What’s happening

• Northern Dutchess Hospital will host a blood drive for the American Red Cross on Wednesday, July 6, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the hospital’s cafeteria conference room, 6511 Springbrook Ave. Valet parking is available. Make an appointment with the sponsor code “NDH” at: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.

• The Kingston Food Co-Op hosts a summer party in the Broadway Bubble Parking Lot at 718 Broadway, Kingston, on Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. rain or shine. The event features free food, music and fun. All are welcome.

• Minnewaska Park Educator Nick Martin leads a bird walk starting at the Gardiner Library at 8 a.m. each Friday in July. Participants will take an approximately one-mile walk on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park. Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof boots or shoes and bring binoculars and a birding field guide or field guide map. Attend one or all three programs. No pre-registration is required but the program is limited to 15 participants. Call (845) 255-1255 or email Nicholas. Martin@parks.ny.gov.

• Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, will host Gaming and Craft Nights on Thursdays, July 7 and Aug. 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This program will have youngsters ages 11 to 18 playing board games and participating in crafts. Refreshments will include Boba Tea, a coffee bar and light snacks. hosts Registration is required on the online calendar at www. gardinerlibrary.org.

• Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, will host Anime Movie Nights on Thursday, July 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Youngsters ages 11 to 18 are invited to watch “When Marnie was There,” rated PG. Refreshments, light snacks, and anime drawing supplies will be available during the film. The movie night will be Thursday, Aug. 11. The film will be “Castle in the Sky,” rated PG. Registration is required on the online calendar at www. gardinerlibrary.org.

• A live radio play based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” will be performed from Thursday, July 28, through Sunday, July 31, at Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. Presented as a 1940s-era radio broadcast, complete with sound effects, the radio play tells the classic Jazz Age story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a young woman he loved in his youth. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on July 28, 29 and 30, and 4 p.m. on July 31. Tickets are $95 for VIP cabaret seating (table for four), $25 per person for VIP cabaret seating, $20 for general seating, and $18 for members’ general seating. Tickets are available at rosendaletheatre.org.

• Bill Ware & The Upstate All-Stars will perform Thursday, July 14, at 8 p.m. at The Senate Garage, 4 N. Front St., Kingston. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at jazzstock.com or at Rhino Records, 6 N. Front St.

• Richard’s Rhinecliff Acoustic Show will take place Friday, July 15, from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St., Rhinecliff. The show will feature Gary Cromirs, Carole Wright, Andy Jones and Tim Kapeluck. Donations are suggested. Call (845) 8767007 for more information.

• Hudson Valley English Country Dance will take place on Saturday, July 9, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Reformed Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St., Port Ewen. A workshop will take place at 7 p.m. The workshop is important for newcomers to understand better the vocabulary of English Country Dance. Music will be performed by Tiddly Pom. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination and masks are required. The cost is $10, $5 for full-time students. Visit hudsonvalleydances.org or call Lindsay at (845) 2321918 for more information.

• The Good Work Institute is hosting “Resisting Erasure,” an exhibition featuring Poughkeepsie-based artist Shirley Parker-Benjamin and photographer Onaje Benjamin through Oct. 8. Featured events interactive art-making workshop on July 9, a closing event on Oct. 8 and chances to engage with the work on the second Saturday of each month. The Good Work Institute Greenhouse is located at, 65 St. James Street, Kingston. For more information visit https://goodworkinstitute.org/resisting-erasure/

• The Tibetan Center at 875 state Route 28 in the town of Ulster presents “Healing Sound Journey” on Sunday, July 17, from 5-6 p.m. Facilitated by Paul Campbell, the event will feature Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, hand drums and more. Chairs will be provided, please bring yoga mats, blankets and pillows if you would like to recline. Guests are asked to arrive 15 minutes early. Tickets are $25. For more information call (845) 3831774.

• The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase arrives at Bearsville Center, 277 — 297 Tinker St., Woodstock, from Oct. 21-23.

View fine, contemporary, handmade acoustic guitars and stringed musical instruments, exhibited by their creators in an intimate gathering of stringed-instrument builders, players, collectors and aficionados and enjoy continuous live music, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day of the event in The Bearsville Theater Lounge. Additional seminars, workshops and concerts by separate admission. General Admission is $25 per day. A three-day pass is $60.

• Cyclists can celebrate summer at the Kingston Food Coop’s Summer Party and get their bicycles checked over by volunteers from Bike Friendly on Kingston on Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Big Bubble Laundromat parking lot at 718 Broadway in Midtown Kingston. No advance registration required, but participants must sign in by 1:30 p.m.. Bells, lights and bike helmets will be available at the event. The event is free, but donations are welcome. For more information, contact YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County Bicycle Educator, Tom Polk by calling (845-338-3810, Ext 102 Email: tpolk@ymcaulster.org

• An outdoor summer music concert series, “Twilight Music in the Parks,” takes place Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Ulster Visitor Center on the Highland side of Walkway Over the Hudson off of U.S. Route 9W, through Sept. 1.

• People’s Place, in partnership with Institute for Animal Happiness, has brought back the Happy Cart to the parking lot at 17 St. James St., Kingston every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. The Happy Cart offers plant-based food to our community to taste and is free. happyvegancart.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 775 Broadway, Kingston. https://peoplesplacewec.simplybook.me/v2/.

• Coach House Players at 12 Augusta St., Kingston, will present “On Golden Pond” for three performances through Sunday, July 10. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m., with the Sunday matinee performance at 2 p.m. Prices are $20, $18 for seniors ages 62 and older, and $10 for students 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased by calling (845) 331-2476 or going online to www.coachhouseplayers.org.

• 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 1 p.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, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call (845) 338-4030 for additional information.

• The Hurley Heritage Society Museum at 52 Main St, Hurley has opened for the season. View the ongoing exhibit “Winslow Homer in Hurley — an Artist’s View.” featuring reproductions of the paintings and illustrations Homer created during his visits to Hurley between 1870 and 1875. The exhibition features five new paintings this year. Museum hours are Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4 p.m.

• Catskill Mountain Railroad’s Ice Cream Sundays train rides take place Sundays from through Sept. 18. Trains depart from the railroad’s Westbrook Lane Station in Kingston near the Hannaford Supermarket in Kingston Plaza at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. for an approximately one-hour ride. Tickets are $20 for adults; $14 for children (ages 2-12); $19 for seniors, active military personnel, and veterans; and free for toddlers 2 and under on lap. Visit catskillmountainrailroad.com.

• Bike Friendly Kingston will host monthly evening “Slow Rides” on the first Thursday of each month through October. The guided rides, ranging from five to 20 miles, depart from the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster’s parking lot at 507 Broadway at 6 p.m. Dates are July 7, Aug. 8, Sept. 9 and Oct. 6. Email eflynn@kingston-ny.gov. for more information.

• The Tivoli Wide Yard sale, in its 33rd year, will be held Saturday, July 30, starting at 9 a.m. A map will be published showing the locations of each sale, and distributed at the Four Corners. For more information call the Village Office at (845) 7572021.

• The Rosendale Theatre at 408 Main St., Rosendale will screen the original 1931 “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff on July 30 from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The screening also includes an introduction and a questionand-answer session with author James T. Coughlin who wrote “Forgotten Faces of Fantastic Film and Dwight Frye’s Last Laugh.” Tickets are $10, $6 for members. For more information and tickets visit https://bit.ly/3Ib0nlS.

• Thomas Cole National Historic Site’s exhibition “Thomas Cole’s Studio: Memory and Inspiration” is set to run through Oct. 20, 2022, at the site, 218 Spring St., Catskill. The exhibition examines the famed Hudson River School artist’s final years before his death in February 1848. For more information and exhibit hours, visit www.thomascole.org/ visit.

• Stone Ridge Orchard, 3012 state Route 213, Stone Ridge, will host Findings, a 40-vendor strong, curated market of specialized growers, boutique nurseries, antique dealers from around the globe and local makers from the Catskills, Hudson Valley and beyond. The market will showcase a plethora of plants, garden antiquities and handcrafted and farmfresh goods. Tickets are $15 and are available at Eventbrite by visiting https://bit.ly/3kdNPPG

• The Hudson Wednesday Market returns to the 7th Street Park on Warren Street, Hudson, each Wednesday from 4-7 p.m. through Oct. 26. The grassroots farmers market features a diverse group of vendors. Local artisans interested in selling and showcasing their crafts can email upstreetmarket@gmail.com. Visit upstreetmarket.wixsite.com/hudsonwedmarket/

• Girl Named Tom performs at the Bardavon, 35 Market, St., Poughkeepsie, on July 15 at 8 p.m. in a special benefit concert for Mid-Hudson Love Inc. Tickets start at $35 and can be purchased by calling (845) 473-5288, (845) 339-6088 by emailing boxoffice@bardavon.org, and at the Bardavon and at UPAC in Kingston, 601 Broadway. Tickets can also be purchased at www. ticketmaster.com (but fees will apply).

• The New York City Opera and Teatro Grattacielo headline the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in Phoenicia from Aug. 5-7. Featured performances include Teatro Grattacielo’s production of Mozart’s “Don Giovani” Aug. 5, at 8:30 p.m., New York City Opera’s Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” Aug. 6, at 8:30 p.m. and “Opera in the Movies” in partnership with the Woodstock Film Festival on Aug. 7 at 8:30 p.m. Visit https://www.phoeniciavoicefest.org/.

• The Rhinebeck Farmers Market has opened for the season in the municipal parking lot at 61 E. Market St., Rhinebeck. The market will take place every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the exception of Dec. 4, through Dec. 18. Visit rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com for more information.

• The Catskill Mountain Railroad’s Catskill Flyer scenic train rides have returned to the rails of the old Ulster and Delaware Railroad. The rides take place Saturdays through Sept. 17. Trains depart from the railroad’s Westbrook Lane station near the Hannaford Supermarket at Kingston Plaza in Kingston at 11 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. for an approximately one-hour ride. Tickets are $16, adults; $10 children (ages 2-12); $15, senior, military and veterans: and free for toddlers 2 and under on lap. Visit catskillmountainrailroad.com/