Calendar
Today, April 7
Baby/Toddler Playgroup: 9:30 a.m. For ages infant to 5 years old, Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens. Children must be accompanied by parent, grandparents or caregiver. (518) 945-2580 or lesliecreed@hotmail.com.
Class: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Mixed level Vinyasa, Anne Robinson. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge. (845) 687-8890
Exercise Program: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Adult/Senior Exercise program. Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston. Call Pat Johnson at (845) 4817332
Happy Apple Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. 24 E. O’Reilly St., Kingston. To 3 p.m. (845) 338-0833.
Fairly New Thrift Shop: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 58 Pearl St., Kingston. (845) 481-4171.
Under Threes Storytime:
10 a.m. For children birth-35 months with a caregiver. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. Sign up at (845) 647-5530.
Toddler storytime: 10:30 a.m. For children 12-36 months, Ellenville Public Library and Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-3350.
Story Time: 10:30 a.m. Preschool story time. Early literacy activities and stories for children ages 3-5. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-3350.
Musical storytime: 10:30 a.m. 1- to 3-years-old, Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave., Saugerties. (845) 2464317.
Storytime: 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. For children ages 4-5. Highland Public Library, 30 Church St., Highland. (845) 691-2275.
Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. Proceeds benefit the Ulster County SPCA.
Spring Soup and Salad Lunches: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch is served community style and is open to everyone at no cost. Quarts of soup will be available for $4. Mixed Bean, Manhattan Clam Chowder. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St., New Paltz. (845) 255-5210.
Canasta Players: 12p.m. Gardiner Public Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. (845) 255-1255.
Thrift Store: 12-4 p.m. Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop, 850 Main St., Margaretville.
Crossroads to Recovery: 1 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Ave., Kingston. Discussion: 1 p.m. Naturalist Discussion with Deb Medenbach.
Join us for reading and discussions of each of these naturalists, summing up on the fourth week with our own conclusions of how to go forward. Session 1: Also Leopold. Session 2: Henry David Thoreau. Session 3: John Burroughs (a special evening session at 6 p.m.). Session 4: An informed way forward. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen.
Teen Book Group: 3 p.m. Stone Ridge Library, Main Street, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-2044.
Free tutoring by appointment: 3 to 6 p.m. Homework clubs and after-school kid sitters. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St., Ellenville. (877) 576-9931.
Gamer’s Lounge: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Attention, gamers: Gamers’ Lounge is here. Grab your laptop and join us for some Minecraft, or go low-tech and play Pokemon, Magic: The Gathering or another card or board game with us. For children 9 and up. No registration necessary. Limited public laptops available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Math Circle: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Need help with math? Bard College math students are back to do fun math games and activities. For families with children grades 1 and up. Free & open to all. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771.
Fish Fry: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Fried haddock fish dinner or fried shrimp dinner includes French fries, cole slaw, dinner rolls, $9.95; New England Clam Chowder, pint, $4.95, quart, $8.95. Glasco Fire Company, 139 Liberty Street Extension, Glasco. (845) 246-9600.
LEGO Club: 4:15 p.m. For children ages 5 and up. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center St., Ellenville. (845) 647-5530.
Libratory: 4:30 p.m. An exciting, hand-on opportunity for children to participate in STEM learning in a fun, informal environment. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook. (845) 876-3241, www.redhooklibrary.org.
Fundraiser: 5 to 9 p.m. The Voyages of Jan Sawka, exhibition and film. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, 232 Main St., New Paltz.
Art Exhibit: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Mary Belliveau, acrylic & watercolor. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St., Port Ewen. (845) 338-5580. April 7-29.
Book Discussion: 6 p.m. Pushing the Limits: Natur4e,
a consideration of T.C. Boyle’s novel “When the Killing’s Done.” Red Hook Public Library, 7444 South Broadway, Red Hook. (845) 758-3241.
Talk: 6 p.m. Japanese-American internment talk coming to the Pine Plains Library, 7775 S. Main St., Pine Plains. Free and open to the public. No registration required.
Star Nation Sacred Circle:
First Fridays of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Road Extension, Tillson. A not-for-skeptics discussion group concerning all things paranormal. Dedicated to acknowledging the extraterrestrial presence on earth. Bring a drink, a snack to share and a comfortable lawn chair to sit under the stars afterwards for a UFO watch. Contact Jim Marzano at (845) 3312662, airstudio@aol.com or www.AirStudioGallery.com.
Tango: 7 p.m. Argentine Tango is the most creative and improvisational of social dances. Starr Library, 68 W. Market St., Rhinebeck. (845) 876-4030.
Film: 7 to 9 p.m. Voices Across the Divide, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St., Woodstock. (518) 291-6808.
Body Ritual Movement: 7 to 10 p.m. With Diego Pinon, Butoh Master Teacher. $45; Saturday from 12 to 6, $75; Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m., $55. Odd Fellows Temple Art and Theater Space, 220 Main St., 3rd floor, Saugerties. Contact Florence Poulain at (917) 6691094.
Playwrite: 7 to 9 p.m. “Shuttlecock” by Dana Page. April 7 and 8. Adults situational comedy for mature audiences only. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903.
Live Music: 7:30 p.m. Dylan Doyle Band, roots rock music. No cover. 21 and older. Uncle Willy’s, 31 . Front St., Kingston. (845) 853-8049.
Ballroom by request: 8to 10:30 p.m. (First and third Fridays) Snap Fitness Studio, 1520, Route 55, LaGrangeville. Two quality lessons & practice time, hosted by seasoned teachers/performers Joe Donato and Julie Martyn. $10 for one lesson, $15 for both. (610) 420-4727, www.ballroomjoe. com, donato@dvol.com.
Live Music: 8 p.m. Colorway Rock Trio from Northampton, Mass. The Falcon Underground, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. (845) 236-7970. No cover (tips appreciated).
Live Music: 8 p.m. Sara Kilborne brings Lavender Blues to Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St., Hudson. (518) 828-4800. info@helsinkihudson.com