The Shandaken Theatrical Society is starting a Last Friday Picture Show series of classic and art house movies on January 25 at 7p.m. at its theater at 10 Church Street in Phoenicia. Showing real 16mm prints on the last Friday of every month for a suggested, with popcorn, they will start out with You Can’t Take It With You, one of Frank Capra’s sweetest and funniest movies. If you’ve ever hesitated to bring someone home to meet your weird family, this is the movie for you. The 1938 film features an all-star cast including Jimmy Stewart, Lionel Barrymore and Jean Arthur. Originally an Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1887, the STS building was a movie house from the 40s through some time in the 70s, showing movies every night in summer and on weekends in winter. “I saw Gone with the Wind there when it first came out,” says Richard Knight, a lifelong resident of the area, and one of the founding members of the Theatrical Society. “And I think we only paid 25 cents—though for Gone with the Wind we paid a little more. I was about 15 and worked in a boarding house in Mt. Pleasant and with the other young people from there we used to get a taxi to bring us to Phoenicia for about $1. We’d go to a movie and then go to where Morne Imports is now and have a soda at the soda fountain.” Knight also remembers giggling during a serious Bette Davis movie and being chastised the next day at school by his teacher, who had been in the theater that evening as well.
Thursday 1/17
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Woodstock Time Bank Meet and Greet. Woodstock Library
6:00 PM The Secret World of Strudel (baking class) at Anastar Gifts, 5980 Main Street, Tannersville. 518-589-9500
Friday 1/18
Customer Appreciation Day - cheap lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
2:00-3:30 Watercolors and Drawing Class, Shandaken Historical Museum, 6 Academy Street, Pine Hill. 254-4460
4:00 – 5:30 PM Dance Drama class for kids ages 3 – 6, Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main Street. 254-5469
8:00 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
Saturday 1/19
12:30 PM - 3:30 PM Mushrooms in the Winter. Registration deadline: January 17. Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Opening Recepton: The annual Student Art Show. Roxbury Arts Group’s Walt Meade Gallery, Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. 607-326-7908
4:00-6:00 pm Catskill Mt Foundation Art Opening, Main Street, Hunter; 518 263 2060 or www.catskillmtn.org
6:00 – 10:00 PM Opening for The Reality Show, The Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street, Phoenicia. www.artsupstairs.com or 688-2142
7:00 PM Frank Kimbrough: Solo jazz piano. Adam’s Space, 3091 State Route 28, Shokan. 331-1300
8:00 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM Freestyle Frolic. Barefoot, substance & smoke free event. K of C Hall, 389 Broadway, Kingston. 658-8319 or www.freestylefrolic.org
8:00 PM Winter Fest 2008 sponsored by Performing Arts of Woodstock; comedy, drama, music; refreshments; Woodstock Town Hall; 679-7900; www.performingartsofwoodstock.org
8:00 PM Sarah Perrotta Band at Backstage Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston. 338-8700
Sunday 1/20
12:00 Noon 11th Annual Shandaken Primitive Biathlon; Upper Esopus Fish and Game Club, Oliverea; 688-5560
2:00-5:00 PM 18th Annual Birthday Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with Dean of Vassar College Judy “J.J.” Jackson and more, Woodstock Community Center, Rock City Road.
2:30 PM Trail Mix Concert Series: Jason Cutmore, piano playing Messiaen, Poulenc & Scriabin; Olive Free Library, West Shokan.
2:30 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Swing Dance Jam, No partner necessary. White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Avenue, Kingston. 339-3032
Monday 1/21
4:00-5:00 PM Story Dance Classes for Kids w/ Cara Cruickshank: Ages 3-6: Mondays. At Chichester yoga. www.chichesteryoga.com
6:00 – 7:30 PM Adult/Teen Dance Class: Beginners Welcome! instructed by Cara Cruickshank, 688-2068 or storydanz@yahoo.com
Tuesday 1/22
5:00 PM Free Budgeting and Credit Card Management Seminar at Port Ewen BOCES, Rt. 9W. Call 845-340-3990 to reserve a seat or email: bag23@cornell.edu.
4:00-5:00 PM Story Dance Classes for Kids with Cara Cruickshank: Ages 7-10: Mondays. At Chichester yoga. www.chichesteryoga.com
6:00 – 7:30 PM Adult/Teen Dance Class: Beginners Welcome! instructed by Cara Cruickshank, 688-2068 or storydanz@yahoo.com
Wednesday 1/23
10:30 AM Classics in Religion. “American Transcendentalism through the Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.” Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston. 334-8404 or a.ahlstrom@worldnot.att.net
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Kingston SeniorNet Learning Center: Health & Fun on the Internet. Business Resource Center, Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 331-9360 or kingstonseniornet@seniornet.org
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Chamber of Commerce of Ulster County Membership Mixer. Mid-Hudson Athletic Club, Kingston Plaza. 338-5100 Ext. 103 or www.ulsterchamber.org
Thursday 1/24
10:30 AM BookWorms; a naturalist reads stories to children ages 3-5; Midtown Neighborhood Center, Kingston; 331-1682, www.forsythnaturecenter.org
6:00 PM Ulster County Lyme Support Group at the Hudson Valley Sudbury School, 84 Zena Road, Kingston, 246-2429
6:30- 8:30 PM Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response, Woodstock Public Library. www.mideastcrisis.org
Friday 1/25
8:00 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
Friday 1/25
7:00 PM You Can’t Take It With You; old-time 16mm movie screening, STS Theater, Church Street, Phoenicia.
8:00 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
Saturday 1/26
Race for Cancer Cure; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
11:00 AM Community Forum on Middle School Plans, held by Onteora School Board at OCS High School Cafeteria, Boiceville. 657-6383
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Beginning Beekeeper Course. Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra. 518-622-9820 or greene@cornell.edu
8:00 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
9:00 PM Bret Mosley with The Blind Boys of Alabama. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-4406
7:00 PM Coalition for Belleayre Annual Snowball Dinner and Dance; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
Sunday 1/27
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company Pancake Breakfast Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company, Route 28, Shandaken. 688-5021
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eckhart Tolle Silent Meeting. Marbletown. Call for directions 687-8687 or visit PeaceInSilence.org.
2:30 PM Grease; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
4:00 PM Bach Cantatas; performed by Kairos; Holy Cross Monastery; Route 9W, West Park; 257-2715, www.kairosconsort.org
Monday 1/28
Winter Festival Week - cheap lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Kingston SeniorNet Learning Center:Basic Skills. Business Resource Center, Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 331-9360 or kingstonseniornet@seniornet.org
4:00-5:00 PM Story Dance Classes for Kids with Cara Cruickshank: Ages 3-6: Mondays. At Chichester yoga. www.chichesteryoga.com
6:00 – 7:30 PM Adult/Teen Dance Class: Beginners Welcome! instructed by Cara Cruickshank, 688-2068 or storydanz@yahoo.com
Tuesday 1/29
Winter Festival Week - cheap lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
4:00-5:00 PM Story Dance Classes for Kids with Cara Cruickshank: Ages 7-10: Mondays. At Chichester yoga. www.chichesteryoga.com
6:00 – 7:30 PM Adult/Teen Dance Class: Beginners Welcome! instructed by Cara Cruickshank, 688-2068 or storydanz@yahoo.com
Wednesday 1/30
Winter Festival Week - cheap lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Kingston SeniorNet Learning Center: Introduction to Power Point. Business Resource Center, Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 331-9360 or kingstonseniornet@seniornet.org