Calendar

Today, March 2

Baby/Toddler 9:30 a.m. For ages Playgroup: infant to 5 Center, years old, 24 Second Athens St., Cultural Athens. Children by parent, must be grandparents accompanied or or lesliecreed@hotmail.com. caregiver. (518) 945-2580

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.

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.

Winter Soup and Salad

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Corn Chowder, Chili w/beef. Come join us for a delicious lunch of homemade soups and salad every Friday through March. Served Community Style and is open to everyone at no cost. Quarts of soup will be available for $4. United Methodist Church of New Paltz, 1 Grove St., New Paltz. (845) 255-5210.

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.

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.

Dinner: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Lenten special at the Glasco Firehouse. Fried haddock dinner or fried Shrimp dinner. Includes French fries, coleslaw, dinner roll. $11.95 Take out only. New England Clam Chowder Pint $4.95, quart $8.95. Glasco Firehouse, 138 Liberty St., Glasco. (845) 246-9600

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.

Dinner: 5 to 7 p.m. every Friday Night Fish Fry through Lent. Fish on a roll, or clam roll, incl. coleslaw, handmade fries, tarter or cocktail sauce. Chowder every fryday as well. $10. Eat-in/take-out/delivery in the fire district. (845) 6789986. Kiskatom Fire Department, Rotue 32, Catskill.

Workshop: 5 to 6:30 p.m. Family Art night. Family members of all ages and abilities are encouraged to engage in creative expression. Projects from preschool to adulthood. Red Hook Public Library, 744 S. Broadway, Red Hook. (845) 758-3241

Photography Exhibit: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Opening Reception. Ulster County Photographers Club. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. (845) 3385580. On exhibit March 2 -30.

Photography Exhibit: 5to8 p.m. Susan Copich + Richard Edelman: Preview: Photographs. Cross Contemporary Art, 99 Partition St., Saugerties. (845) 247-3122

Art Exhibit: 6 to 9 p.m. Opening reception. Sean Noonan works mainly in oil pigment on hand-made paper, and his abstract and geometric designs. Green in Saugerties Village at 92 Partition St., corner of Jane St., Saugerties. The show will run thru the Spring and most of the summer during regular store hours. All are invited and the exhibit is free to the public.

Talent Show: 6 p.m. doors open, performance at 7 p.m.

Morton Memorial library, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903. Suggested donation $5.

Talk: 7 p.m. Refreshments at 6:30 p.m. Describes the technique for studying plant formation processes in action. The speaker is Colette Salyk is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Vassar College, and an expert in observational studies of the planet formation. Vassar College, Sanders Physics, Room 206, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. (845) 221-3256

Musical: 8 p.m. “Ragtime.” Winner of 9 Tony Awards, this sweeping musical portrait of early-twentieth century America. Appropriate for all audiences. March 2-18; Fri. & Sat. at 8 p.m.; Sun. 3 p.m. Tickets $27/$25.The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck. (845) 876-3080.

Live Music: 9 p.m. Shannon McNally to bring soulful Americana to Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia St., Hudson. (518) 828-4800.

Star Nation Sacred Circle:

First Fridays of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Road Extension, Tillson. A not-forskeptics discussion group concerning all things paranormal. Dedicated to acknowledging the extraterrestrial presence on earth. Bring a drink, a snack to share and a comfortable lawn chair to sit under the stars afterwards for a UFO watch. Contact Jim Marzano at (845) 3312662, airstudio@aol.com or www.AirStudioGallery.com.

Ballroom by request: 8 to 10:30 p.m. (First and third Fridays) Snap Fitness Studio, 1520, Route 55, LaGrangeville. Two quality lessons & practice time, hosted by seasoned teachers/performers Joe Donato and Julie Martyn. $10 for one lesson, $15 for both. (610) 420-4727, www. ballroomjoe.com, donato@ dvol.com.

Theater: 8 p.m. “Water by The Spoonful” by Quiara Alegria Hudes, directed by New Paltz Alum Jade King Carroll. This is set somewhere in Philadelphia, where Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. March 2,3, 8, 9, 10 at 8 p.m., March 4 and 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets General public $18, Senior (62+) $16, New Paltz Falculty/Staff/ Alumni $16, Non-SUNY New Paltz Students, $16, SUNY New Paltz Student $10. www. newpaltz.edu/theatre