What’s happening

• The D&H Canal Historical Society Museum will be at the Matthewis Persen House located at 74 John Street in uptown Kingston, Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bill Merchant, the museum’s historian will share information about the D&H Canal and its contributions to Ulster County’s transportation and commercial growth in the late 19th century. Admission is free. Visit www. canalmuseum.org.

• A Celebration of the Arts Expo opens Saturday, July

23, at 10a.m. at SUNY Ulster Kingston Center at 94Marys Ave., Kingston. A special ceremony is set to feature a ribbon cutting, a brief speech from the mayor and supporting remarks from Ulster County officials. The Midtown Arts District will present over 15free hands-on workshops at SUNY’s Kingston Center presented by arts organizations throughout Kingston. https://madkingston.org/.

• Blauweiss Media’s “Uptown Then & Now,” featuring the history of Uptown Kingston through rare photographs and stories takes place Saturday July 23 at 8 p.m. at the Ulster County Courthouse on Wall Street in Kingston. The free event, appropriate for all ages, is the first of three events exploring the history of each of Kingston’s three neighborhoods. Subsequent presentations will focus on Rondout on July 30, at T.R. Gallo Park; and Midtown on Aug. 6 in the Fuller Building, both at 8p.m. Visit https:// www.hudsonvalleyhistoryandart.com/

• The Mark Gruber Gallery at 13 New Paltz Plaza celebrates the Hudson Valley’s agrarian roots with its latest show “Barns in Art,” running through Sept. 3. Featured works by artists based in the Mid-Hudson Region included pastels, oil paintings and watercolors of barns juxtaposed with pastures, green fields, dotted with wild flowers and cows and sheep grazing. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays and Mondays by appointment. (845) 255-1241.

• Minnewaska Park Educator Nick Martin leads a bird walk starting at the Gardiner Library at 8a.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 15participants. Call (845) 255-1255or email Nicholas.Martin@parks. ny.gov.

• The Windham Rotary Association will host the 10th Annual Cancer Patient Aid

Car Show on Sunday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ashland Town Park, 12187Gravel Bank Road (state Route 23), Ashland. The show is open to all years, makes, models and motorcycles. Trophies will be awarded to Top 20 and speciality categories. The winner of the Rick Mundelein Memorial Trophy will receive $200 and the winner of the Best in Show “Classic” will receive $500. There will als be music, door prizes and a 50⁄50. Funds raised will support Greene County cancer patients through the Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid. The entry fee is $15 the day of the event. Spectator admission is free. Call (518) 291-0883 or (518) 734-5303, ext. 2, or send an email to cancerpatientaidcarshow@gmail.com for more information.

• Coach House Players will host a summer acting camp for children in grades 5 through 9 at its theater at 12Augusta St. in Kingston. Week one will be from Monday through Friday, Aug. 1to 5. Week two will be Monday through Friday, Aug. 8through 12. The cost is $80 per student. Visit coachhouseplayers.org to sign up or for more information.

• The Woodstock Shakespeare Festival’s featured summer presentation, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” opens Friday, July 29, at

5;30 p.m. on the grounds of the Comeau Property, 95 Comeau Drive, Woodstock. The production runs through Sunday, Sept. 4, with performances Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. A $10donation is suggested. Visit birdonacliff.org for more information.

• 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 4p.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.

• The Elizaville United Methodist Church, county routes 2 and 19, Elizaville, will have a tag sale and takeout chicken barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The barbecue starts at noon and is first-come, first-served. Side orders of salads will also be available. Call (845) 6638673 or (845) 756-2338 for more information, or call the Church Hall at (845) 7565602 for more information.

• A family program, “Eye-toEye with Live Raptors,” will be presented at Gardiner Library, 133Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, on Thursday, July 28, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Join Annie Mardiney, a New York state- and federallylicensed wildlife and wild bird rehabilitator. She will also go over common reasons wild birds need a rehabber, unnecessary human intervention, and ways people can prevent further damage to native wild birds and rabbits. Learn what to do when you find a baby bird or injured rabbit, and how to become a wildlife rehabilitator. Handouts will be available listing regional wildlife rehabilitators. Mardiney will bring live owls, falcons, and other raptors to the program. Please note that although this program is available to all ages, children must be able to sit still during the presentation once the visiting birds are on their perches. Admission is free and registration is not required. Visit gardinerlibrary.org for more information.

• Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, will present a children’s activity, “Felting Sea Turtles,” on Sunday, July 31, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The program is for children ages 10and older, but children ages 6 to 9can participate with adult supervision. Needle felting is a fiber art that involves repeatedly piercing a special needle into a piece of wool to stiffen and shape it into the desired form. The cost is $10 and includes all materials. Registration is required on the online calendar at www. gardinerlibrary.org.

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

• The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Aug. 18-21 features performances in multiple towns across the Hudson Valley including in Kingston, New Paltz, Woodstock and Accord. The festival bill features top names in jazz, with a focus on area musicians deserving of wider recognition. Headliners locally include Stanley Jordan at The Bearsville Theatre. The festival also features performances farther afield in Orange and Westchester counties. For more information visit https://www.hudsonvalleyjazzfest.org/

• The Athens Volunteer Fire Department, 39Third St., Athens, will host a chicken barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 27, from noon to 4 p.m. The menu will consist of half a chicken, a potato, corn on the cob and dessert. The cost is $15 per person. Contact any department member, or call (845) 863-4600 or (518) 634-2035 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 include a closing event on Oct. 8and chances to engage with the work on the second Saturday of each month. The Good Work Institute Greenhouse is located at, 65St. James Street, Kingston. For more information visit https://goodworkinstitute.org/resisting-erasure/

• The Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase arrives at Bearsville Center, 277 — 297Tinker 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 $25per day. A three-day pass is $60.

• 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 17St. James St., Kingston every Wednesday from 4to 6p.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/.

• 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 5to 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, breads, baked goods, dairy items and proteins. The items change daily and are first-come, first-serve during business hours, 10a.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 20miles, depart from the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster’s parking lot at 507Broadway at 6p.m. Dates are 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) 757-2021.

• 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.

• 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/

• 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” on Aug. 5, at 8:30 p.m., New York City Opera’s Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” Aug. 6, at 8:30p.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 61E. 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/.