Calendar
Today, May 21
Happy Paws Thrift Store: 11 a.m. 282 Main St., Saugerties. To 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit UCSPCA.
Fundraiser: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mutt Strutt is a day for dogs and dog lovers!. Vendors, dog contests, photos with pets and owners, adopt-apet opportunities and more. Kingston Point Beach, 53 Delaware Ave., Kingston. Ulster County SPCA event.
Benefit: 12 to 3 p.m. Mongolian snow leopard youth ecology fundraiser at Twin Start Orchards, New Paltz. $40 all you can eat griller burgers, pia, hard apple cider. All proceeds benefit “Leopard Cubs” Mongolian Youth ecology hiking club and Snow Leopard Conservation. Leopard.cubs@ yahoo.com www.leopardcubs.org.
Love it or Swap it: 12 to 4 p.m. Women’s clothing swap and sale to benefit Sinterklaas. The Fellowship Hall of Rhinebeck Methodist Church, 83 East Market St., Rhinebeck. $25entrance fee benefits Sinterklaas.
Community Day/Workshop: 12 to 5 p.m. features free children’s workshop and performance by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson.
Walk/Workshop: 1to3 p.m. Herbalist Dina Falconi leads a walk to identify local plants that are edible and teaches how to prepare them in meals, from her book Foraging & Feasting. Bevier House Museum, 2682 Rt. 209, Marlbletown. $5 UCHS members, $10 non-members. (845) 7029206.
Dance: 1 to 5 p.m. White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave., Kingston. Admission $7.50 per person, includes refreshments. Light lunch at low cost. (845) 339-5685. Live Music: 1 p.m. The Fabulous Hackers. A group of golf buddies get together and play favorites ranging from folk to classic rock to country interspersed with a growing list of original songs. High Falls Café, High Falls. Conversation: 1to4 p.m. On Public Education: President Trump’s proposed initiatives. Church Des Artistes, 79 Wurts St., Kingston. www.kingstoncitizens.org.
Open House: 1 to 3 p.m. For potential volunteers. At the Time and the Valleys Museum, State Rt. 55, Grahamsville. www.timeandthevalleymuseum.org.
Concert: 2 p.m. West Point Band presents Armed Forces Day Concert. 685 Hardee Place, Egner Hall, West Point. Concert is free and open to all. www.westpointband.com.
Concert Reading: 2 p.m. Coney Island a concert reading of a new musical by Frank Cuthbert. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 W. Bridge St., Catskill. Tickets $15/$1`0 students at the door. (518) 943-3818.
Fundraiser: 2 to 4 p.m. For Lee Storms’ journey to a kidney transplant. Saxton Firehouse, 3853 Rt. 32, Saugerties. Hosted by Cups-corks and canvas by Heather Myer and the Storm and Salierno family.
Dance: 2:30 p.m. Designated Movement Company, Katie McLaughlin, Artistic Director, UpStream Series Showcase. Kaatsbaan International Dance center, 33 Kaatsbaan Rd., Tivoli. (845) 757-5106 All Tickets $10.
Lecture: 3 to 4 p.m. Leading a wholesome and healthy life in Red Hook: Tools of the Trade across two centuries. Decoding the past: Treasures from Dutchess County. Elmendorph Inn, 7562 North Broadway, Route 9, Red Hook. Free and open to the public.
Talk: 3 p.m. Mordicai Paldiel will speak about his encyclopedic new book, Saving One’s Own, Jewish Rescuers During the Holocaust. Congregation Emanuel, of the Hudson Valley, 243 Albany
Ave., Kingston. Admission $10/$5 Seniors/under 13 free.
Trivia: 3 p.m. Mike Nickerson and trivia afternoon. Match wits with friends, family, and neighbors in an afternoon of friendly competition. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff. (845) 876-2903.
Book Launch: 3 p.m. Anne Margaret Daniel, “I’d Die for You: And other lost stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 6798000.
Drum Circle: 4 to 6 p.m. Birds of a Feather, and Timekeeper Drums invite all to drum and dance in the rear room of the Woodstock Community Center 56 Rock City Rd., Woodstock. Free event, but donations appreciated to help pay rent.
Art Collaboration: 5 p.m. Michael Perkins and Michael Hunt. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-8000.