What’s happening

• The play “God of Carnage” continues at Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56Rock City Road, Woodstock. The play will run each weekend until March 24, with Friday and Saturday shows starting at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows starting at 1:30p.m. Tickets are available online at performingartsofwoodstock.org. For more information, contact Lesley Sawhill at ngpshakespeare@gmail.com or (845) 399-9613.

• A production of the Shakespeare play “Hamlet” will be shown at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck through Sunday, March 24.

The play will run at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 3p.m. on Sundays. Tickets start at $25and can be purchased online at centerforperformingarts.org or by calling the box office at (845) 876-3080.

• Claybourne Elder of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” stars in the Big Gay Hudson Valley event “I Want to be Bad” at Old Dutch Church at 272 Wall St., Kingston, on Saturday, March 9, at 8p.m. The part-cabaret, part stand-up event is an “exploration of sex, fatherhood and what exactly happens when you the body of Christ,” an announcement said. The show contains adult language and themes. Advance tickets are $39.19 for general admission and $49.87for premium seating. General admission at the door is $45. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://bit.ly/3OXGrHM.

• The Staatsburgh State Historic Site will begin tours, dubbed “The Real Gilded Age,” on Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. at 75 Mills Mansion Drive, Staatsburg. Inspired by the HBO series “The Gilded Age,” the tours will take attendees through the historic Mills Mansion. Tours will take place each Saturday in March. Admission is $12for the general public, $10 for seniors and students, and free for children 12and under. Reservations are required, and can be made online at bookeo.com/staatsburghshs. For more information, call (845) 889-8851.

• Kingston Repair Café will be operating Saturday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 104 Wurts St., Kingston. Free repairs include but are not limited to electrical, mechanical, wooden, toys, sewing machines, computers clothes for mending, wool mending, zipper repair and leather cleaning. Those attending are asked to bring no more than two items. Information about other repair cafés is available at repaircafehv.org. For questions or to volunteer at a Kingston Repair Café, send an email to repaircafekingstonny@gmail. com.

• Belleayre Ski Patrol will have a barbecue on Saturday, March 9, at Overlook Lodge at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, State Highway to Belleayre,

Big Indian. Dinner starts at 4 p.m. The Blues Maneuver Band will perform from 5:30to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, $15for children and are available from the ski patrol the day of the event.

• Claybourne Elder of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” stars in the Big Gay Hudson Valley event “I Want to be Bad” at Old Dutch Church at 272 Wall St. Kingston on Saturday, March 9, at 8p.m. The part-cabaret, part stand-up event is an “exploration of sex, fatherhood and what exactly happens when you the body of Christ,” an announcement said. The show contains adult language and themes. All attendees must be 18+ Advance tickets are $39.19 for general admission and $49.87for premium seating. General admission at the door is $45. For more information and to purchase tickets visit https://bit.ly/3OXGrHMhttps://bit.ly/3OXGrHM.

• The Ashokan Center, 477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge, will host Maple Fest on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. The event will feature tapping and sugaring demonstrations, along with a pancake breakfast and live music. Admission is $10 in advance, $12 at the gate. Children ages 4and under will be admitted free. Visit https:// ashokancenter.org/product/ maple-fest-2024/ for tickets and more information.

• Bard College in Annadale-on-Hudson will host a free discussion between the college’s President Leon Botstein and American Civil Liberties Union Deputy Legal Director Yasmin Cader on Monday, March 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the college’s Olin Auditorium Botstein and Cader will discuss civil liberties in this free talk. Cader serves as a Deputy Legal Director at the ACLU and the Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, which includes the National Prison Project, the Criminal Law Reform Project, the Racial Justice Program, the Capital Punishment Project and the John Adams Project.

• Kingston High School Theatrics will present “Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical” for performances Thursday and Friday, March 14 and 15, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, March 17, at 4p.m. in the Wendell A. Scherer Theater at Kingston High School, 403 Broadway, Kingston. Tickets are $16, $13 for seniors and students. Tickets are available by email at tickets@kingstoncityschools. org or by calling (845) 9433TIX (3849).

• Swedish folk act Sweden’s Lena Jonsson Trio will perform at the Ashokan Center at 477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge, on Friday, March 15, at 7 p.m. Lena Johnson Trio blends Swedish Folk music with pop, rock and American roots music influences. Jonsson will be joined by guitarist Ian Carr and bassist Krydda Sundstrom. Advance tickets are $30, $20 and $10. For tickets and more information visit https://bit. ly/3wtYCyt.

• United Reformed Church, 9 Church St., Bloomington, will have a soup sale on Friday, March 15, from 3 to 6 p.m. A pint of soup and a roll will be sold for $6.

• A screening and discussion of the film “The Disappearance of Shere Hite” will take place on Saturday, March 16, at 4 p.m. at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. The discussion will feature Hite Report Editor Regina Ryan. Tickets are $12for general admission and $8for theater members. Tickets can be purchased online at https:// rosendaletheatre.org. For more information, call (845) 658-8989or send an email to info@rosendaletheatre.org.

• A reading of the Irish play “The Lonesome West,” presented by Tangent Theatre Company, will be held Saturday, March 16 at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.) at The Tin

Barn, 1783 Route 9, Clermont. The reading is free to attend, but donations are welcome. Due to limited seating, RSVP is required. To RSVP, send an email to info@tangent-arts. org.

• The Comforter of Kingston, 26Wynkoop Place, Kingston, will have a St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Saturday, March 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. The format will be a continuous buffet service. Meals can be eaten on the premises or taken out. The menu will consist of lean corned beef, tender boiled new potatoes, simmered cabbage and carrots, Irish soda bread, cupcakes, tea, coffee, lemonade and iced tea. The cost is $20per person, $19 for seniors ages 65and older, and $12for children ages 6 to 9. Children ages 5and younger are free. For tickets, call (845) 688-5385or send an email to countrymanam@gmail.com.

• A theme trail social will take place Saturday, March 16, at Plattekill Reformed Church, 622 Kings Highway, Mount Marion. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., with the calling at 1 p.m.

• The March O’ The Faeries event arrives at Old Dutch Church at 272 Wall St. Kingston, on Saturday, March 16, from noon to 3p.m. Visit fairy houses and wings, wands and crowns and hear storytelling. The event will also feature music and food. Costumes are welcome.

• The Olive Free Library Association’s upcoming exhibition, “In Search of the Goddess,” will open with a reception on Saturday, March 16, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Olive Free Library, 4033State Route 28A, West Shokan. The exhibition, showcasing the works of 34artists focusing on ancient and modern ideas of femininity, will continue until May 4. For more information, visit olivefreelibrary.org, send an email to director@olivefreelibrary.org or call (845) 657-2482.

• A discussion on the upcoming April total solar eclipse, featuring astronomer Bob Berman, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19at

The Local, 16John Street, Saugerties. Tickets start at $15.25. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit thelocalsaugerties.com.

• The Rhinebeck Grange No. 896is hosting a winter soup sale on Thursday, March 21. Homemade soups are $10 per quart, takeout only, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pickup is at the side door of the Rhinecliff Firehouse at the corner of Shatzell Avenue and Orchard Drive in Rhinecliff. Email JoBaer2@gmail.com to receive the soup choices for each sale and to preorder online. Quantities are limited.

• A live comedy show, “A SitDown with Standups,” will be held Friday, March 22 at 7 p.m. at the Byrdcliffe Theater, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock. The show will feature comedians Mark Riccadonna, Patty Rosborough, Kevin Bartini, and Molly Densmore. Tickets are $30for general admission and can be purchased online at the link https://bit. ly/3uZu47B. For more information, send an email to kevin. hartmann@tvtechmanagers. com.

• “Night Fever,” a concert featuring tribute band The New York Bee Gees, will be held on Sunday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m at the Bardavon, 35Market

St., Poughkeepsie. Tickets range between $55, $60, $65, and $75 and can be purchased at the Bardavon or UPAC box offices from Tuesday to Friday, 11a.m. to 5p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. Call (845) 473-5288or send an email to boxoffice@bardavon.org for more information.

• Fiction Writer Brian Evenson will give a reading on March 25 at 5 p.m. at the Weis Cinema on the Bard College Campus, 30Campus Road, Annandale-On-Hudson. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (845) 758-1539.

• A free lecture on the importance of the Fourteenth Amendment will be held on Thursday, March 28at 6:30 p.m. at Congregation Emanuel, 243Albany Ave., Kingston. Call (845) 338-4271 or visit cehv. org for more information.

• The 2024 John Burroughs Literary Awards Luncheon will be held Monday, April 1 at 12 p.m. at the Yale Club of New York City, 50Vanderbilt Ave, New York. Authors and illustrators will be receiving awards and signing complimentary copies of their books. Tickets are $157.34 for members and $183.27for non-members. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.johnburroughsassociation.org.

• The Woodstock Film Festival and Thoughtful Productions will host “Ten Films That Changed America” a multimedia event at the Woodstock Playhouse at 103Mill

Hill Road, Woodstock on

April 12 at 7 p.m. The event, a combination screening and lecture, is curated by Bard College Film professor Joseph Luzzi and spotlights films that influenced society and even changed America. Featured films include “Casablanca,” “Rebel Without a Cause,” “The Graduate,” “The Godfather,” “Jaws,” “China Syndrome,” “Philadelphia and “Barbie” along with lesser-known movies. Tickets are $40and $25for college students with ID and can be purchased at https://bit.ly/3uuCzr6or in person at the Playhouse.

• The Rosendale Theatre,

408 Main St., Rosendale, will screen the 1971dark comedy “Harold and Maude” on Thursday, April 11, at 7p.m. as part of its Classic Film Series. Harold (Bud Cort), a young man obsessed with death and suicide, meets Maude (Ruth Gordon), an eccentric 79-yearold woman and two begin an unlikely relationship. The film addresses the themes of life, death and the pursuit of happiness. Admission is $10, $6 for members. Visit rosendaletheatre.org, send an email to info@rosendaletheatre.org or call (845) 658-8989.

• Queen tribute band Almost Queen will perform at the Ulster Performing Arts Center on April 26, at 8p.m. Tickets are $33.50, $45.50, $55.50 and $75.50and can be purchased at the UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston and Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie from Tuesdays to Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or online at http://www.ticketmaster. com (fees will apply); or by calling the Bardavon (845) 473-5288; UPAC, (845) 3396088; or emailing boxoffice@ bardavon.org.

• A double feature of both the films “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Rosendale Theatre, 408Main St., Rosendale. Tickets are $14, but discounted to $10 for theater members or those in costume. Tickets can be bought at the link https:// bit.ly/3ONFZvV.

• The LGBTQ+ Pride celebration “Pride In The Sky,” will be held Friday, May 17 from 6 p.m. to 10p.m. at Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, 61 Parker Avenue, Poughkeepsie. The event, hosted by Big Gay Hudson Valley in partnership with Friends of the Walkway and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is free to attend, but prior registration is required. For more information or to register, visit biggayhudsonvalley.com.

• The 1965Western film “For A Few Dollars More,” featuring Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef, will be shown Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. The screening is part of the theatre’s Spaghetti Western Series. Tickets are $10for general admission and $6 for theater members, and can be purchased at www. rosendaletheatre.org. For more information, call (845) 658-8989or send an email to info@rosendaletheatre.org.

• The Bardavon will hold a concert featuring musicians Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia on Friday, June

14 at UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston. The four musicians are touring to promote their two-time Grammy winning album “As We Speak.” Tickets range between $44, $49, and $74, and can be purchased at the Bardavon and UPAC box offices from Tuesday to Friday, 11a.m. to 5p.m. Tickets can also be purchased online at ticketmaster.com. For more information, send an email to boxoffice@bardavon.org or call (845) 473-5288 (Bardavon) or (845) 339-6088 (UPAC).

• Knit ‘n Knatter has restarted at Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. The group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 3 to 5 p.m. in the library’s reading room. Come to knit, crochet or just for the confab. Participants will drop purls, collaborate on projects or work on their own. Call (845) 876-2903or visit morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us for more information.

• Hurley Library, 48Main St., Hurley, offers drop-in tech help on Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m.

• Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, presents Bard Math Circle with Mason Eyler on Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program is free to all middle school students interested in mathematical problem solving, especially for those preparing to take the AMC 8 or MathCounts. It is led by New Paltz High School student and Upstate New York Math Team member Mason Eyler. Students will develop their mathematical problem-solving skills in the context of mathematical topics not frequently encountered in school, like combinatorics, number theory, algebra, logic and geometry. Attendees should bring pencils and paper. For more information, call (845) 255-1255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.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 775Broadway, 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/wellness-empowerment-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, bread, baked goods, dairy items and proteins. The items change daily and are first-come, firstserve during business hours from 10a.m. to 1p.m. Call (845) 338-4030 for additional information.

• AARP TaxAide offers free income tax preparation and e-filing at several sites in Ulster and Sullivan counties, with special attention to persons with low to moderate incomes, especially individuals ages 50and over. AARP membership is not required. Appointments are required. Email requests to UlsterTaxAide@gmail.com or contact the Ulster County Office of the Aging at (845) 340-3456.