The Arts Upstairs will buffet thou with wine, bread and cheese... and delicious paintings for its upcoming "All You Need Is Love" hugfest and exhibition, featuring Troy Gangle and Joel Benton in the rambling gallery’s solo room. It all unfolds Saturday, February 16 from 6 to 10 PM at 60 Main St. Phoenicia... Upstairs! Call 688-2142 or visit www.ArtsUpstairs.com for further info.
Thursday 2/14
12 noon – 4:00 PM Tea and Valentine’s cookies at the Town of Shandaken Historical Museum, 26 Academy Street, Pine Hill, 254-4460
7:00 PM Dinner and A Movie: Les Triplettes de Belleville. Oriole9 Cafe-Restaurant, 17 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-5763 or oriole9.com
7:00 PM Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. includes a movie, meet & greet the director and stage actress, and after-movie reception including food and beverages. Rosendale Theatre, Main Street, Rosendale. 338-2264
5:30 to 8:30 pm Jazz with Matt Fink & Nina Sheldon, The Inn Between, Rt. 28, Arkville. 845-586-4265.
9:00 PM Valentine’s Karaoke with Miss Angie, Bearsville Theater, Tinker Street, Woodstock. www.bearsvilletheater.com
Friday 2/15
Customer Appreciation Day - $15 lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; www.belleayre.com
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM TGIF for Artists! Drawing and Watercolor Instructional sessions working from the Museum Collection. Town of Shandaken Historical Museum, 26 Academy Street, Pine Hill. 254-4460 or www.shandaken.us
7:30 PM New York Funk Alliance. Backstage Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston, 338-8700
8:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400
8:00 PM Shandaken Theatrical Society presents Sons of Brooklyn. STS Theater, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. 688-2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com
9:00 PM Woodstock MusicWorks presents Ratboy & Shamsi Ruhe. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
Saturday 2/16
Beast’s Birthday Party and Belleayre Cup Race; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
10:00-11:30 AM Modern Dance: (adult-ongoing) The Cooperhood Inn & Spa Shandaken 657-4186
3:30 PM Alexander King of Jesters at the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Doctorow Center for the Arts, Rte. 23A, Hunter. 518-263-2063or www.catskillmtn.org.
4:00 PM-6:30 PM Italian Smorgasbord, Olivebridge United Methodist Church, Rt.213, Olivebridge. 657-8326
5:00 PM Book Signing: Martha Frankel, local author, signs her revealing memoir: “Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair w, Boiceville. 679-8000 or www.goldennotebook.com
5:00 – 7:00 PM Patricia Dell and Kent Brown sing Richard Rodgers’ love songs for your Valentine, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, 607 326-7056
6:00 – 10:00 PM “All You Need Is Love” at The Arts Upstairs, exhibiotion and celebration… 60 Main St. Phoenicia, 688-2142 or www.ArtsUpstairs.com.
7:00 PM A tribute to the music of “The Band.” The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
7:00 PM Hal Galper Trio. With Reggie Workman, Rashid Ali. Adam’s Space, 3091 State Route 28, Shokan. 331-1300
7:00 PM Movies With Spirit Series: Bee Season (2005). Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. 331-7168
7:30 PM Don Moore and Jerry Moore in Concert. With the In His Name Singers and Band. Living Word Chapel, West Hurley. 338-9305
7:30 PM Soul Purpose. “Old Skool” Rhythm and Blues Backstage Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston. 338-8700
7:30 PM Naked with Friends: A Carousing Jollification with Sparrow, Michael Veitch, Sharon Breslau, Tad Wise and more benefiting the Playhouse. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-4101.
8:00 PM Eric Rosen & Nina Sheldo play Thelonius Monk, Casey Joe’s Coffee House, Rt. 28, Arkville. 845-586-5637.
8:00 PM Cafe Chronogram: Music by Mark Donato, spoken word by Matthew J. Spireng, art by Chris Gonyea. Muddy Cup, 516 Broadway, Kingston. 334-8600 or www.chronogram.com
8:00 PM Capitol Steps Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie. www.Bardavon.org
8:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400
8:00 PM Shandaken Theatrical Society presents Sons of Brooklyn. STS Theater, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. 688-2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com
8:30 PM Freestyle Frolic. K of C, 389 Broadway, Kingston, 658-8319 or www.freestylefrolic.org
9:00 PM Performance by Marc Cohn with Amy Correia; Bearsville Theater; Route 212, Woodstock; 679-4406; www.bearsvilletheater.com
Sunday 2/17
2:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400 2:00 PM Shandaken Theatrical Society presents Sons of Brooklyn. STS Theater, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. 688-2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com 2:30 PM Trail Mix Concert: David Leighton, piano. Performing Schubert and Chopin. Olive Free Library, Route 28A, West Shokan. 835-647-6864 or www.woodstockpianocompany.com
7:00 PM Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt. An acoustic evening together on stage. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088 or www.bardavon.org
Monday 2/18
9:00 PM Open Rehearsals: Hudson Valley Gamelan. Balinese music ensemble. Bard College F. W. Olin Humanities Building, Room 305, Annandale-on-Hudson
Tuesday 2/19
8:00 PM Abraham’s Curse. A talk and book signing with Bruce Chilton. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock.679-2100
Wednesday 2/20
9:00 AM on… New Faces of Engineering Day at SUNY New Paltz. Meet the nation’s top new inventors. Visit www.newpaltz.edu/sse for info.
Thursday 2/21
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Kingston SeniorNet Learning Center: In depth Photo Editing Class. Business Resource Center, Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 331-9360 or kingstonseniornet@seniornet.org
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
7:00 - 9:00 PM Informational Meeting on Smart Building techniques and incentives with Larry Brown and Pat Courtney Strong, Olive Free Library, West Shokan. 657-8096
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County presents The Garden Trellis. Business Resource Center, 1 Development Court Room 124, Kingston. 340-3990
7:00 PM Dinner and A Movie: Compilation of Short Films. As featured at the WFF. Oriole9 Cafe-Restaurant, 17 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-5763 or oriole9.com
7:00 PM Co-Existing with Black Bears: Biology, Behavior, and Management. Ellenville Public Library & Museum, 40 Center Street, Ellenville. 255-0919 ext 243 or www.mohonkpreserve.org
7:00 PM Sufi Healing Circle (Zikr) . Woodstock Sufi Center, 33 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. 679-7215 or www.SufiCenterNortheast.org
Friday 2/22
7:00 PM Phoenicia Elementary School Variety Show, with sets and everything. Admission is free and open to the community!
8:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400
8:00 PM “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 338-4340; www.nyca.org
9:00 PM Performance by Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles; Bearsville Theater; Route 212, Woodstock; www.bearsvilletheater.com
Saturday 2/23
10:00-11:30 AM Modern Dance: (adult-ongoing) The Cooperhood Inn & Spa Shandaken 657-4186
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM 1st Annual Outdoor Show and Kayak Film Festival. Kingston’s Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston Parks & Recreation Dept & KENCO Outfitters are sponsoring this event. It will showcase outdoor activities around the area, & Kayak films at Tech City, Kingston. 340-0552 or www.kingstonkayakfestival.com
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Ashokan Winter Festival, Ashokan Field Campus, Olivebridge. 657-8333 or www.AshokanFieldCampus.org
2:00 PM - 7:00 PM Women’s Studio Workshop 11th Annual Chili Bowl Fiesta. Featuring live music by Dogs on Fleas. Rosendale Recreation Center, Route 32, Rosendale. 658-9133 or www.wsworkshop.org
7:30 PM “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 338-4340; www.nyca.org
8:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400
9:00 PM Woodstock’s Tribute to Bob Marley. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
Sunday 2/24
Potter Bros. Flex Day; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Benefit: Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company. Pancake Breakfast
Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company, Route 28, Shandaken. 688-5021
10:30 AM Woodstock Day School preschool story time; Please call (845) 246-3744 ext. 103 for more information
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eckhart Tolle Silent Meeting. Marbletown. 687-8687 or visit PeaceInSilence.org.
2:00 PM “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 338-4340; www.nyca.org
2:00 PM Raisin In The Sun. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400
6:00 PM Fundraiser and Luminary Awards Ceremony. To benefit Passing The Torch Through The Arts and Arts Society of Kingston (ASK). Mariners Harbor, 1 Broadway, Kingston. 790-0400 www.passingthetorchthroughthearts.com
Monday 2/25
7:00 PM Phoenicia Elementary School Variety Show, with sets and everything. Admission is free and open to the community!
7:00 PM A Really Inconvenient Truth… free film screening at the Boiceville Inn. Discussion with film’s subject, Dr. Joel Kovel, will follow. Sponsored by the Shandaken Democrat Club.
9:00 PM Open Rehearsals: Hudson Valley Gamelan. Balinese music ensemble. Bard College F. W. Olin Humanities Building, Room 305. Annandale-on-Hudson
Tuesday 2/26
10:30 AM BookWorms. A naturalist will read stories to children, ages 3-5. Mid Town Neighborhood Center, Broadway, Kingston. 331-1682, ext 132
5:30 PM Chamber Dinner Meeting. There will be a presentation by Ulster Tomorrow. Speakers are Anthony Marmo, Ulster Tomorrow Steering Committee Chair, Ron Marquette, UCDC Chair and Lance Matteson, UCDC President. Stonehedge, West Park. 691-6070 or www.southernulsterchamber.org
