: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Katsbaan Reformed Church Ladies Aide is holding its annual Fall sale. Rain or shine. Homemade pies, soups and chili for takeout, along with book sale. Church Hall, across the road from the historic Katsbaan Reformed Church, 1801 Old King’s Highway, Saugerties. Workshop: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pear relish. Learn the boiling water bath method of preservation. Can and take home a jar of relish. Cornell Cooperative extension, 232 Plaza Road, Kingston. (845) 3403990. Class $35. Rummage Sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Huge Rummage Sale at Christ the King Church, Route 213, Stone Ridge. Yard Sale and Bake Sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benefit Saugerties Animal Shelter, 1765Route 212, Saugerties at the Transfer Station. 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) 331-6796. Thrift Store: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Church of the Comforter, Wynkoop Place, Kingston. Event: 9:15 a.m. Kindness Rocks. We will travel in groups via sidewalk from downtown to midtown Kingston, with our final destination to be Uptown at the Academy Green. Please create your own kindness rocks to share with our neighbors or Family of Woodstock will have rocks to share with you. We will be offering free shuttles back downtown beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a final shuttle at 12:15 p.m. TR Gallo Park, 1 Broadway, Kingston. Free event. Holiday Sale: 10a.m. to 3p.m. Library knitters to hold holiday sale and “Knit In”. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-7023, www. stoneridgelibrary.org rain or shine. 11th Annual Mid-Hudson Woodworkers Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Demonstrations, WoodMizer, raffle, find woodworking items on display and more. Hurley Reformed Church, 11 Main St., Hurley. Midhudsonwoodworkers.org Tech for Seniors: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Senior citizens, join us and get some help with technology. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771 Burning of Kingston: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Schedule of main activities at www. BurningOfKingston.com/ Talk: 10:30 a.m. Debut authors, writing friends: Finding support on the way to publication. Memoirist Roselee Blooston and novelist marina Antropow Cramer discuss their long and intersecting writing journeys leading to the publication of their first books, “Dying in Dubai” and “Roads.” Free. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinbeck. (845) 876-4030. Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171. Ulster County Genealogical Society: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hurley Reformed Church, 11 Main St., Hurley. Saugerties Farmers’ Market: 10a.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. 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. Autumn Festival: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 18th Century Autumn Festival. Apples are pressed to make cider, meat is smoked and candles are made. Guiding tours of the Senate House will be provided at the usual rate of $4 for adults $3 for senior citizens, ages 12 and under free. Senate House, 296 Fair St., Kingston. (845) 338-2786 or www. nysparks.com/ Event: 11 a.m. “Hansel and Gretel” by Tanglewood Marionettes. Approximately 50 minutes in length. Tickets $7 for children, $9 adults. The Center For Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck. (845) 8763088, ext. 13. Walk: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Tivoli Free Library will be having a walk at the Tivoli North Bay. Meet at the Kidd Lane parking area near the Stony Creek Bridge crossing just off Route 9G, south to the village of Tivoli. Admission is free. Sign up at the Tivoli Library. Lecture: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Indie Author Day. Pine Plains Free library, 7775 S. Main St., Pine Plains. This event is free, but please register in advance by calling (518) 398-1927. Contributions to the potluck lunch are welcome. Event: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy a day of fun. Museum staff will teach the colonial games Nine Man’s Morris and the Game of Graces at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. (845) 338-0071. Event: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Tiny Taste of Terror. Children’s day. Headless Horseman, 778 Broadway (Route 9W), Ulster Park. Daylight hayride, walk through the corn maze or haunted gardens, and enjoy free face painting, country games and entertainment. Rain date is Oct. 15. Tickets at (845) 339-2666 or headlesshorseman.com. Workshop: 12 to 2 p.m. Focused on good health and being kind to the environment. “How to Add More Raw Food to Your Family’s Diet for your Health and For the Planet.” Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Road, Rhinebeck. (845) 266-5530. Metastatic Breast Cancer Support Group: Noon. Peer-led support group from Breast Cancer Options. Featuring chair massage and educational talks. Christ the King Church. 2 Eugene L. Brown Drive, New Paltz. (845) 339HOPE or hopenemiroff@yahoo.com. Visit breastcanceroption.org for more information on services and programs. Stories and crafts: 12:30 p.m. Ages 4-7. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 246-4317. Talk and Book Signing: 1 to 2:30 p.m. Author Paula Josa-Jones. Merritt Bookstore, 57 Front St., Millbrook. (845) 677-5857. Event: 1 p.m. The Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC), in partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, will sponsor the premiere performance by Arm of the Sea Theater of “City That Drinks the Mountain Sky, Part two”. Ashokan reservoir fountains, 2389 Route 28A, Olivebridge. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. In case of rain, the show will take place Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. Free. Family Program: 2 p.m. Let’s make spooky webs and pumpkins. Cider and donuts served. Free. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-4030. Book Reading & Reception: 1 to 2:30 p.m. The Catching of “Old Bess.” Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St., Phoenicia. (845) 688-7811, phoenicialibrary.com/ Event: 2 p.m. Presentation “Slide Slam” with SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty and NYSCA/NYFA. The Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz. (845) 2573844 Event: 3 to 10 p.m. Out on the Farm. Live bluegrass, hay rides, fresh burgers. Sprout Creek Farm, 34 Lauer Road, Poughkeepsie. (845) 485-8438. Ham Dinner: 4 to 7 p.m. Mashed potatoes, green beans, pickled beets, cornbread, assorted beverages & homemade desserts. Adults $14, seniors $12, children 6-12 $9, children $5 and under are free. There will be live music. Community Church of High Falls, Mohonk and Firehouse roads, High Falls. (845) 687-0910 or email info@communitychurchofhighfalls.com. Art Exhibit: 4 to 7 p.m. Opening Reception, landscape painter, Gary Fifer, for the artist and public. Bannerman Island Gallery, 150 Main St., Beacon. (845) 416-8342. Oct. 14 to Dec. 3. Talk: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Marisa Scheinfeld “The Borscht Belt: Revisiting the Remains of America’s Jewish Vacationland.” Wurtsboro Art Alliances, 73 Sullivan St., Wurtsboro. Turkey Dinner: 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. and Bake Sale. Shady United Methodist Church, Route 212, five miles west of Woodstock. Take-outs available. Reservations at (845) 679-2982 or (845) 679-4039. Adults $14, children $7. Literary Event: 7 p.m. Authors Verna Gills and Robert Burke Warren will perform at Kingston Spoken Word, Unitarian Congregation, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. (845) 331-2884. Three-minute open mic $5. Cemetery Tour: 7 p.m. The Old Dutch Church of Kingston. The Old Dutch Church on Wall Street, Kingston, will present visits with citizens of Kingston from 1777. Guests will move through the church’s cemetery and stop at each station to hear the stories of the leaders and inhabitants of Kingston’s colonial era. $10 per person for adults, children 12 and under free. www. theatreontheroad.com Event: 7:30 p.m. Attic Projects. “On Triumph and Trauma” dedication to a turning point in the nation’s history and a rigorous examination of what Irish identity, politics and nationalism means today. Kaatsbaan, 120 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-5106, ext. 2 or 10. Tickets: adults, $30; student rush and children, $10. Event: 7:30 p.m. The Hambones celebrate the Genius of Bob Dylan. Bridge Street Theatre Mainstage, 44 W. Bridge Street, Catskill. Tickets $20, $10 for patrons age 21 and under. (800) 838-3006 Live music: 8 to 11 p.m. Sal Maneri Quartet. The Center For Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661Route 308, Rhinebeck. Tickets $20. (845) 8763080. Live Music: 8p.m. The Lucky 5is a hard-swinging jazz bad. $10. Rosendale Café, 434 Main St., Rosendale. (845) 658-9048. Event: 8to 11p.m. John Lennon Birthday Bash. All Beatles, all night with Pete Santora. AIR Studio Gallery, Jim Marzano, 71 O’Neil St., Kingston. (845) 331-2663, airstudio@aoil.com. Play: 8p.m. Sibyl Kempson/7Daughters of Eve Theatre & Performance Co. Sasquatch Rituals. Mount Tremper Arts, 647South Plank Road, Mount Tremper. (845) 688-9893. Live Music: 8:30 p.m. Mister OH! Is a rock band that’s spent the last few years playing dates around the Hudson Valley. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Road, High Falls. (845) 687-2699.