Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

What’s happening

- By Daily Freeman

• Performing Arts of Woodstock’s production of Jen Silverman’s morbid comedy “The Moors,” ends its run at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center at 56 Rock Road, Woodstock.

The last Sunday matinee is June 19 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $23, general admission; senior citizens and students, $20; Members, $15. Groups rates are available. Tickets can be purchased at https://moors.brownpaper­tickets.com/.

• Staatsburg­h State Historic Site will host a free presentati­on highlighti­ng ongoing research initiative­s to uncover marginaliz­ed Hudson Valley histories in recognitio­n of Juneteenth Weekend. Staatsburg­h’s Historic Interprete­r Zachary Veith discusses his research into the Black people living and working in both the Staatsburg­h estate and in the hamlet of Staatsburg, Sunday,

June 19, at 1 p.m. Both programs are free, but reservatio­ns are required at www.bookeo.com/Staatsburg­hSHS.

• QPOP’s free Juneteenth weekend celebratio­n continues. A Block Party at Block Park on Abeel Street takes place June 19, from 2-7 p.m. featuring a roster of local musicians performing, craft vendors and wellness practition­ers offering healing experience­s. Rain date for the film festival is Sunday, June 19, at the Art Life Institute, 185Abeel St., Kingston.

• The city of Kingston will host a day-long celebratio­n of the completion of the 750-mile Empire State Trail culminatin­g with a performanc­e by the Albany Symphony at the Hutton Brickyards and fireworks on June 19. The event features outdoor activities throughout the day including hiking, cycling, Trolley Museum of New York trolly rides and boat rides aboard the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s solar-powered boat Solaris, Musical performanc­es include Taina Asili at 6:15 p.m. and the Albany Symphony at 7:30 p.m. followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Limited parking will be available at Hutton Brickyards and Kingston Point Beach & Park. https://bit. ly/3MNcXsg

• Claryville Fire Department, 1500 Denning Road, Claryville, will have an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Sunday, June 19, from 8 a.m. to noon at the firehouse, 1500 Denning Road, Claryville. Along with pancakes, there will be three types of eggs, French toast, hashbrowns, sausage, fire department specialtie­s, orange juice, coffee, and tea. Admission is $9 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 11. Children ages 4 and under will be admitted free. Take-out orders are available by calling (845) 985-7270.

• The Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle series at Bard College’s Olin Hall in Annandale-on-Hudson closes out with “Beloved Piano Quartets” Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m. Individual tickets are $35; $5 for students. (845) 758-7900; fishercent­er.bard.edu.

• An outdoor summer music concert series, “Twilight Music in the Parks,” takes place Thursdays from 6 to 7p.m. at the Ulster Visitor Center on the Highland side of Walkway Over the Hudson off of U.S. Route 9W, through Sept. 1.

• The Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, will have a Repair Café on Sunday, June 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. Repair Café is a free event where community members bring their broken items, and together with volunteer Repair Coaches, fix them. Broken items include small appliances, lamps, frames, chairs and more. Visit www. repaircafe­hv.org for more informatio­n.

• The Stewart House and The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservati­on Society will have a fundraiser on Sunday, June 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the River Grill at The Stewart House, 1N. Water St., Athens. Tickets are available at The Stewart House, by visiting halps.org/fundraiser.html or by calling (518) 828-5294.

• People’s Place, in partnershi­p with Institute for Animal Happiness, has brought back the Happy Cart to the parking lot at 17St. James St., Kingston every Wednesday from 4 to 6p.m. The Happy Cart offers plant-based food to our community to taste and is free. happyvegan­cart.org.

• People’s Place Wellness Empowermen­t Center’s monthly Evening Of Holistic Health collaborat­ion with the Holistic Health Community continues. The first Wednesday evening of each month from 3 to 7 p.m. at 775 Broadway, Kingston. https://peoplespla­cewec.simplybook.me/v2/.

• Coach House Players at 12Augusta St., Kingston, will present “On Golden Pond” for six performanc­es from Friday, July 1, to Sunday, July 10. Friday and Saturday performanc­es are at 7:30 p.m., with the Sunday matinee performanc­e at 2 p.m. Prices are $20, $18 for seniors ages 62 and older, and $10for students 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased by calling (845) 331-2476 or going online to www.coachhouse­players.org.

• People’s Place Wellness Empowermen­t Center offers free weekly workshops, featuring wellness classes, health screenings, nutritiona­l guidance, alternativ­e health modalities, and financial education. 775 Broadway, Kingston. For more informatio­n and to register for workshops, visit www.peoplespla­ce.org/wellness-empowermen­tcenter/ or call (845) 3384030.

• People’s Place Food Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Wednesday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. at 17 St. James St., Kingston. Donations of fresh and shelf-stable foods are being accepted. Call (845) 3384030.

• People’s Place Bounty Table, located just outside the doors, offers free produce, breads, baked goods, dairy items and proteins. The items change daily and are first-come, first serve during business hours, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (845) 338-4030 for additional informatio­n.

• The Hurley Heritage Society Museum at 52 Main St, Hurley has opened for the season. View the ongoing exhibit “Winslow Homer in Hurley — an Artist’s View.” featuring reproducti­ons of the paintings and illustrati­ons Homer created during his visits to Hurley between 1870and 1875. The exhibition features five new paintings this year. Museum hours are Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4 p.m.

• Catskill Mountain Railroad’s Ice Cream Sundays train rides take place Sundays from through Sept.

18. Trains depart from the railroad’s Westbrook Lane Station in Kingston near the Hannaford Supermarke­t in Kingston Plaza at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. for an approximat­ely one-hour ride. Tickets are $20 for adults; $14 for children (ages 2-12); $19 for seniors, active military personnel, and veterans; and free for toddlers 2 and under on lap. Visit catskillmo­untainrail­road.com.

• Bike Friendly Kingston will host monthly evening “Slow Rides” on the first Thursday of each month through October. The guided rides, ranging from five to 20 miles, depart from the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster’s parking lot at 507 Broadway at 6p.m. Dates are July 7, Aug. 8, Sept. 9 and Oct. 6. Email eflynn@ kingston-ny.gov. for more informatio­n.

• The Tivoli Wide Yard sale, in its 33rd year, will be held Saturday July 30, starting at 9a.m. A map will be published showing the locations of each sale, and distribute­d at the Four Corners. For more informatio­n call the Village Office at (845) 757-2021.

• Lifetime Learning Institute at Bard College enrollment period is through June 21. LLI provides educationa­l and social opportunit­ies for members to share their love of learning and exchange ideas and experience­s. Membership is limited to 350 persons; existing members have renewal priority. In the event applicatio­ns exceed available spaces, new members will be selected by lottery. The annual membership fee is $175. Bard LLI welcomes applicatio­ns from a diverse and inclusive pool of all potential members. For more informatio­n, refer to the organizati­on website at lli.bard.edu.

• Holy Cross/Santa Cruz Church’s exhibition “Celebrate Holy Cross/Santa Cruz … Its Artists, Its Mission, Its Preservati­on” Saturday, June 25, from 1p.m. to 4p.m. features works by talented artisan parishione­rs. See paintings, jewelry, quilts, needlework, and fabric artists on display in the church and parish hall at 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston and meet a recently published children’s book author. Tours of the church and the history of the carvings in the sanctuary will be available, The Ulster Immigrant Defense Network will have an informatio­n table and the thrift shop will be open. For further informatio­n call the church office at (845) 331-6796.

• The Woodstock Invitation­al Luthiers Showcase arrives at Bearsville Center, 277 — 297 Tinker Street, Woodstock, from Oct. 21-23. View fine, contempora­ry, handmade acoustic guitars and stringed musical instrument­s, exhibited by their creators in an intimate gathering of stringed-instrument builders, players, collectors and aficionado­s and enjoy continuous live music, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day of the event in The Bearsville Theater Lounge. Additional seminars, workshops and concerts by separate admission. General Admission is $25per day. A three-day pass is $60. Advance tickets through the Bearsville Theater box office go on sale in June.

• The United Methodist Church, 12Lafayett­e Ave., Coxsackie, will sponsor a take-out only chicken barbecue on Thursday,

June 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. Tickets, which must be purchased by Thursday, June 23, are $15 per person. Dinners will include a half-chicken, a baked potato, corn, coleslaw, a roll, butter and cookies. Orders can be picked up at the Lafayette Avenue parking lot. Tickets are available from any church member or by calling (518) 428-9600 or (518) 731-8072. Call (518) 428-9600 for delivery.

• Thomas Cole National Historic Site’s exhibition “Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiratio­n” is set to run through Oct. 20, 2022, at the site, 218 Spring St., Catskill. The exhibition examines the famed Hudson River School artist’s final years before his death in February 1848. For more informatio­n and exhibit hours, visit www.thomascole.org/visit.

• Stone Ridge Orchard, 3012state Route 213, Stone Ridge, will host Findings, a 40-vendor strong, curated market of specialize­d growers, boutique nurseries, antique dealers from around the globe and local makers from the Catskills, Hudson Valley and beyond. The market will showcase a plethora of plants, garden antiquitie­s and handcrafte­d and farm-fresh goods. Tickets are $15 and are available at Eventbrite by visiting https://bit.ly/3kdNPPG

• The Hudson Wednesday Market returns to the 7th Street Park on Warren Street, Hudson, each Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. through Oct. 26. The grassroots farmers market features a diverse group of vendors. Local artisans interested in selling and showcasing their crafts can email upstreetma­rket@gmail.com. Visit upstreetma­rket.wixsite.com/hudsonwedm­arket/

• Girl Named Tom performs at the Bardavon, 35 Market, St., Poughkeeps­ie, on July 15 at 8 p.m. in a special benefit concert for Mid-Hudson Love Inc. Tickets start at $35and can be purchased by calling (845) 473-5288, (845) 339-6088 by emailing boxoffice@bardavon.org, and at the Bardavon and at UPAC in Kingston, 601 Broadway. Tickets can also be purchased at www. ticketmast­er.com (but fees will apply).

• The New York City Opera and Teatro Grattaciel­o headline the Phoenicia Internatio­nal Festival of the Voice in Phoenicia from Aug. 5-7. Featured performanc­es include Teatro Grattaciel­o’s production of Mozart’s “Don Giovani ” Aug. 5, at 8:30 p.m., New York City Opera’s Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” Aug. 6, at 8:30 p.m. and “Opera in the Movies” in partnershi­p with the Woodstock Film Festival on Aug. 7 at 8:30p.m. Visit https://www.phoeniciav­oicefest.org/.

• The Rhinebeck Farmers Market has opened for the season in the municipal parking lot at 61 E. Market St., Rhinebeck. The market will take place every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the exception of Dec. 4, through Dec. 18. Visit rhinebeckf­armersmark­et.com for more informatio­n.

• The Catskill Mountain Railroad’s Catskill Flyer scenic train rides have returned to the rails of the old Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The rides take place Saturdays through Sept. 17. Trains depart from the railroad’s Westbrook Lane station near the Hannaford Supermarke­t at Kingston Plaza in Kingston at 11 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. for an approximat­ely onehour ride. Tickets are $16, adults; $10children (ages 2-12); $15, senior, military and veterans: and free for toddlers 2 and under on lap. Visit catskillmo­untainrail­road.com/

• The Senate House State Historic Site in Uptown Kingston is open. Hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m through Halloween. Tours leave on the hour, with the last tour leaving at 4p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for seniors. Children 12 years of age and younger are free. For more informatio­n call (845) 338-2786, or visit https://parks.ny.gov.

• The Kingston Farmers Market has returned to its outdoor location in the Ulster County Courthouse parking lot, 285 Wall St. The market will be every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Nov. 19.

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