What’s happening

• The Women Photographers Collective of the Hudson Valley’s exhibit “Beneath the Surface” will take place at the Olive Free Library, 4033state Route 28A, West Shokan, through July 8. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, from 3 to 5p.m. Participating artists include Gail Albert, Ana Bergen, Shari Diamond, Jill Enfield, Lori Grinker, Maria Fernanda Hubeaut, Kay Kenny, Dorethea Marcus, Meryl Meisler, Charley Mitcherson, Susan Phillips, Carla Shapiro and Ruth Wetzel. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

• The Arms Fair will return to Mechanicville at the gymnasium in the old high school on 10 N. Main St. on Sunday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Daily admission is $10. It’s $9 for seniors. children under 14 free with an adult.

• “Reckoning” Author (V), formerly Eve Ensler, will kick off the Spirituality Series hosted by Gail Straub Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church at 2587, state Route 212, Woodstock. gstraub@empowermenttraining.com.

• Author Mark Matousek will discuss his book “Lessons from an American Stoic” Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church at 2587, state Route 212 during a Spirituality Series talk hosted by Gail Straub. Matousek will examine how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 12 essential teachings offer answers to living an authentic and fulfilling life in harmony with our souls. gstraub@ empowermenttraining.com

• The choral group Bloom and Plutarch for Refugees will host an outdoor spring concert benefit to support a recently arrived refugee family from Afghanistan on Sunday, May 21, from 3 to 5p.m. at 10Horse Art Center, 67 Black Creek

Road, Highland. Tickets are $20 in advance at www. brownpapertickets.com/ event/5992196 and $25 at the door. Children are free. A silent art auction will also take place at the event. Traditional Afghan food and local baked goods will be for sale at the event. This will be an outdoor event. Those attending should bring their own chairs, seating or lawn blankets. The rain date is Sunday, June 4, from 3 to 5p.m. Visit www.plutarch4refugees.org for more information.

• Family Fun Day, Sunday, June 4, in Ross Park at 208Bowne St., Port Ewen, features a 5K run, car show and many other activities. The event kicks off with the Esopus 5k run starting at 9 a.m. Sign-up for the race starts at 8:30a.m.

Car show participants are asked to arrive at 9:30 a.m. Other activities including games for kids and local vendors kick at 10 a.m. and run through 3 p.m. Food including fried dough, hamburgers and hotdogs will be available for purchase. The car show and 5K have an entry fee of $10in advance and $15 day of the race.

All other events are free.

For more information and for tickets for the 5k and car show visit https://bit. ly/3BDGfGR.

• The Rhinebeck Choral

Club will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a performance on Sunday, May 21, at 3 p.m. at Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill St. Admission is free, although donations will be accepted. Visit rhinebeckchoralclub.org for more information.

• The Woodstock-New

Paltz Art & Crafts Fair returns to the Ulster County Fairgrounds at 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz, from May 27 to 29. The fair is to feature more than 200 artists alongside live music, craft demonstrations, food trucks and a children’s tent. The event will also feature wine, area distilleries and speciality and prepared on site foods. Fair hours are 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on May 27-28 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 29. The event is rain or shine.

• The Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner, and Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley will host a native plant sale to complement the library’s new pollinator garden on Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. These small plants, called landscape plugs, are much less expensive than container plants and an excellent way to keep costs down while trying out some new plants. Proceeds will benefit the library. Plants are $4each. Cash or check preferred. Debit/credit available. For a listing of plants, visit www. gardinerlibrary.org.

• Esopus Repair Cafe will take place Saturday, May

27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ascension Church, 1585 U.S. Route 9W, West Park. Bring your broken items for skilled volunteer repair coaches to fix while you watch.

• The Lace Mill, 165 Mill St., Kingston, will present an exhibition titled “Lanette and Friends” through Sunday, May 28. There will be fiber art, performance art, poetry and visual art. Call (845) 331-2140 for more information.

• “Hello, Dolly!” the highly acclaimed Broadway musical comedy and winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, will be presented by Up In One Productions at The Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, 661state Route 308, Rhinebeck, through May 28. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $29 and can be purchased at centerforperformingarts.org or by calling (845) 876-3080.

• The Town of Hurley’s Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 29, with the staging ground at the THkit print shop at 185 Zandhoek Road opening at 9 a.m. with the parade leaving at 10 a.m. The route will head north on Zandhoek Road before making a right at the end of the Hurley Cemetery. The parade will then cross Hurley Avenue, go the length of Main Street, cross Hurley Mountain Road, make a left on Wamsley Place and end in front of Town Hall where a ceremony will take place with food available. The map for the 1.5-mile route is available at tinyurl. com/5n6n8ud2.

• The Olive Free Library’s early summer Library Fair is Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The live music lineup includes local singer-songwriter, at 11 a.m., 1969 Woodstock Festival veteran Gilles Malkine, at noon and the Nuggs at 1 p.m. Food is by Kevin Vines BBQ with ice cream and maple popcorn also available. The event also features kids activities, a book sale and a plant sale featuring perennials, shrubs and seedlings. The Olive Free Library is located at 4033state Route 28A, West Shokan. olivefreelibrary.org.

• The Woodstock Diamond Dance and Music Festival will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and

11, at 1766 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. An outdoor reception will take place June 10 at 5:30 p.m., with a show at 6 p.m. On June 11, the program begins at 2:30 p.m. The featured group will be Linda Diamond & Company, a diverse nodern dance ensemble of professionals, along with music by Woodstock composer Tom Desisto. Admission on June 10 is $20 and includes the reception. Admission on June 11 is $15. Admission for children 12 and under is $7. Reservations, including handicap parking, can be made by calling (845) 679-7757.

• Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill St., Rhinebeck will have a garden and plant sale on Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, to raise funds for the preservation and maintenance of the church. Container plants, hanging baskets, and pots of annuals, small shrubs, and perennials donated from local businesses or dug from local gardens will be offered. Think of us if your perennials or small shrubs need dividing. Someone can help dig and pot if you are unable. Organizers of the sale are asking for lightly used yard decorations, tools, birdhouses, windchimes, lawn, porch furniture, and large-size terra cotta planters. Vendor space is available to sell local produce and gardenyard-type crafts. For more information, contact

Brenda Klaproth by email at bklaproth@ymail.comor by calling (845) 309-3181 or Nancy Katrulya at (914) 489-2001. Donations are tax-deductible. Visit rhinebeckreformed.org for more information.

• The Friends of the Saugerties Library Street Fair returns on Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. behind the Saugerties Public Library at 91Washington Ave. The festival wll feature plant, book and baked sales, along with a petting zoo, face painting, a magic show, music, arts and crafts vendors, and more. The Saugerties Police Department and

Diaz Ambulance will offer free bicycle helmets. The Friends invite vendors to participate. The fee is $25 per table. Contact Jen Kavanagh at jkavanagh76@ msn.com. To volunteer, or to donate plants or baked goods contact cicalejo64@ gmail.com.

• The Rhinebeck Farmers Market’s outdoor market has opened for the season, operating Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Dec. 17. This season’s market, held in the municipal parking lot located at 61 E. Market St., will feature over 30 vendors. New vendors will include include Millbrook Beef & Dairy, of Millbrook. A rotating slate of baked goods includes Mighty Donuts, of Red Hook,

Little Carrot Baking Co., of Patterson, N.Y., and the Little Rye Bakehouse, of Kingston. The market participates in the SNAP and Farmers Market Nutrition Program. No market will take place Dec. 3. For more information visit https:// bit.ly/3Lik7pY.

• “Into My Hands: Recent Donations to Ulster County Archives,” featuring a sampling of records donated to the Ulster County Archives between 2011 and 2022, is on display in the secondfloor Archives Gallery at the Ulster County Office Building at 244 Fair St., Kingston. The donated records date from 1678 to 2022. They range from land sale transactions, court records, maps, family collections and photographs to reference books and last year’s unexpectedly popular “I Voted” sticker. For more information, call (845) 340-3040 or visit ulstercountyny.gov/archives.

• Ian Flanigan, a Saugerties native and contestant on “The Voice,” and Spencer Crandall will support headliner Michael Ray during the “Concert in the Catskills” at Catskill Point on Saturday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 for general admission and $75 for VIP. Tickets can be purchased at concertinthecatskills. com.

• The Rosendale Street Festival, will take place

July 15 and 16 on Main Street in Rosendale. Planning meetings have begun and interested volunteers can contact Dana at rsf. volunteers@gmail.com for meeting schedules and more information.

• Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale, will present the 1954 Japanese version of the movie “Godzilla” on Saturday, July 22, from 9:30 to 11 p.m.

This film is the original, uncut Japanese release. Admission is $10, $6 for theatre members. Visit rosendaletheatre.org for tickets. Call (845) 6588989 or send an email to info@rosendaletheatre.org for more information.

• Singer-Songwriter Iron and Wine with special guest Half Gringa perform at the Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601Broadway, Kingston, on Friday, July 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35. Call (845) 4735288, (845)-339-6088 or email boxoffice@bardavon. org. Tickets can also be purchased online at http:// www.ticketmaster.com but fees apply.

• Radio Woodstock hosts the inaugural Cave Mountain Catskills Music Festival at Windham Mountain on Sept.15 and 16. Headliners include Weezer and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Radio Woodstock announced. Tickets are $199 plus fees for a Friday and Saturday pass. One day passes for Friday or Saturday are $125 plus fees. One-day parking passes are $28-40 Two-day parking passes range from $56 to $80 including fees. Tickets can be purchased at https:// cavemountainmusicfest. com/tickets/.

• People’s Place, in partnership with Institute for Animal Happiness, has brought back the Happy Cart to the parking lot at 17 Saint James St., Kingston, every Wednesday from 4to 6p.m. The Happy Cart offers plant-based food to the community to taste and is free. Visit happyvegancart. org for more information.

• 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. Visit https://peoplesplacewec.simplybook.me/v2 for more information.

• 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-empowermentcenter/ or call (845) 3384030.

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