On Friday, April 25 at 7 pm, the Shandaken Theatrical Society is presenting a special screening of the Fritz Lang silent classic Metropolis with piano accompaniment by Jesse Chandler and friends. The film is a prescient mixture of science fiction and social commentary. Popcorn! Candy! At the STS Theater, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. Call 688.2279 for further information.
Thursday 4/24
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Forest Design Course Design & creation… All ages & experience-levels welcome. Camp Epworth, High Falls. 518-610-1375 or www.appleseedpermaculture.com
7:00 PM Lecture: Elliott Landy. Vanderlyn Hall Student Lounge, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262
7:00 PM Presentation by Michael Ignatowski: “Sustainability or Apocalypse.” SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center Room 100. 257-2772
7:30 PM Lecture: History of Cragsmoor Art Colony. Hurley Reformed Church, 17 Main Street, Hurley
8:00 PM Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. Bach, Barber, and more. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. www.wco-online.com
Friday 4/25
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM HERS (Healthy Eating Recovery Support). For women who restrict calories or purge. Kingston, 338-5450, ext 302
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Kid’s Dance Drama Class. For ages 3-6. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main Street, Pine Hill. 254-5469
6:30 PM Presentation & Discussion: John Lennon. May Pang, Lennon’s girlfriend from 1973 to 1975, speaks. Muddy Cup Coffee House, 516 Broadway, Kingston. 338-3881
7:00 PM Metropolis. Fritz Lang’s silent 1927 sci-fi classic, with live musical accompaniment! Shandaken Theatrical Society, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia
7:00 PM Emma Jackson: A Home for Dixie. Teen author reads story of an abandoned puppy at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 336-4691 or www.barnesandnobleinc.com
9:00 PM Hip Hop Season’s 80’s/90s Theme Party at the Pajama Factory, 49 Greenkill Ave., Kingston. www.myspace.com/readnex
8:00 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Catskill Ballet Theatre’s. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088 or www.upac.org
8:00 PM Woodstock Music Convention Industry Showcase. The Colony Café, Woodstock. 679-5342
9:30 PM The Coasters. Classic doo wop group at Frank Guido’s Little Italy Upstairs Club, 14 Thomas Street, Kingston. 340-1682
Saturday 4/26
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Garden Day 2008; Think Green. Sixteen hands-on & how to classes for gardeners of all levels. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 340-3990 or www.cce.cornall.edu/ulster
9:00 AM National and Global Youth Service Day. Kingston Point Park. 331-1682, ext 132 or www.forsythnaturecenter.org
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM The Hudson Valley Green Fair. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Route 9, Rhinebeck. www.HudsonValley GreenFair.com
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Used Clothing & Book Sale. St. Francis de Sales Parish Hall, 109 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-5767 or 688-2105
1:00 – 6:00 PM Dance The Decades. One decade each hour. Beginning with the music of the 50s and ending with 90s through current. Best costumes prizes. Sign up online for best air guitar, lip-sync, dance, song/vocalist(s) and comedy routine contest. John Coleman Catholic High School, 430 Hurley Avenue, Hurley. 338-2750 or www.colemancatholic.org
1:00 AM - 4:00 PM Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Weekend Tours. Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, 35 Van Wagner Road, Woodstock. 679-5955
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Audition Notice: Henry IV Part I & II . Bird-On-A-Cliff, Woodstock Town Hall, 79 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 247-4007 or www.birdonaclif.org
1:00 PM J. Watson Bailey Bulldog Band Concert. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 336-4691
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Book Launch Party: Author Jeff Davis. Celebrate the release of the new edition of “The Journey from the Center to the Page: Yoga Philosophies & Practices as Muse fro Authentic Writing.” Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. 679-2100 or www.centertopage.com
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Opening Reception: David Kenny & Diane Cozzens. Installation Art at The Roxbury Arts Group Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury. (607) 325-7908
4:00 PM The Phantom Tollbooth. Reader’s Theater. Woodstock Library, www.newgenesisproductions.org or 657-5867.
5:00 PM Roast Beef Dinner. Take-outs available. Shady Church Hall, Route 212.
5:00 PM Lanesville Methodist Church Roast Beef Supper, Route 214, Lanesville.
8:00 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088 or www.upac.org
8:00 PM Opera Night with the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. W. A. Mozart, “Don Giovanni.” At Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, Kingston. www.wco-online.com
9:00 PM Comfy Chair. Roots rock. Hickory BBQ Smokehouse, 743 Route 28, Kingston. 338-2424
Sunday 4/27
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company. Pancake Breakfast Shandaken-Allaben Hose Company, Route 28, Shandaken. 688-5021
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Used Clothing & Book Sale. St. Francis de Sales Parish Hall, 109 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-5767 or 688-2105
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM The Hudson Valley Green Fair. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Route 9, Rhinebeck. www.HudsonValley GreenFair.com
1:00 AM - 4:00 PM Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Weekend Tours. Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, 35 Van Wagner Road, Woodstock. www.WoodstockSanctuary.org
2:00 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Catskill Ballet Theatre. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088 or www.upac.org
3:00 PM Ulster Chamber Music Series: Parker String Quartet. Program includes Haydn, Bartok, and Beethoven. Holy Cross Church, 30 Pine Grove Avenue, Kingston
3:00 PM Cookie Mouse Storytime. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 336-4691 or www.barnesandnobleinc.com
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Drum With Fre. Woodstock Community Center. 658-8748 or www.elderdrumproject.org
7:30 PM Words and Music Series: Michael Veitch. New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, Saugerties. 246-0900
Wednesday 4/30
12:00-1:00 PM Opening Reception: SUNY Ulster Student Show; Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery; SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5113; www.sunyulster.edu
3:30 PM Peacocks on Parade; see the peafowl and their elaborate display of courtship; Forsyth Nature Center; Kingston; 331-1682
7:30 PM College Wind Ensemble; Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; www.sunyulster.edu
Thursday 5/1
12:15 PM Valentina Shatalova and Carol Losee, duo pianists; Old Dutch Church; Kingston;; 338-6759; www.olddutchchurch.org
Friday 5/2
A Spring Quilting Weekend; Frost Valley YMCA; Claryville; 985-2254; www.frostvalley.org
7:00 PM Phoenicia Phirst Phriday features singer/songwriter Dave Kearney and amazing percussionist Ken Lovelett at the Arts Upstairs, 60 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-9453.
7:30 PM Spring Choral Concert; Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 587-5262; www.sunyulster.edu
Saturday 5/3
A Spring Quilting Weekend; Frost Valley YMCA; Claryville; 985-2254; www.frostvalley.org
8:00 AM-4:00 PM 8th Annual Women’s Health and Fitness Expo; over 150 exhibits, 20+ free health screenings, seminars, workshops and demos; and more; Tech City, Kingston; 802-7025; www.womenshealthexpo.com
9:00-5:00 PM Rosendale Earthfest and Energy Expo; performances by Arm-of-the-Sea Theater and Big Sky Ensemble, Rosendale Community Center; Route 32; 339-3062
10:00 AM-4:00 PM Bluestone-A Quarryman’s Tale Opening of Hurley Heritage Society Museum exhibit, Main Street, Hurley; 338-1661
1:00 AM - 4:00 PM Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Weekend Tours. Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, 35 Van Wagner Road, Woodstock. 679-5955
1:00-4:00 PM Opening of “Joseph Tubby, Artist, Kingston” exhibit; Friends of Historic Kingston Museum; Kingston; 339-0720; www.fohk.org
5:00-8:00 PM First Saturday Art Receptions; held throughout Kingston in various galleries; 338-0331; see www.askforarts.org for schedule
Sunday 5/4
1:00-5:30 PM Celebration of Israel’s 60th Anniversary; exhibits, activities, Israeli music, performance and demonstration of Israeli folk dances and more; T.R. Gallo Waterfront Park; Kingston;; 338-8131; www.ucjf.org
12 noon to 2:00 PM Ulster County Democrats Annual Spring Brunch, Wiltwyck Golf Club, Kingston, NY
Monday 5/5
7:00 PM Phoenicia Town Board, Town Hall, Allaben
Tuesday 5/6
6:00 PM. Chef’s Dinner Fund Raiser for the Woodstock Playhouse at New World Home Cooking Company. www.woodstockplayhouse.org or 679-2764
7:00 PM Onteora School Board Meeting& Budget Hearing, Decision on Middle School placement and configuration, Jr/Sr High School, Boiceville
Wednesday 5/7
7:30 PM Spring Band Concert; Quimby Theater, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262; www.sunyulster.edu
