DESIGN R US... On Friday afternoon, February 2, from 3 to 5 PM , SUNY Ulster’s Muroff Kostler Gallery will hold an Opening Reception for its fabulous new show “Design Dialogues,” which features work by local and city-based esigners of architecture, print, furniture, exhibition and industrial design in a means to create a dialogue about the process of design and its pervasiveness in everyday life. A special evening of discussion sparked by the exhibits themes is planned for February 12. The gallery is located at the UCC campus in Stone Ridge. For further information call 687-511 or visit www.sunyulster.edu. You’d be surprised how much of what we see and know is designed...
Thursday 1/31
Winter Festival Week - $10 lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
10:30 AM Book Worms ages 3-5. Mid Town Neighborhood Center, Kingston, 331-1682, ext 132
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM SUNY Ulster Expo on Global Warming Solutions. Part of Focus the Nation Day. Ulster County Community College Student Dining Center, Stone Ridge. 687-5263 or marquetr@sunyulster.edu
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Free Weatherization & Energy Saving Workshop to Help Homeowners Conserve Energy and Save Money this Winter. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 10 Westbrook Lane, Kingston. 340-3990 or counties.cce.cornell.edu/ulster
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM “Beyond the Green Zone” with Iraq War author and journalist, Dahr Jamal. Coykendall Science Building Auditorium, SUNY New Paltz. 876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org
7:00 PM Author Discussion and Book Signing: Abigail Thomas highlighting her new book, A Three Dog Life. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 336-4691
7:00 PM Dinner and A Movie: The Cake Eaters by Mary Stuart Masterson. Oriole9 Cafe-Restaurant, 17 Tinker Street. Woodstock. 679-5763 or oriole9.com
Friday 2/1
Winter Festival Week - $10 lift tickets; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
All Day Focus the Nation, Daylong teach-in on global warming solutions: “Stabilizing the Climate in the 21st Century - Global Warming Solutions for America,” includes panel discussions by 20 faculty members and community experts and more. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 758-7180 or www.focusthenation.org
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM TGIF for Artists! Drawing and Watercolor Instructional sessions. Town of Shandaken Historical Museum, 26 Academy Street, Pine Hill. 254-4460 or www.shandaken.us
6:00 PM Mardi Gras Dinner & Dance with Big Joe Fitz & Cleoma’s Ghost, The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
6:15 PM Italian Pasta Shabbat Dinner and Services. Congregation Ahavath Israel, 100 Lucas Avenue, Kingston. 338-4409 or ahavath_israel_sec1@juno.com
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Book Signing and Reading: Riverine Anthology. Featuring Larry Carr, Editor and Jerrice Baptiste. Inspired Books & Gifts, 41 North Front Street, Kingston. 331-0644 or www.inspiredinkingston.com
7:00 PM P3 One Year Birthday Bash Celebration featuring all who’ve headlined or participated in a giant jam session with food and oodles of fun. The Arts Upstairs, Main Street, Phoenicia.
8:00 PM An Evening with Robbie Dupree. With David Sancious, Larry Hoppen, Leslie Smith, Rick Chudacoff and Peter Bunetta. Bearsville Theater, Route 212, Woodstock. www.bearsvilletheater.com
8:00 PM Maura Ellyn in a reimagining of the ancient Celtic legend of Diedre. Marbletown Multi-Arts, 3588 Main Street, Stone Ridge. 687-8890
Saturday 2/2
Commissioner’s Cup Race and afternoon Kids Carnival with night-time Torchlight Parade; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
10:30 AM GMAT Practice Test. Thinking about Graduate, Law or Business School? Kaplan Test Prep will be offering free GRE, LSAT, and GMAT practice test exams at SUNY New Paltz’s Lecture Center Building. 1-800-527-8378
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Gospel Show and Award Day. Featuring the Ulster County Community Choir & the Bruderhof Community Choir.Rosendale Theatre, Main Street, Rosendale. 338-2264
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Kingston’s 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Celebration. There will be mimes, jugglers, art exhibits, storytelling, tarot reader, ice sculpture contest, parade with bagpipers and floats and more.Downtown Kingston. 339-6925 or www.ci.kingston.ny.us
2:00-4:00 PM “Beautiful Easy Gardens” with Larry Sombke; learn about soil preparation, tools and the latest organic way to keep pests and diseases away; Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz; www.mohonkpreserve.org
5:00-8:00 PM First Saturday Art Receptions; including Murano Glass at Velsani, Lori Fredette at R&F, and a Mardis Gras at Donskoj; held throughout Kingston in various galleries; 338-0331; see www.askforarts.org for schedule
6:30 PM Live and Learn “Dangerously.” An activity event drawn from the best-selling new book, The Dangerous Book for Boys - for kids ages 8 to 12. Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1177 Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 336-4691
7:00 PM 4th Annual Ground Hog Ball. United Methodist Church, 122 Clinton Avenue at Liberty Street, Kingston. 331-7188
8:00-11:00 PM Hurley English Dance; Hurley Reformed Church, Main Street;; 679-8587
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM Freestyle Frolic. K of C, 389 Broadway, Kingston. 658-8319 or www.freestylefrolic.org
9:00 PM Ground Hog Dance with The Malley Bragg Band, Claude’s Bistro, Route 214, Phoenicia. 688-2561
10:00 PM The Big Smoothies. Mariner’s Harbor, 1 Broadway, Kingston. 340-8051 or www.marinersharbor.com
Sunday 2/3
12:00 PM Mardi Gras Jazz Brunch featuring Cleoma’s Ghost, Hickory BBQ, 743 Route 28, Kingston. 338-2424
2:00 PM First Sunday Songwriters Circle; Arts Society of Kingston; 338-0331; www.askforarts.org
Monday 2/4
7:30 PM Olive Workshop Meeting, Town Building, Bostock Road, Shokan
Tuesday 2/5
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Mardi Gras Annual Office Dress-Up Day. Ulster Literacy Association, 635 Broadway, Kingston. 331-8455 or www.ulsterliteracy.com
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Individual Spirit Readings with Psychic Medium Adam Bernstein. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. 679-2100
7:30 PM Olive Town Board Meeting, Town Building, Bostock Road, Shokan
Wednesday 2/6
10:30 AM Classics in Religion “The Sabbath” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Kingston Library Community Room, 55 Franklin Street, Kingston. 334-8404
1:00 PM Pine Hill Social Circle, Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main Street. 254.5469
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Kingston SeniorNet Learning Center: Organize & Move Files & Pictures. Business Resource Center, Ulster Avenue, Kingston. 331-9360 or kingstonseniornet@seniornet.org
7:30 PM “Old Time Jam” with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, Saugerties. 246-0900
Thursday 2/7
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Ulster Chamber of Commerce Business Roundtable. Chamber Conference Room, 55 Albany Avenue, Kingston. 338-5100 or www.ulsterchamber.org
7:00 PM Dinner and A Movie: The Wrecking Crew by Denny Tedesco. Oriole9 Cafe-Restaurant, 17 Tinker Street, Woodstock. 679-5763 or oriole9.com
7:00 PM Cores and Connectivity: the Northern Appalachians and Beyond. Sustainability in our area… SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center, Room 100. 255-0919 ext 243 or www.mohonkpreserve.org
Friday 2/8
Winter Weekend. This popular annual Weekend is filled with interpretive hikes and hands-on craft workshops, mixed with music-filled evenings and stargazing nights. Runs through 2/10. Call to register and for pricing. Ashokan Field Campus, 477 Beaverkill Road, Olivebridge. 657-8333 or www.AshokanFieldCampus.org
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Artist Reception: “A Scholar’s Garden.” Featuring the works of Grace Bakst Wapner. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, 257-3844 or sdma@newpaltz.edu
6:00 PM The First Annual Ugly Pants Contest in Phoenicia! Live music by Uncle Rock and more at the Arts Upstairs, Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-2068.
8:00 PM “Sons of Brooklyn”; original musical performed by Shandaken Theatrical Society; 10 Church Street, Phoenicia; 688-2279
Saturday 2/9
8:00 AM Science Olympiad. Annual science competition of teams from area high schools tackle projects in geology, oceanography, ecology, forensics, health, robotic and other sciences. Ulster County Community College Vanderlyn Hall. Stone Ridge. 687-5262
12:00-1:30 PM Onteora Babe Ruth Baseball League pre-season clinic at the Onteora Middle School gym. 657-8027.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Talk: “An Engineer’s Look at the Collection.” With Robert Cruickshank III, Town of Shandaken Historical Museum, 26 Academy Street, Pine Hill. 254-4460 or www.shandaken.us
2:00 PM Post Traumatic Press 2007 - War Vets Poetry Anthology. Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street, Woodstock
4:00-6:00 PM Opening Reception: Kristy’s Kreative Kids’ artwork; Downstairs Gallery, Woodstock Artists Museum; 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock; 246-8835
7:00 PM Love Songs and More; stellar lineup of Hudson Valley’s best songwriters; Woodstock Artists Association; 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock; 679-7851; www.ellywininger.com
8:00 PM “Sons of Brooklyn”; original musical performed by Shandaken Theatrical Society; 10 Church Street, Phoenicia; 688-2279
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Acoustic Artists Coalition & Art Party: Tribute to Johnny Cash. With Bob Lusk & Cecilia St.King. A.I.R. Studio Gallery, 71 O’Neil Street, Kingston. www.airstudiogallery.com
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Vanaver Caravan’s Youth Dance Company: Swinging 60’s Dance Party. High Meadow School Performing Arts Center, 3643 Main Street, Stone Ridge. www.vanavercaravan.org
9:00 PM “Pieces of Three.” Featuring Joey Eppard and Tom Benton, The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
Sunday 2/10
Scout Day and Couples’ Race; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayre.com
8:00 - 11:00 AM West Hurley Firehouse Pancake Breakfast to support the AWARENESS Mentoring Group.
2:00 PM “Sons of Brooklyn”; original musical performed by Shandaken Theatrical Society; 10 Church Street, Phoenicia; 688-2279
Tuesday 2/12
6:30 PM Auditions for May STS production of Bye Bye Birdie at the STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. Callbacks will be February 20. Visit www.stsplayhouse.org
8:00 PM Dueling Pianists; with Sylvia Buccelli and Ruthanne Schempf; McKenna Theatre, SUNY New Paltz; 257-3872; www.newpaltz.edu
Wednesday 2/13
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Junior Achievement Volunteer Information session at the Chamber of Commerce of Ulster Country building, 55 Albany Avenue, Kingston. 331-3540
1:00 PM Pine Hill Social Circle, Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main Street. 254.5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org
6:30 PM Auditions for May STS production of Bye Bye Birdie at the STS Playhouse, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. Callbacks will be February 20. Visit www.stsplayhouse.org