Calendar
Today, April 12
Pickleball: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kingston YMCA, Browadway, Kingston. Instruction provided, new players welcome. Free to Y members. $10 non-member day pass. Call (845) 338-3810 for more information.
Class: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Artistic Anatomy Keith Gunderson. Students of all levels of experience and ages are invited to register at any time throughout the year. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 Route 212, Woodstock. (845) 679-2388.
Yoga Class: 9 a.m. Open level flow yoga class. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. (845) 657-2482. Fee $6 drop-in or $48 for 12 week session.
Class: 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Awareness through Movement, Lynn Kenny, certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-6090.
Class: 10 to 11 a.m. Chi Gong for healing and disease prevention. Hawksbrother. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-6090.
Happy Apple Thrift Shop:
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 24 E. O’Reilly St. (across from the firehouses), Kingston. (845) 338-0833.
Computer Learning Center: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., teaching computer-related and digital photography classes. Room 201, Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, 94 Mary’s Ave., Kingston. (845) 3390046.
Story hour for ages 3-5:
10 a.m. Hurley Library, 44 Main St., Hurley. (845) 3382092, 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) 8764030.
Storytime and crafts:
10:30 a.m. For children 5-to9-years-old, Plattekill Library, 2047 state Route 32, Modena. (845) 883-7286.
Hooks, Needles, Yarns & Threads: 10:30 a.m. to 2 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.
Music Series: 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Bethany Pietroniro, piano. Fine Arts at Old Dutch Church, located on Main Street, between Fair and Wall streets, Kingston. All programs are free. Church is handicap accessible. info@olddutchchurch.orgl, (845) 338-6759.
Gentle Yoga: 12:30 p.m. Weekly gentle yoga at Morton Memorial Library, Community Room, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903. Drop-in ,fee $10; 10 class card, $90.
BrainGames: 1 p.m. at the Starr Library, 66 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. Brain Games is a fun program for older citizens using memory games and puzzles to help them expand their brain power. A volunteer leader guides the class of all skill levels through a series of mental exercises designed to stimulate and challenge their brain. Sponsored by the Office of the Aging. Free. www.dutchessny.gov/countygov/departments/aging or (845) 876-8799.
Game Day: 1 to 3 p.m. Game and Card day at the Red Hook Community Center (formerly the Northern Dutchess Bible Church), 59 Fisk St., Red Hook. Bring a friend or come and meet people. $1 suggested donation to cover cost of refreshments.
Mahjong: 2:30 p.m., Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 8764030; starrlibrary.org/
After school story hour:
3:30 p.m. Grades 2 and 3. Stone Ridge Library, Main Street, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-2044, stoneridgelibrary.org/
Teen Time: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Grades 6 and up. Preregistration required. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. (845) 657-2482.
Presentation and Book Signing: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Chris Whipple, author of “The Gatekeepers: How the White House chiefs of staff define every presidency.” Seating is limited for this event. There will be a $10 donation per person to reserve a spot. Visit www.museumvillage.org on the events calendar or call the museum at (845) 782-8247. Museum Village, 1010 Route 17M, Monroe.
Event: 6 p.m. Keynote Address: Art Critic and Warhol biographer Blake Gopnik Taylor Hall, Room 102, Adjacent to Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie.
Tech Time: 6 to 7 p.m. Sign up for a 15-minute one-toone session with a library staff member who will answer general computer questions. Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Ave., Kingston (845) 3387881.
Breast cancer support
group: 6 p.m. A peer-led support group from Breast Cancer Options. Featuring chair massage and educational talks. 84 Green St., No. 2, Hudson. (845) 339HOPE or hopenemiroff@yahoo.com. Visit breastcanceroptions.org for more information on services and programs.
Open Mic: 7 p.m. Jeff Entin welcome musicians from all around the Hudson Valley to OpenMic. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Road, High Falls. (845) 687-2699.
Theatre: 7 p.m. “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henely. $10 Suggested donation. Free for students. Quimbly Hall, SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. (845) 688-1959, arts.sunyulster.edu/theater. Memorial Program: 7 p.m. Holocaust Memorial Program. In cooperation with the Jewish Congregation of New Paltz, 8 Church St., New Paltz. Join the candlelight Yom HaShoah service with second-generation survivors, remembering those who perished in the Holocaust with poetry, songs and reading. Free.
Seminar: 7 p.m. Inner Visions International, Inc., an educational consultant firm, is presenting an information seminar centered on researching and planning for a successful higher education career. The seminar will be geared toward local high school students and their parents. Steinberg Reading Room of Elting Memorial library, 93 Main St., New Paltz. Free and open to the public.