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violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Marilyn Lerner. Tickets $25 for adults and $20 for youth. Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Rd., Olivebridge. (845) 657-8333 ashokancenter.org.
“Nothing Is Truer than
Truth”: 7:15 p.m. May 22. . Documentary about William Shakespeare during the years that he traveled in Europe to places that later became the settings for some of his most famous plays. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. (845) 658-8989, www. rosendaletheatre.org.
Movie Night: 6:30 p.m. May 23. “Black Panther.” Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. Special events
Community Appreciation Day: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 18. We’d like to invite all our customers, friends and neighbors to our 68 Mill Hill Rd., Woodstock Ulster
Savings Branch to enjoy their annual Community Appreciation Day…10 Years in Woodstock.
Fundraiser: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 18. Chicken, ribs, fish. Point of Praise Family life Center, 243 Hurley Ave., Kingston. $12. Pick up or delivery. (845) 853-5427. Sweet potato pie available for delivery.
Annual Plant Sale: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19. There will be locally grown nursery-plants available for purchase. Annual flowers, perennials, vegetables, and herbs. There will also be a garden tag sale and bake sdale as well as a gardening basket raffle. Palatine Park, Germantown. (518) 537-4793.
Thrift Store: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 19. Every Saturday at the Reformed Church of the Comforter, Wynkoop Place (off of Foxhall Ave) Kingston. Flea Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 19. Saugerties Animal Shelter, 1765 Rt. 212, Transfer Station, Saugerties. Benefit Saugerties
Animal Shelter. Donations will be accepted day of sale. Come see our pets for adoption.
Annual Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 19. The Pine Plains Garden Club plant sale will be at the Town of Pine Plains.
Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19. The Saugerties Society of Little Gardens will hold their annual plant sale in front of the Big Lots store in Grand Union Plaza, Rt. 212, Saugerties.
Plant Sale: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 19. Hurley Heritage Society, Museum Grounds, 52 Main St., Hurley. www. hurleyheritagesociety.org
Wildflower Festival: 9 a.m. top 5 p.m. both May 19 & 20. Wildflower Festival and Heirloom seedling sale. The Hudson Valley Seed Library returns with extensive selection of organic heirloom vegetables, herb and flower seedlings. Free and open to the public. Rain or shine. Catskill Native Nursery, 607 Samsonville Rd., Kerhonkson. (845) 626-2758; catskillnativenursery.com.
Junk in the Trunk: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 19. Vendors open their trunks and display treasures. St. John the Evangelist Church, 915 Rt 212, Saugerties.
Repair Café: 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. May 19. Repair Café marks its 5th Anniversary at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St., New Paltz (corner of Main and Grove). Free repairs of many items by volunteer experts. All are welcome. Classic auto and motorcycle Wounded Warrior Fundraiser: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19. The 9th Annual Classic auto and motorcycle Wounded Warrior Fundraiser. The event is sponsored by John A. Alvarez & Sons, display center located 5 miles south of Hudson on Route 9. Car Club Members and Individual Classic Car Owner are welcome to display their classic vehicles. (518) 851-9917.
Relay for Life: 12 p.m. May 19. Dietz Memorial Stadium, 170 N. Front St., Kingston. Tina.eckert@cancer.org
Cupcake Festival: 12 to 5 p.m. May 19. Wright’s Farm Presents the 10th Annual Gardiner Cupcake Festival and the 5K classic. 699 Stat Route208, Gardiner. Gardinercupcakefestival.com.
Spaghetti Dinner: 4to 7 p.m. May 19. St. Remy Firehouse, St. Remy. Adults $10, children (ages 5-12) $6, children under 5 free. Take-out will be available. Pre-sale tickets avail. Contact Joyce Wagner at (845) 658-8223. Menu: Tossed salad with choice of dressing, spaghetti with meatballs, garlic and oil, or butter, desserts, cold beverages, coffee, tea. All proceeds to benefit St. Remy Reformed Church.
ASK 2018 Gala: 5to9 p.m. May 19. “A Night at the ASKarts” to honor 3 local artists. Arts Society of Kingston, the gala at 97 Broadway, Kingston will feature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $75 per person. For more information, (845) 338-0333 or go to askforarts.org.
Open Mic: 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 19. All are welcome to the Christian Open mic and coffee hour at Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St., Woodstock. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Free will offering basket to benefit the Caring Hands Soup Kitchen and Pantry in Kingston. Celebration Milan’s Bicentennial: 11 a.m. May 20. Special service featuring music and history from Benjamin Bath and the Sacred Harp singers; 12 p.m. light lunch provided by the church; 1 p.m. singing school, Benjamin Bath and the Sacred Harp singers will teach us how to sing shape note singing. Rowe United Methodist Church, 1376 Route 199, Milan. (845) 758-8084.
Theater and performance
“Uncle Vanya”: May 18, 19, 25, 26, 27. Anton Chekov’s “Uncle Vanya,” one of masterpieces of modern drama, will be Performing Arts of Woodstock Spring production. Sunday matinee at 1:30 p.m. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd., Woodstock. (845) 679-7900.
“Leni”: 7:30p.m. May 17. A Bridge Street Theatre Production, May 17-27, Sat. at 7:30 p.m. and Sun at 2p.m. “Leni” delves into the life of controversial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. 44W. Bridge Street, Catskill. (518) 943-3818or BridgeStreetTheatre.org.
Staged Reading: 7 p.m. May 18. Rabbit Hole Ensemble is pleased to introduce itself to the Woodstock community with three staged readings of Disappearing Act written and directed by Artistic Director/ NYIT Award winter Edward Elefterion. May 18th and 19th at 7 p.m., May 20 at 2 p.m. The Kleinert/James Art Center, 36 Tinker St., Woodstock. Tickets are $10 (suggested donation).
Theatre: 7:30 p.m. May 18. August: Osage County. A sharp-tongued, pill-popping matriarch, her alcoholic poet husband, and their three grown daughters and families reunite. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, (845) 876-3080May 18-May 27; 7:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 3 p.m. Sun. Tickets $23. Murder Mystery Cruise: 4:30 p.m. May 19. ”Murder on the Hudson” Meeting point: Blu Pointe Landing, Front Street (Newburgh). For Reservations & Tickets, (845) 363-4550 or to purchase tickets in advance www.prideofthehudson.com “The Owl and the Pussycat”: 7:30 p.m. May 19. By Bill Manhoff, starring Susanna Melone and Jonathan Van Gieson, stage directions read by Ken Thompson. TheaterSounds Hudson Valley Playreading series. UUCC, 320 Sawkill Rd., Kingston. Admission by donation.