Thursday, Nov. 8

Pickleball: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kingston YMCA, Broadway, 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, a certified Feldenkrais practitioner. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-6090.

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) 339-0046.

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.

Story hour for ages 3-5: 10 a.m. Hurley Library, 44 Main St., Hurley. (845) 338-2092, 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) 876-4030.

Storytime and crafts: 10:30 a.m. For children 5-to-9-yearsold, 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.

Old Dutch Church Concert: 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Drew Youmans, violin. Old Dutch Church, Main Street, between Fair and Wall streets, Kingston. All programs are free. The church is handicapped-accessible. www.olddutchchurch.org, (845) 338-6759; info@ olddutchchurch.org.

Brain Games: 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.

Discussion: 1:15 p.m. SUNY Ulster hosts a discussion with author and TV personality Bruce Littlefield the event titled “What’s Your Story?” SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-5261.

Mahjong: 2:30 p.m., Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-4030, 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. Pre-registration required. Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. (845) 657-2482.

Caregiver Support Groups: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Ulster County Alzheimer’s Association. Resource Center for Accessible Living, 727 Ulster Ave., Kingston. Our groups are free and open to the public. No RSVP is required. Check at alz.org/ hudsonvalley or call 800-2723900 for updates and weatherrelated changes.

Tech Time: 6 to 7 p.m. Sign up for a 15-minute one-to-one session with a library staff member who will answer general computer questions. Town of Ulster Public Library, 860 Ulster Ave., Kingston (845) 338-7881.

Talk: 5:30 p.m. Artful Dodger. Erica Stein (Department of Film) speaking on Gordon Matta-Clark’s open house. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie.

Discussion: 5:30 p.m. Professor Eiji Sekine will discuss Haruki Murakami and his persistent dialogues with the mystery of humanity. Taylor Hall, Room 203, Vassar Campus, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie.

Lecture: 6 p.m. Mapping police violence: Data scientist and “Pod Save the People” co-host Samuel Sinyangwe will speak at Benjamin Center event at SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 100, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz. Free and open to the public.

Fundraiser: 6 to 9 p.m. The Rhinebeck Rotary Club will host Rock the Runway, a fashion show fundraiser, at Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade, 11 Mountain Laurel Lane, Rhinebeck. Reserved tickets are $75 and available by texting (845) 235-4599 and are $85 at the door.

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) 339-HOPE or hopenemiroff@yahoo.com. Visit breastcanceroptions.org for more information on services and programs.

Book Reading and Discussion: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Will Nixon, “Walking Woodstock.” Great Room, Emerson Resort & Spa, 5340 Route 28, Mount Tremper. (845) 688-2828, ext. 7602.

Theater: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. “Casse Noisette” (“A Fairy Ballet”) by Michael Whistler. The play interweaves the life of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with that of a deeply-closeted modern-day American high school teacher obsessed with Tchaikovsky’s music. Nov. 8-18. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge St., Catskill. (518) 943-3818 or (800) 838-3006. BridgeStreetTheatre.org. General admission $25; students 21 and younger $10.