The Well, Olive native Sarah Perrotta's much anticipated album, launches this month with a CD Release Party and concert scheduled for Friday September 14th at the Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, - (845) 679-4406. Sarah Perrotta and her band will perform a live set of all songs from CD followed by DJ MCP spinning vinyl into the night. Doors open at 8:00pm. The album includes all original songs performed by Sarah (voice, piano and organ) and her band, guitarist Chris Lane` and drummer Johnny Watson. Special guests include legends Tony Levin on bass and Garth Hudson on accordion. For more information on Sarah and her band please visit www.myspace.com/sarahperrottaband.
Thursday 9/27
4:00 – 5:30 PM Youth Outdoor Adventure Program. In Pine Hill. www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org
7:00 PM Ulster County Open Space Plan Public Information Meeting. Woodstock Community Center, Rock City Rd.. Woodstock. 340-3340, www.co.ulster.ny.us/planning/ospace.html
7:30 PM Lecture: Understanding Past Native American Cultures. Hurley Reformed Church, 17 Main Street, Hurley. 338-1661
7:30 PM Trout Unlimited Meeting, Subject: How Global Warming Works. At the Boiceville Inn. 254-5904.
7:30 – 9:00 pm American Tribal Style Bellydance, Beginner Level 1. Call first. Ancient Callings Studio, Olivebridge. 657-7276.
8:00 PM John Cage Tribute Concert. Features the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Musicians and Nexus.Bard College’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900
Friday 9/28
10:00 AM Forrest Flow Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM 11th Annual Business Showcase 2007. Networking promotion opportunity for both the business community and general public. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Benedictine Hospital’s Senior Prom: Young at Heart. Dinner and dancing. Music by the Lion’s Club Band. Ages 55 and older. Registration required. La Mirage Steakhouse, Kingston. 334-3187
8:00 PM Arabian Nights Clubhouse Dance Party. Bearsville Theater, Route 212, Bearsville. 679-4406 or www.bearsville.com.
8:00 PM John Cage Tribute Concert. Staging of Cage’s Lecture on the Weather. Bard College’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu
Saturday 9/29
All Day Fifth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival. Margaretville Village Park, Margaretville. 586-3303 or www.cauliflowerfestival.com
All Day Hudson Valley Garlic Festival. Cantine Field, Saugerties. 246-3090 or www.hvgf.org
10:00 AM Forrest Open Yoga Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM 2007 Wiffle Ball World Series. Free chili, cornbread and ice-cream bars compliments of the Egg’s Nest. Zwick Field, Route 213, High Falls. 687-7374
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM 5th Annual Woodstock Artists Studio Tour. Lists of participating artists’ studios and maps available at Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty, 24 Mill Hill Road or at artist studios. www.woodstockchamber.com.
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Demonstration and Recipe Tasting. Using Stonewall Kitchen products. Country Stores at the Emerson Resort & Spa, 5340 Rt. 28, Mt. Tremper. 688-5800
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. 35 Van Wagner Road, off Rte 212, Willow. 679-5955 or www.WoodstockSanctuary.org
12:00 – 1:00 PM Kid’s Fine Art Studio. Pine Hill Community Center. 688-1541.
12:00 PM Annual Meeting of the Olive & Hurley Old School Baptist Church at the historic Baptist meeting house. A cappella singing and preaching in celebration of the church’s 208th Anniversary, Route 28, Winchell’s Corner, Shokan Call (845)750-8484 or e-mail epwinchell@gmail.com for info.
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Art Mart, The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM “Oktoberfest!” Hunter Mountain. 800-486-8376
12:00 PM Third Annual Jennie Bell Pie Festival fireworks at dusk, Kelder’s Farm, Route 209. Accord. 626-2616 or 626-5537
12:00 – 3:00 PM Save A Life Benefit To Help Pay For Patricia D’Errico’s Treatment, Lots of Music and food… $30 contribution. Davis Park, West Shokan.
1:00 PM Dan Zanes & Friends. Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie. www.bardavon.org
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM Kingston’s Inaugural Italian Festival. West Strand, Kingston. 339-6925
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Raising Children Compassionately: Parenting with Non-Violent Communication! 59 Green Street, Kingston. 246 5935 or info@steps2peace.com
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Meet & Speak with Democrat Jonathan R. Sennett, running for district attorney. Glen Brook Park, Route 42, Shandaken
2:00 PM Nina Shengold, author of Clearcut. Readers & Writers Series, Hunter Village Square, Route 23A, Hunter. 518-263-2050 or www.catskillmtn.org.
4:00 – 6:30 PM Roast Pork Dinner, Samsonville U.M. Church Hall, County Route 3, Samsonville.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Opening Reception: “Artist Group Show.” Design Principles Gallery, Rt. 209. Stone Ridge. 687-2700
7:00 PM Tribute to Gospel. An evening featuring several styles of Gospel music: Murali Coryell; The Paashaus Brothers; Dave, Duane and Neil (formerly the Couriers) and the famous Blackwood Brothers from Memphis, Tennessee. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088 or 687-4428
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Fundraiser at The Mohican “Alex Needs A Van.” Saints of Swing to perform. Sponsored by Family of Woodstock. 331-5282
8:00 PM Toshi Reagan, funky folk star at Roxbury Arts Group, Vega Road, Roxbury. (607) 326-7908. www.roxburyartsgroup.org.
8:00 PM Actors & Writers Fall 2007 Reading Series. Midnight City - Extreme Comedy… an evening of comic shocks by Laura Shaine Cunningham, Odd Fellows Theatre, Rt.213, Olivebridge. 657-9760 or http://www.actorsandwriters.com.
8:00 PM CPW Guest Lecturer: Sam Abell of National Geographic. Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker St., Woodstock. 679-9957 or www.cpw.org
8:00 PM Ollabelle. Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-2079
Sunday 9/30
9:00 AM Open Yoga Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM 5th Annual Woodstock Artists Studio Tour. Lists of participating artists’ studios and maps available at Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty, 24 Mill Hill Road or at artist studios. www.woodstockchamber.com.
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM 3rd Annual Autumn in the Catskills Auto Show. On The Strand in the Historic Rondout Waterfront District, Kingston. 331-1518
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM “Oktoberfest!” Hunter Mountain. 800-486-8376
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Art Mart, The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
1:00 PM Seventh Annual Indian Summer BBQ Maurice Hinchey fundraiser, l’s Restaurant and Lounge, 214 Main Street – corner of Route 28 & Route 214, Phoenicia
1:00 PM 2nd Annual Blessing of the Animals. A celebratory ceremony of music and multi-denominational prayers; musical performance, farm tours and desserts. Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, Willow. 679-5955
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM Kingston’s Inaugural Italian Festival. West Strand, Kingston. 339-6925
2:00 PM Olde Hurley Guided Walking Tour. Hurley Heritage Society Museum, 52 Main Street, Hurley. 338-1661 or www.hurleyheritagesociety.org
5:00 PM The Rhodes & Tom Colello CD Release Party. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
7:00 PM Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. UPAC, Broadway, Kingston. 339-6088
Monday 10/1
10:00 am Forrest Open Level Yoga, Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
Tuesday 10/2
6:00 PM Stretch, Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
7:00 PM Olive Town Board Meeting, Bostock Road, Shokan
Wednesday 10/3
9:15 AM Forrest Open Level Yoga, (child care available) Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
4:30 PM Forrest Level 1 Yoga, (child care available) Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
7:00 PM Lecture: “The Hudson Highlands in 1782: The Seat of the War” by Professor James Johnson, US Army Retired, Ph.D.; Old Dutch Church; Kingston; 331-7517; www.ci.kingston.ny.us
7:00 PM Comedy Performance by Kathy Buckley; Vanderlyn Hall, SUNY Ulster; Stone Ridge; 687-5262; www.sunyulster.edu
Thursday 10/4
All Day Davis LoveFest Golf Tournament annual benefit for the Neil Grant Foundation, supporting youth recreation throughout our area at the Wiltwyck Golf Club, Kingston. Registration is required, Call 688-7740.
4:00 – 5:30 PM Youth Outdoor Adventure Program. In Pine Hill. www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org
Friday 10/5
10:00 AM Forrest Flow Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com
7:00 PM Phoenicia Phirst Phriday benefit for Richard Treitner, featured performer Jeff Entin at the Arts Upstairs Gallery, 60 Main St., Phoenicia.
Saturday 10/6
All Day Heritage Day; demos of beekeeping, blacksmithing, woodcarving and much more; Main Street, Accord; 687-9998
8:00 AM Woodchuck Lodge trip; explore John Burroughs birthplace for birds and wildlife; sponsored by Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston or the lodge itself outside of Roxbury; 331-1682; www.forsythnaturecenter.org
9:00-5:00 PM 28th Annual Fall Festival and Craft Fair; over 100 craft vendors, kids’ crafts tent, fishing pond, German cuisine, sky rides, live music and more; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 254-5600; www.belleayre.com
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Community-wide, multi-family Yard Sale sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Sawkill Rd, Kingston. 845-331-2884.
10:00 AM Forrest Open Yoga Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
10:00-11:30 AM Modern Dance (adult) The Copperhood Inn & Spa, Shandaken, 518-989-6409
11:00-4:00 PM 2nd Annual Kingston Chili Cook-Off; vendors, musicians, children’s activities and more; T.R. Gallo Park, Rondout waterfront, Kingston; 331-7517 or 800-331-1518; www.ci.kingston.ny.us
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Wolves! with Pam Brown. Pine Hill. www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org
12:00 – 1:00 PM Kid’s Fine Art Studio. Pine Hill Community Center. 688-1541.
1:00 – 4:00 PM Go Figure: Madcap Painting Party… lots of nude models! Woodstock School of Art, Route 212 east of town. 679-2388.
1:00 PM Krumville Cemetery Association Meeting, Krumville Church. 626-4599.
2:00 PM Alison Gaylin, author of Trashed. Readers & Writers Series, Hunter Village Square, Route 23A, Hunter. 518-263-2050 or www.catskillmtn.org.
6:00-7:00 PM cocktail party; live sale 7:00-9:00 PM; 29th Annual Benefit Auction of Contemporary and Historic Photographs; put on by Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock Community Center; 56 Rock City Road; 679-9957; www.cpw.org.
5:00-8:00 PM First Saturday Art Receptions; held throughout Kingston in various galleries; 338-0331; see www.askforarts.org for schedule
5:00 PM Art Opening: “Darkness & Delight”; photographs by Jo Andres; Raintree Gallery; High Falls; 687-2685
8:00 PM Performance by The Mammals; Kleinert/James Arts Center; Woodstock; 679-2079; www.woodstockguild.org
8:00 PM Margaretville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Harvest Moon Ball at Hanah Country Inn, Margaretville. Reserve by calling 845-586-2631, ext. 3145.
Sunday 10/7
9:00 AM Turkey Shoot. Phoenicia Fish and Game Association, Route 28, Phoenicia. 688-5560
9:00 AM Open Yoga Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
9:00-5:00 PM 28th Annual Fall Festival and Craft Fair; over 100 craft vendors, kids’ crafts tent, fishing pond, German cuisine, sky rides, live music and more; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 254-5600; www.belleayre.com
12:00 – 10:00 PM Fiddlers! Loads of world-class ethnic violinists in 14th annual festival at Roxbury Arts Group, Vega Road, Roxbury. (607) 326-7908. www.roxburyartsgroup.org.
12:00-6:00 PM Bluestone Festival; exhibits, demonstrations, food, live music; Gallo Park , Kingston; 338-0895
2:00 p.m., Opera In Phoenicia! Shandaken Theatrical Society Music Benefit at the STS Playhouse, Church Street, Phoenicia.
4:00 PM Pianist/composer Peggy Stern in concert with Giulio Martino on saxophone at Adam’space, 3091 Route 28, Shokan. www.Adamspiano.com
Monday 10/8
10:00 am Forrest Open Level Yoga, Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
Tuesday, 10/9
6:00 PM Stretch, Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
7:00 PM Onteora School Board Work Session, Woodstock School
Wednesday, 10/10
9:15 AM Forrest Open Level Yoga, (child care available) Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
4:30 PM Forrest Level 1 Yoga, (child care available) Chichester Yoga, 536 Route 214 (Post Office Building), 688-9769 or Chichesteryoga.com.
7:00 PM Bob Steuding previews his forthcoming book, In the Heart of the Catskills: A History. At Arts Society of Kingston, lower Broadway, Rondout, Kingston. www.ASKforArts.org.
