The Chace-Randall Gallery at 49 Main Street in the rural renaissance town of Andes, NY, just up Route 28 an hour, is presenting former town resident Leslie Bender, one of the region’s greatest contemporary paintings, in a two-man exhibit entitled Bar and Cafe with Laura Di Nello through November 19. It’s well worth a visit, especially this time of year. For further info call 845.676.4901 or visit www.chacerandallgallery.com.
Thursday 10/12
5:45pm Sufi Zikr St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Woodstock 679-7215
7pm Portia Munson Opening Slide show and lecture followed by opening reception. SUNY Ulster (845) 687 5262 www.sunyulster.edu
7pm Cervantes and Don Quijote With writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson 758-6822
8pm (for next two weeks) Urinetown SUNY New Paltz McKenna Theatre 257-3872
Friday 10/13
Through Sunday 10/15 Call for times The Body of Peace: Mindfulness Yoga Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper www.mro.org
Through Sunday 10/15 Call for times Halloween Theme Weekend Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville 985-2291 ext. 205
10am - 5pm Civil War Living History and Recruitment Weekend Huguenot Street, New Paltz 255-1660
6pm - 9pm Lemony Snickett Party Celebrate the arrival of “The End”, the final book in the Series, Barnes & Noble, Kingston 336-0590
7pm Women’s Sacred Moonlodge Wise Woman Center, Woodstock www.herbshealing.com
8pm Black Mozart with Todd Anthony Studley Theater, SUNY New Paltz 255-1559
Saturday 10/14
9am - 2pm Crafts on John Street Juried crafts marketplace, Kingston
10am through Sunday 10/15 5pm Wiltwyck’s 16th Biennial Quilt Show: A Rainbow of Quilts 150 quilts in show, demos, art doll exhibit, dream baskets, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge www.wiltwyckquiltersguild.org
10:00am-11:30am Modern Dance (for adults), The Copperhood Inn & Spa, Shandaken. 688-7844
10:30 am on… Onteora Homecoming Day with races, dances, marching bands…(see box in front section)
11 a.m Meet the Letter Friends reading readiness/support program, open to children ages 3 to 5, free. Phoebicia Library. 688-7811.
11am - 2pm Annual Carnival and Book Fair Woodstock Day School, Woodstock 246-3744
1:00 p.m Krumville Cemetery Association Annual Meeting at the Krumville Church
2pm - 4pm Halloween Masks Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz 255-1559
2:30 pm Trail Mix Opening Concert with Moran Katz- clarinet, Fatima Aaziza- violin, and Beth Nam – piano. Reserve… 657 6864
3 - 7 pm Native American Gathering & Drum Making Workshop Pine Hill Community Center, 845-225-8154
4 to 7 pm Woodstock Second Saturday Art Openings at WAAM, Galerie BMG, CPW etc..
5pm - 8pm Go Figure! Artists painting nudes Woodstock School of Art www.woodstockschoolofart.com
8pm Contradance with music by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, Mountain View Studio, Woodstock 246-2121
8pm - 11pm Lennon Birthday Bash with Pete Santora A.i.r. Studio Gallery, Kingston 331-2662
Sunday 10/15
Through Friday 10/20 Call for times Late Autumn Hikes of The Catskills, Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville 985-2291 ext. 205
10am - 4pm Flying Fox String Band, Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston 331-1682 ext. 117
1pm Ione’s 11th Annual Dream Festival, Heritage Area Visitors Center, Rondout www.deeplistening.org
6pm Baird Hersey and Prana Meditation, overtone singing, chant, Mountain View Studio, Woodstock 679-3804
6:30pm - 9pm Swing Dance Jam White Eagle Hall, Kingston 339-3032. www.hudsonvalleydance.org
8pm Vonn New’s Dreaming in the Proximity of Mars: Electroacoustic music, dreams, and incandescent dance, TR Gallo Park, Kingston, 338-5984
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Tuesday 10/17
7 pm Democratic New York State Senate candidate Susan Zimet at the Boiceville Inn plus documentary screening of Channels of War and a discussion and book signing by FAIR founder Jeff Cohen.
8pm Charles Ives and Friends SUNY New Paltz, Julien J. Studley Theatre, New Paltz 257-3872
Wednesday 10/18
Call for times Beyond the Letter of the Law Awards Dinner presented by the Resource Center for Accessible Living, Steel House Restaurant, Kingston 331-0541
7pm Increase Your Good Fortune 4 principles of bringing prosperity and good fortune into your life, Institute for Human Development, 275 Fair St., Kingston, www.i4hd.com
7:30pm Art Lecture Series: Luc LaTulippe, SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center 257-3872
Thursday 10/19
7:30pm David Sancious and Friends SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge 687-5262
Friday 10/20
Through Sunday 10/22 Call for times Psychic Attunements Retreat, Lanesville House, 688-5672
Through Sunday 10/22 Call for times Yoga, Meditation, and Dialogue on Yogic & Buddhist Philosophy Menla Mountain Retreat, Phoenicia (212) 807-0563
Through Sunday 10/22 Call for times Folk Music Weekend Nevele Grande Resort & Country Club, Ellenville (718) 549-1344
6pm The Trapps Bearsville Theater, Woodstock 679-4406
7pm FDR and the Post Office Author Tony Musso will be discussing and signing his book, Barnes & Noble, Kingston, 336-0590
7:30pm Easter Island Multi-media presentation on the history of the island, its folklore, and art, Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz 255-1559
8pm Vampyre Ball Second annual gothic and industrial kaos. Black attire mandatory, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, 679 5342
Saturday 10/21
Through Sunday 10/22 Call for time NYS Sheep & Wool Family Festival, Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, (845) 876 4001
Through Sunday 10/22 Call for times Expressive Drawing and Painting Workshop, Artists Sudio, Hurley, 340-9632, melissaharris.com
9am-11am/1pm-3pm Mensa Entrance Exam, Marlboro Public Library, Marlboro 691-8009
10:00am-11:30am Modern Dance (for adults), The Cooperhood Inn & Spa, Shandaken. 688-7844
10:30am The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Puppet Show, Ellenville Public Library, Ellenville 647-5530
11:00am Big Auction with many treasures, Jay Werbalowsky, auctioneer. Reservoir United Methodist Church, Route 28, Shokan. Lunch available. 679-8175
11 a.m Meet the Letter Friends reading readiness/support program, open to children ages 3 to 5, free. Phoebicia Library. 688-7811.
4 – 6pm Hardie Truesdale Showing by the renowned Catskill nature photographer, Mark Gruber Gallery, New Paltz Plaza
4 -6 pm Chicken ‘n’ Biscuit Dinner, Samsonville UM Church Hall, County Rte 3
6pm - 8pm Aromatherapy, Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz 255-1559
8pm The Felice Brothers, Rosendale Café, Rosendale 658-9048
8pm Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, Kingston 246-7045
8:30pm Free Style Frolic, Knights of Columbus, Kingston 658-8319
Sunday 10/22
10:30am Pathwork Spiritual Lecture Reading/Discussion/Potluck. 74 Main Street, Phoenicia 688-2211
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. The Current Crisis in Health Care: Are there any Solutions? A free public forum, Kingston City Hall, Common Council Chamber, 420 Broadway
3pm - 5pm Our Town: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Collages by art students from Rondout Valley High School and High Meadow School, Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge 687-7116
3pm Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, Bearsville Theater, Woodstock 246-7045
Wednesday 10/25
Through Friday 10/27 Call for times Poetry Retreat, Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville 985-2291 ext. 205
1pm David Sancious and Friends, Nature of Improvisation and Its Application to the Composition of Music, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge 687-5262
