Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

What’s happening

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• The next Esopus Repair Cafe will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ascension Church at 1585U.S. Route 9W, West Park. Participan­ts can bring their beloved but broken items for volunteer coaches to repair for free while they watch. Attendees are welcome to bring a non-perishable item for the church pantry. Please no gas-powered items. This is not a drop-off service, those who bring an item must stay with it. Volunteers are welcome. Call (845) 340-1293 or email esopusrepa­ircafe@ gmail.com.

• The Olana Partnershi­p and Sustain Music & Nature will host Trail Sessions, a hike and concert at Olana State Historic Site Saturday, June 25, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. After the hike, there will be an outdoor concert on Olana’s Ridge Road overlookin­g the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains featuring Hudson-based Murmur and Naomi Westwater, a queer Black multiracia­l singer-songwriter from Boston. Tickets can be purchased at sustainmus­icandnatur­e.org, on a sliding donation scale from $5to $75. Children 12and under are free.

• The Good Work institute is hosting “Resisting Erasure,” an exhibition featuring Poughkeeps­ie-based artist Shirley Parker-Benjamin and photograph­er Onaje Benjamin through Oct. 8. Featured events interactiv­e art-making workshop on July 9, a closing event on Oct. 8and chances to engage with the work on the second Saturday of each month. The Good Work Institute Greenhouse is located at, 65St. James Street, Kingston. For more informatio­n visit https://goodworkin­stitute.org/ resisting-erasure/

• 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.

• 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) 8285294.

• Vassar College’s Music Department and the Hudson Valley Society for Musicians host a chorus and orchestra Sunday as part of the college’s Bach Fest, June 26, at 2p.m. at the college’s Skinner Hall of Music, 100 Raymond Avenue, Arlington. Directed by Christine Howlett the concern Der Herr Denket an uns BWV 196, ‘Brandenbur­g’ Concerto No. 5BWV 1050and Christ Lag in Todes Banden BWV 4S. For tickets visit vassar.edu/music/concerts. For a full list of Vassar’s BachFest event visit www. hvsocietyf­ormusic.org.

• 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.

• Cyclists can celebrate summer at the Kingston Food Coop’s Summer Party and get their bicycle checked over by volunteers from Bike Friendly Kingston Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Big Bubble Laundromat parking lot at 718 Broadway in Midtown Kingston. No advance registrati­on required, but participan­ts must sign in by 1:30p.m.. Bells, lights and bike helmets will be available at the event. The event is free, but donations are welcome. For more informatio­n, contact YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County Bicycle Educator, Tom Polk by calling (845-3383810, Ext 102Email: tpolk@ ymcaulster.org

• An outdoor summer music concert series, “Twilight Music in the Parks,” takes place Thursdays from 6to 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.

• 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 4to 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 3to 7p.m. at 775Broadwa­y, Kingston. https://peoplespla­cewec. simplybook.me/v2/.

• Coach House Players at 12 Augusta 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 2p.m. Prices are $20, $18for seniors ages 62and older, and $10for students 18and 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. 775Broadwa­y, Kingston. For more informatio­n and to register for workshops, visit www. peoplespla­ce.org/wellnessem­powerment-center/ or call (845) 338-4030.

• 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 7p.m. at 17St. James St., Kingston. Donations of fresh and shelf-stable foods are being accepted. Call (845) 338-4030.

• 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 1p.m. Call (845) 3384030 for additional informatio­n.

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