Calendar

Art exhibit and openings SUNY New Paltz Exhibition: 5 to 7 p.m. May 11. Opening Reception. MFA Thesis Exhibition I. Special hours for this exhibition are Friday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz. (845) 257-3844. Photography Exhibit: 12 to 2 p.m. May 12. Digital photography. Students grades 11 and 12. The English Garden on Partition Street, Saugerties. Will be on exhibit through June 30. Juried Members Show: 3 to 6 p.m. May 12. Opening Reception. Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon St., Poughkeepsie. (845) 471-2550. Artist Reception: 5 to 7 p.m. May 12. Pastel Paintings by Marlene Wiedenbaum, PSA and oil paintings by Kevin Cook, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz. (845) 255-1241. www. markgrubergaller.com on exhibit May 12 to June 30. Art Exhibit: 5 to 8 p.m. May 12. Ford Crull: The Figurative Work 1974-2018. Cross Contemporary Art, 99 Partition Street, Saugerties. (845) 247-3122. “The Art of War - American

Poster Art 1941-1945”: Through Dec. 31. FDR Library and Museum, 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, Hyde Park. https:// fdrlibrary.org/ Books, readings and signings

“Lyme”: 6 p.m. May 11. Mary Beth Pfeiffer, author of “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change” will speak at the library. Stone Ridge Library, 3564 Main St., Stone Ridge. Free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Reading: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. May 12. Mr. DeFelice will read excerpts from “West Like Lightning,” examine NYS surprising connection to the Pony Express, and take questions from the audience. Free and open to the public. Merritt Bookstore,

57 Front St., Millbrook. (845) 677-5857. “How To Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays”: 5 p.m. May 12. Alexander Chee, “How To Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays”. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St., Woodstock. (845) 679-8000.

Reading: 7 p.m. May 12. Kingston’s Spoken Word where actors, poets and

writers read Jared Harel Celia Bland. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. www.uucckingston.org $5 suggested donation. 3 Min. open mic.

Poetry Reading: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 17. Marcia Slatkin reads from, Cheese After Fukushima: Poems for a Changing Planet. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771.

Book Club: 7 to 8 p.m. May 17. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. (845) 757-3771. Author Talk: 7 p.m. May 17. Talk by local author June Trop, join us as she takes us on a journey through time. A Trip to Roman Alexandria. Elting Library, 93 Main St.,

New Paltz. (845) 2555030; www.eltinglibrary. org. Concerts and music

Music Down in my Soul: 7 p.m. May 11. Vassar College Majors presents the final concert of its Spring performance season: a program of unaccompanied choral works. St. John’s Lutheran Church, 55 Wilbur Blvd., Poughkeepsie.

Larry Kaplan: 8 p.m. May 11. The Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter will be presenting Larry Kaplan in concert, at the Hyde Park, United Methodist Church, Rt. 9 and Church Street, Hyde Park. (845) 3093853 or www.hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org Admission $12, seniors $10, HVFG members, $8. “Under One Roof”: 5to9 p.m. May 12. Woodstock

Library Forum will present Susan Sindall and Peter Schickele performing together, “Under One Roof” 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. Admission is free. Tessa Lark and Michael

Thurber: 7 p.m. May 12. . Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St., Hudson. (518) 822-1438. Tickets start at $25. Brazilian Night: 7 to 10 p.m. May 12. Music and food of Brazil. Lydia’s Café, US 209, Stone Ridge. (845) 6876373 www.lydias-cafe.com. Hudson Valley Philharmonic: 8 p.m. May 12. The Hudson Valley Philharmonic season. “Carmina Burana” at the Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie. Tickets $20-57. (845) 473-2072. Medelssohn Men’s Club Spring Concert: 8 p.m. May 12. Medelssohn Men’s Club Spring Concert at Old Dutch Church, corner of Wall and Main St., Kingston. Admission $11, $8 for seniors and students. (845) 331-9328.

Mother’s Day Concert: 3 p.m. May 13. The Bard College Conservatory Orchestra performs a matinee concert. Mother’s Day Program features Strauss’s Don Quixote and Berlioz’s Symphonic Fantastique. Suggested donations for all Conservatory Sundays programs are $20 (orchestra seating) and $15 (parterre/first balcony). In celebrations of Mother’s Day, mothers can receive complimentary tickets by using Code MOM online at fishercenter.bar.edu or by telephone (845) 758-7900. Bard College, Annandale on Hudson.

Live Performance: 3 p.m. May 13. Rebel Ensemble for Baroque Music “Irregular Pearls” Telemann, Bach, Corelli, Fux, Geminiani,