What’s happening

• Lifespring: Saugerties Adult Learning Community’s final winter presentation for the season, “Visions of the Shakers: An Historic and Photographic Journey,” will be held on Wednesday, March 1, at 11 a.m. The winter programs are open to everyone free of charge and are held via Zoom. Prior registration is required. The deadline for reservations is Monday, Feb. 27. Visit LifespringSaugerties.com.

• The Elting Library, the Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center and Phillies Bridge Farm Project will screen “Where Slavery Died Hard: The Forgotten History of Ulster and Shawangunk Mountain Region” Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7p.m. at the library, 93Main St, New Paltz. A discussion with guest speakers will follow the screening.

• The Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, is hosting a Baroque music event on Saturday, March 4, from noon to 2 pm. Musicians of all ages are welcome. Bring your instrument and a music stand and have fun celebrating the music of Vivaldi (it’s his birthday!) with other musicians in an open rehearsal of baroque music. RSVP to Manar at mh7405@bard.edu so there will be enough sheet music and if more information is needed. Listeners are welcome. Call (845) 757-3771 or visit www.tivolilibrary.org for more information.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt High School’s students will stage “The SpongeBob Musical,” based on the classic Nicktoon series on Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the school, 156 South Cross Road, Staatsburg. Bright costumes, creative props and dancing will take visitors into Bikini Bottom in this underwater tale of heroism, belonging, friendship and loyalty. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and children and can be purchased at https:// fdrhs.booktix.com/.

• Works by Rosendalebased abstractionist artist Ted Dixon will be on view at the Gallery at the Rosendale Theatre throughout February. An announcement noted the show, featuring Dixon’s works from 2022 to the present, “reflects on how we can all make something from nothing.”

• Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner will present a monthly program titled “Read it and Eat! YA Book Club” taking place the second Sunday of the month from 2 to 3 p.m. Participants ages 12-18 won’t just read it, they’ll taste it. Participants will read a book and then have it come to life in a whole new way while sampling foods and flavors from this literary pick. Books in the program will include “Harry Potter” on March 12, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” on April 9 and “My Hero Academia” on May

14. Registration is required on the online calendar at www.gardinerlibrary. org. For more information, send an email to Carolyn at cthornez@rcls.org.

• The music ensembles of SUNY Ulster perform a concert to honor the memory of Lee Herrington, former band director at SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road on March

1 at 7:30 p.m., featuring performances by the College Chorus, African Drumming Ensemble, College/Community Band, and Old Capital Brass. This event is free and open to the public. Snow Date is Thursday, March 2.

• Singer-songwriter Janie March is the featured performer in the Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Coffeehouse Series Saturday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills at 320 Sawkill Road in the town of Ulster. The event begins with an open-mic session at 7p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $7, $5for folk guild members and senior citizens.

• Master chocolatier Oliver Kita leads a chocolate tasting and lecture Saturday, March 4, at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church at 2578 state Route 212, Woodstock. Chocolate lovers and learners will discover how cacao grows around the Equator, how it’s harvested and made into the chocolate we know and love. Attendees will experience the taste of five regions across the world. The cost for the lecture and tasting is $12with proceeds benefiting the church’s ministries. Advance registration is recommended by emailing scott.widmeyer@gmail.com.

• The Rosendale Theatre will screen Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent film “The Parson’s Widow” with live accompaniment by Marta Waterman Sunday, March 5, at 2 p.m. The comedic film centers around Sofren, a young theologian eager to get a parish and marry his fiance Mari. When he is granted a parsonage, he finds he’s required to marry the widow of the parson before him, Dame Magarete. Soon Sofren and Mari plot to get rid of her. Tickets are $6 and can be reserved at rosendaletheatre.org.

• The Catskill Ballet Theatre’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” opens at the Ulster Performing Arts Center at 601 Broadway, Kingston, Friday, March

10, at 7:30 p.m. Additional performances are Saturday, March 11, at 4 p.m. and Sunday, March 12, at 4 p.m. The cast is to feature professional dancers from various New York Citybased companies including Camila Rodrigues as Alice accompanied by students from the Ballet School of Kingston. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for students, seniors and children under 12, and can be purchased at the UPAC box office at 601Broadway, Kingston, by calling (845)-339-6088 or online at ticketmaster.com, but fees apply.

• The Saugerties Society of Little Gardens hosts Master Gardener Cecily Frazier’s presentation ” “Pollinators & How to Help Them Help Us” Wednesday, March 15, at 1:45p.m. at the Saugerties Public Library’s community room. A passionate advocate for pollinators, Frazier will show what pollinators do, why they are important and how the public can help by changing some things in their yards. Donations are welcome.

• Trinity Lutheran Church’s Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America chapter will host a soup fundraiser March 19. Pickup is from 1-3 p.m. at Trinity Social Hall at 72Spring St., Kingston. Options are cream of broccoli or chicken noodle. Prices are $5 for a pint and $7for a quart. The deadline for orders is March

14. Order by calling (845) 338-2954.

• Saugerties High School, 310 Washington Ave., will stage “Into the Woods” by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim on Friday and Saturday, March 17 and

18, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m. The story is comical, emotional, thought-provoking and at times a bit strange, a release for the production said. The Tony Awardwinning musical features characters from well-known fairy tales, including “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Jack and the Beanstalk.” One of the storylines follows a baker (James McTague) and his wife (Ahmya Carrube) who are forced to go to the woods to seek out ingredients for a magic potion to help lift a curse that left them childless. In another bit, Cinderella (Grace Hopf) wants to attend the King’s Festival, while Jack (Sean Mahoney) wishes his cow Milky White would actually produce milk.

• Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox’s Life in The Past Lane returns to the Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie, on Thursday, March 30, at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $49. Members get $5 off. Call Bardavon at (845) 473-2072 or the Ulster Performing Arts Center at (845) 339-6088 or email boxoffice@bardavon.org to purchase tickets. Tickets can also be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com but fees apply.

• The Rosendale Street Festival, which will take place July 15 and 16 on

Main Street in Rosendale, is accepting submissions for musicians who would like to perform and new logo designs as a part of a contest in February. Planning meetings have begun and interested volunteers can contact Dana at rsf. volunteers@gmail.com for meeting schedules and more information.

• People’s Place, in partnership with Institute for Animal Happiness, has brought back the Happy

Cart to the parking lot at 17 Saint James St., Kingston, every Wednesday from 4to 6p.m. The Happy Cart offers plant-based food to the community to taste and is free. Visit happyvegancart. org for more information.

• 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. Visit https://peoplesplacewec.simplybook.me/v2 for more information.

• 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/wellnessempowerment-center/ or call (845) 338-4030.

• People’s Place Food

Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1p.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 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (845) 338-4030 for additional information.