Calendar
Today, Aug. 19
Pickleball: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kingston YMCA. Instruction provided, new players welcome. Free to Y members. $10 non-member day pass. Call (845) 338-3810 for more information.
Happy Paws Thrift Store:
11 a.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. To 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit UCSPCA.
Soapbox Derby: 12 a.m. 23rd annual Kingston artist soapbox derby. Artist designed wheeled sculptures, prizes, street performers, music and food. Check in 10 a.m. cars roll at noon. Corner of Broadway and Spring Street, Kingston. (845) 339-2996; kingstonartistsoapboxderby.com.
Ice Cream Social: 1to4 p.m. Rain or shine. Live music, children’s activities, make your own sundae. Hurley Heritage Society, 52 Main St., Hurley. www.hurleyheritagesociety.org/
Movie: 1 p.m. “JAWS.” Upstate Films, Rhinebeck, and it will be followed by an informal book group style discussion for anyone who’d like to discuss differences between the Peter Benchley book and the Spielberg film. 6415Montgomery St., Rhinebeck. (845) 8762515.
Book Talk: 1 to 3 p.m. How Art Is Made: In The Catskills with Author Simona David, Blink Gallery, 454 Lower Main St., Andes.
Book Talk and Signing: 3 p.m. “Do Stand So Close,” by Jeffery Lee Campbell.
Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 6798000.
Chicken BBQ Dinner: 3 to 5 p.m. Clintondale Fire Department 300. Continuous dinner served. Support Clintondale Fire Department, 1063 Rt. 44⁄55, Clintondale. Cost $20 per person and a chance at winning one of several prizes totaling $2000. All drawings occur at 5 p.m. (845) 616-8383 or (845) 591-9620
Concert: 4 p.m. Amernet String Quartet. Maverick Concerts, 120 Maverick Rd., Woodstock. (845) 6798217. General admission $30, reserved seating $45, Students $5.
Drum Circle: 4 to 6 p.m. Birds of a Feather and Timekeeper Drums invite all to drum and dance in the rear room of the Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Road, Woodstock. Free event, but donations appreciated to help pay rent.
Jazz and more: 5 to 8 p.m. at the ARTBAR Gallery, 674 Broadway, Kingston. (845) 338-8131
Concert: 10 a.m. Program Ten. The Russian Choral Traditions. Performance with commentary by James Bagwell; wit the Bard Festival Chorale, conducted by James Bagwell; 1 p.m. Preconcert talk: Roichard Wilson, 1:30 p.m. performance: Program Eleven, The Spectacular Legacy of Rimsky-Korsakov; Tickets $40; 3:30 p.m. pre-concert talk: Marina Frolova-Walker. Program Twelve The Tsar’s Bride. Sosnoff Theater. Tickets $25-$75. Bard Summer Scape, Annandaleon-Hudson. (845) 7587900.