Olivebridge artist Vicki Chesler is opening a new solo show featuring over twenty oil paintings at the Northern Spy Café in High Falls. Entitled “Hudson Valley Vistas,” an opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 3rd, from 3 to 5 pm featuring wine and appetizers (snow date: March 10th). Northern Spy Café is located on Route 213 in High Falls...
7:00 PM “Fiddler On The Roof” presented by Chrysalis Theatre Arts Group; First Baptist Church, Albany Avenue and Broadway, Kingston; 247-8743
Friday 3/2
7:00PM PH3! Phoenicia Phirst Phriday returns with guitar pickin’ Peggy Atwood and Open Mic. Arts Upstairs, 60 Main St. Phoenicia. 688-2977
Saturday 3/3
10:00AM – 4:00PM Onteora Community Forum on District Master Plan and Capital Project, Boiceville.
1:30 PM Learn to Waltz Workshop Reformed Church of the Comforter, 26 Wynkoop Place, Kingston, 236-3939
2:00PM Family Music Series Featuring Peter Schickele at High Meadow School, 3643 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 687-4855
2:00 PM Maple Sugaring Program; Forsyth Nature Center; Lucas Avenue, Kingston; 331-1682, x132; www.forsythnaturecenter.org
3 to 5 PM Vicki Chesler paintings at Northern Spy… opening reception featuring wine and appetizers. High Falls.
4:00 PM Ulster County Choral and Jazz Festival; Senate Gymnasium, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262
5:00-8:00 PM First Saturday Art Receptions; held throughout Kingston in various galleries; 338-0331; see www.askforarts.org for schedule
Sunday 3/4
1:00PM Lecture and slide show, “The Spirit of the Butterflies,” by Maraleen Manos-Jones at the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Route 28, Arkville.
2:00 to 4:00PM Onteora Babe Ruth Baseball League clinic, Parisi Gym, Route 9W, Kingston. 679.2537
2:00PM First Sunday Songwriters Circle Helen Avakian, Thomas Earl, Carl Bethge, Elise Pittelman and Elly Wininger; Ask Arts Center, 97 Broadway, Kingston, 679-8585
3-6:00 PM Benefit for Kilian Mansfield, 12 year old undergoing cancer treatments, at Olive Free Library, Rte 28A, West Shokan.
3:30PM Beethoven’s Wig, two-time Grammy award nominee, at the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s movie theater, Hunter 518-263-4908
Monday 3/5
7:00PM Poetry Open Mic Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, 679-5342
Tuesday 3/6
6:15-7:45 PM Searching….To Know God’s Love! Women’s Bible Study by Beth Moore… At S.E.W. Inc., Boiceville, 657-7400
7:00PM - 9:00PM ASK Acoustic Open Mic, Art Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway. Kingston
Wednesday 3/7
3:30PM - 4:30PM The Game Guild at Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge 687-7023
7:00PM - 9:00PM An Evening With the Afterlife at Mizuna Café, 275 Fair St., Kingston www.betweentheworlds.net
7:00 PM Is It Apartheid? The Israel-Palestine Situation with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh at Woodstock Community Center, Rock City Road, Woodstock 679-3299
7:30-9:00 PM: Hand & Foot Massage—learn how to do it like a pro! First of 4 classes in “do-it-yourself Stress Relief” series. Shokan Center for Massage, 657-7397.
Thursday 3/8
7:00PM Voices on Stage Featuring Nina Shengold and Laura Shaine Cunningham at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge (800) 724-0833
7:00PM Atomic Unification with author Tony Zangla at Barnes and Noble, 1177 Ulster Ave. Kingston
8:30PM The Michigan-Woodstock Mix-Up #1 young rock at Bearsville Theater, Route 212, Woodstock, 679-4406
Friday 3/9
All Day Customer Appreciation Day; $15 lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain , Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
7:00 PM Art Opening: “Beyond Self”; contemporary explorations in art and spirit; artists of the Mid-Hudson Valley; Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262; www.sunyulster.edu
8:00PM Naked & Flailing with Sharon Breslau at Performing Arts of Woodstock, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St.679-7900
8:00PM Dervish, from Sligo, at the Roxbury Arts Group. (607) 326-7908.
7:30PM Leon Russell and Johnny Winter at The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. www.theegg.org
Saturday 3/10
1:00PM The State of Israel: Salvation or Liability? At Congregation Ezrath Israel, 129 South Main Street, Ellenville, 647-5600
1:00PM Reiki I and II Series at The Lanesville Retreat House, 47 Beecher Road, Lanesville, 688-5672 www.psychic-healer.tv
2:00PM Woodstock Poetry Society and Festival Featuring Nancy Rullo and Philip Pardi at Woodstock Town Hall www.woodstockpoetry.com
2:00 PM Maple Sugaring Program; Forsyth Nature Center; Lucas Avenue, Kingston; 331-1682, x132; www.forsythnaturecenter.org
4:00 PM Ulster County Band and Orchestra Festival; Senate Gymnasium, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262; snow date: March 24; www.sunyulster.edu
8:00PM Naked & Flailing with Sharon Breslau at Performing Arts of Woodstock, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St.679-7900
8:00 PM Hudson Valley String Quartet; Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262
8:00PM Contradance with live music Steve Zakon-Anderson with music by Larry Unger and Eden MacAdam-Somer. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Road
8:00 PM Bizet’s Carmen performed by Woodstock Chamber Orchestra; Pointe of Praise; 243 Hurley Avenue, Kingston; www.wco-online.com
Sunday 3/11
1:00 PM Kingston ‘s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade; along Broadway; 331-7517 or 800-331-1518; www.ci.kingston.ny.us
3:00 PM Bizet’s Carmen performed by Woodstock Chamber Orchestra; Pointe of Praise; 243 Hurley Avenue, Kingston; www.wco-online.com
Tuesday 3/13
6:00PM - 8:00PM Playwrights’ Lab Two short plays by Bruce Pileggi. At Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston
7:00PM - 9:00PM Sacred Love Poetry and Divine Paradox with Peter Occhiogrosso at Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock 679-2100
7:00PM - 9:00PM Kingston Rhinebeck Toastmasters Learn how to improve your public speaking skills.Ulster County Office Building-6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston,(845) 339-5786
Thursday 3/15
11:00AM-12:30PM Breast Cancer Support Group- Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. 845 339-HOPE (4673), www.breastcanceroptions.org.
Friday 3/16
All weekend Bread and Puppet: The Everything is Fine Circus Only area performances at Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia St, Hudson, (518) 822-8448
Through Sunday, March 18: “Cub Scout and Boy Scout Outdoor Weekend” at Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville, NY. (845) 985-2291, ext. 205. www.frostvalley.org.
5:00-7:00 PM Opening Reception: Annual Members Show of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild; Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock; 679-2079;
Saturday 3/17
ALL DAY… St. Patty’s! Read some Yeats and Joyce, listen to some Van and maybe the Pogues, and wax a bit lyrical… albeit within bounds.
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM National Quilting Day at the Arts Society of Kingston (ASK) featuring work by members of the Wiltwyck Quilters Guild.
1:00PM - 4:00PM Children’s Maskmaking Workshop at Art Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston,
3:00PM Free Writing Workshop for Kids 9-12 at Woodstock Library 679-2213
7:00 PM Virtual Tour of Ireland; Irish music by Siobhan and skits; Colony Café; Woodstock; 679-8639; www.colonycafe.com
8:00PM Naked & Flailing with Sharon Breslau at Performing Arts of Woodstock, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St.679-7900
9:00PM - 1:00AM St. Patrick’s Day with Big Joe Fitz at the High Falls Café, Rt. 213 and Mohonk Rd. highfallscafe.com
Sunday 3/18
2:30PM - 4:30PM Nineteenth Annual Signs of Spring Walk Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, 255-0919
3:00 PM Virtual Tour of Ireland; Irish music by Siobhan and skits; Colony Café; Woodstock; 679-8639; www.colonycafe.com
3:00PM Cookie Mouse Storytime at Barnes and Noble, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston
8:00PM Naked & Flailing with Sharon Breslau at Performing Arts of Woodstock, Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St.679-7900
Friday 3/23
7:30 PM “House at Pooh Corner”; a Children Company Presentation; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
Saturday 3/24
9 AM-4 PM through Sunday Maple Sugaring Weekend Open House at Frost Valley YMCA,Claryville.
1:00-5:00 PM 2nd Annual Multi-Cultural Festival; music, dancing, demonstrations, face painting, food and more; Pine Hill Community Center; 287 Main Street; 254-5469;
2:00PM Hayes Greenfield Interactive jazz for children and their families. High Meadow School, 3643 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 687-4855
4-6:30 PM Lasagna Dinner at Samsonville UM Church Hall, cty rte 3, Samsonville
7:30 PM “House at Pooh Corner”; a Children Company Presentation; NYCA Cabaret Theatre; 120 Schildknecht Road, Hurley; 339-4340; www.nyca.org
8:00PM - 10:00PM The Seeing Eye, The Listening Ear Performers will listen carefully to voices from the audience. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 28 Tinker Street
8:00 PM Ida and M Shanghai String Band in concert; Kleinert/James Arts Center; 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock; 679-2079; www.woodstockguild.org
9:00 PM Little Feat in concert; Bearsville Theater; Route 212, Woodstock; www.wdst.com
Sunday 3/25
Kingston Lions Club 60th Annual “Diamond” Expo and Home Show; over 100 exhibitors; Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston; 338-5654; www.kingstonlions.com