Thursday 2/3
Hudson Valley Baseball Academy Baseball Skills Development Clinic Teams and leagues can reserve one hour blocks of time on Sundays for facility use. Ulster County Fair Grounds, New Paltz. 728-9742
7:30 PM Peace Action Network Meeting. All are welcome. Woodstock Library. Woodstock pan@netstep.net; 679-9140.
8:00 PM Different Drummer Contemporary jazz. Backstage Studio Production, Kingston. (845) 338-8700
8:30 PM Guitar Summit: Johnny Asia, Dom Minasi and Joe Finn guitars. The Gallery at Deep Listening Space, 75 Broadway, Kingston. 338-5984

Friday 2/4
Winter Weekend (2/4-2/6) Come experience Ashokan’s annual winter fun event! Wood carving, blacksmithing, animal tracking, tributes to nature sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, sauna, tai chi, sweet potato carving, winter ecology, teaching special needs children in the outdoors, live bluegrass (Sat. night). Ashokan Field Campus, Olivebridge.afcsprog@newpaltz.edu, (845) 657-8333
7:00 PM Fourth Annual "Old Fashion Barn Dance" Presented by The Flying Fiddlers String Chorale. Featuring Earl Pardini & The Slide Mountain Swing Band Hurley Reformed Church, Hurley. 657-2643, 331-0384
8:00 PM Scrabble and Tabouli. A new play deals with coping with loss, a terrorist attack and a hopeful ending. Unison Arts & Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz. 255-1559
8:00 PM Cajun Dance / Mardi Gras Celebration with The Catskill Cajun Band. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
9:00 PM Biggy, Itchy, & Friends. Roots music. Hickory BBQ, 743 Route 28, Kingston. 338-2424

Saturday 2/5
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM SUNY Financial Aid Day. Campus tours and workshops. for students planning to apply for fall 2005 admissions and their parents. SUNY Ulster Campus, Stone Ridge. 687-5022
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Two Day Conference: "Spring Ahead With Nature!" Special Saturday nite potluck and video showing, "The End of Suburbia" Sustainable Living Resource Center. 150 Cottekill Road, Cottekill. 679-9597
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM How to Audition for Theater. Classes meet on 2/5,2/12 & 2/19. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5262 or 339-2025
Women's Weekend Seminar Through Sunday 2/6. Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904
10:30 AM Sesame Street Live! Presents "1-2-3... Imagine!" Additional shows at 2p.m. & 5:30p.m. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-3388
5:00 - 9:00 PM Kingston 1st Saturday Art Openings enjoy Kingston's Renaissance through city-wide art receptions. Art Trolley sponsored by the City of Kingston running 5-9. 338-0331
8:00 PM Multimedia Performances from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Video, music and more. Deep Listening Space, Kingston. (845) 338-5984
6:30 PM Mardi Gras Night! Traditional & New Orleans cuisine. 6-piece Dixieland Band, Williams Lake Resort, Binnewater Road, Rosendale. 658-3101
8:00 PM Bhagavan Das. Kirtan and ecstatic chanting. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. 679-5342
8:00 PM Brian Madden. Guitar & sax. Inn at Woodland Valley, Route 28, Woodland Valley. 688-5711
8:00 PM Winter Series in the Café: Amy Fairchild. Hosted by Michael Visceglia. No cover charge; at 6:30 pm, a prix fixe dinner is available. Café at Full Moon Resort, Big Indian. 254-5117
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM Freestyle Frolic. Knights of Columbus Hall, 389 Broadway, Kingston. 658-8319
9:00 PM Dorraine Scofield. Hickory BBQ and Smokehouse, 743 Route 28, Kingston. 338-2424

Sunday 2/6
1:00 PM, 4:30 PM Sesame Street Live! Presents "1-2-3... Imagine!" Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 454-3388
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Black Boy. Allan Wikman reads Richard Wright's entire 384-page American classic, in a six week series (1/23,1/30. 2/6,2/13, & 2/20). Backstage Studio Productions, 323 Wall Street, Kingston. 338-8700
4:00 - 6:00 PM Open Healing Circle Deep healing for all, with a Sufi Minister, and Master Sufi Teacher. Mount Tremper. (845) 679-7215
6:00 PM Super Bowl XXXIX - Carlsberg Party. Scribner Hollow/The Prospect, Hunter. 518-263-4211
7:00 PM "The Eternal Embrace." Baird Hersey & PRANA. An evening of overtone singing meditations. Mountainview Studio, Mt. View Avenue, Woodstock.

Monday 2/7
7:00 PM Open Mic Poetry Night Featuring Christina Starobin & Michael Strong, Jeff Davis (poet).Colony Cafe, Woodstock. (845) 679-5342

Tuesday 2/8
10:00 AM La Leche League (breast-feeding support group) Meeting in Shokan. Contact Stacy, 657-8795, or Lynn, 657-6471.
8:00 PM Music for Violin and Piano Mozart and Strauss. Studley Theatre, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. (845) 257-3880
Losar New Year's Day, Karma Triyana Dhanmachakra, Woodstock. (845) 679-5906
6:30 - 8:30 PM High School Open House Woodstock Day School, Woodstock. (845) 246-3744 ext. 106

7:00 PM “The Corporation.” free screening of the award-winning documentary that entertainingly examines the history, rise and current impacts of what has become the most powerful institution in our society and features interviews with Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, Howard Zinn, and many others. Sponsored by the Shandaken Democratic Club, Boiceville Inn, Boiceville.

Thursday 2/10
6:00 PM Citizens of Olive Unite & Protest Excessive Taxation by Misrepresentation Prior to County Legislative meeting at 7:00 PM. Wood-fired pizza by Olive Civil Defense Corps. Mobile Commissary. Dress warm, bring snacks, water. Make your feelings known.
7:00 PM Large Parcel Tax Meeting Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair St., Kingston.
8:00 PM Kevin Burke House Concert Traditional music. 30 Route 375, Woodstock. (845) 679 2033
12:30 PM Poet Nikki Giovanni Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie. (845) 431-8050
7:00 PM Growing Up With Oral History & Legends of the Catskill Mountains Catskill Author Doris Brooks. Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. (518) 828-4181, ext. 3327
7:30 PM String Trio of New York History of Jazz Through Strings. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-5262

Friday 2/11
8:00 PM Barbara Dempsey Trio Jazz. Hickory Barbeque Smokehouse, Kingston. (845) 338-2424
9:00 PM Altercation Magazine Show 8 bands including Pitchfork Militia, Goblet, the Priests. 33, Kingston. (845) 339-8440

Saturday 2/12
4:00 - 6:00 PM Our Sensual World Woodstock Artists Association, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock. (845) 679-2940
9:00 AM -12:00 PM NYS Approved Real Estate Course First of 15 sessions. 299. SUNY Ulster Continuing and Professional Education, Kingston. (845) 339-2025
9:00 AM through Sunday 2/13 6pm Film School SUNY Ulster Continuing and Professional Education, Kingston. (845) 339-2025
8:00 PM Contra Dance With Erica Weiss and Gang. Woodstock Community Center, Woodstock. (845) 246-2121
8:00 AM Science Olympiad Competition SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. (845) 687-5262
7:00 - 9:00 PM First Annual Tibetan New Year Dinner and Fundraiser Losar dinner and fundraiser to help tsunami and earthquake victims. Woodstock Palden Sakya Center, Woodstock. (845) 679-4024
8:00 PM Christina Abbott Full Moon Resort, Oliverea. (845) 254-5117
8:00 PM Valentine's Day Dance Party Featuring The Phantoms. Hickory Barbeque, Kingston. (845) 338-2424
Through Sunday 2/13 ASIA Winter Festival Belleayre Mountain, Highmount. (800) 942-6904

8:00 PM Sweethearts Dance for Valentine’s Day - Swing, Rockabilly & Latin Music by DJ Pete "D" Love Doctor & Ruby Red Laser Light show. Sponsored by the Shandaken Democrat Club. $5 Cover.

Sunday 2/13
1:00 - 4:00 PM Valentine Craftmaking Open House and Book Fair Grades pre-K through 8. High Meadow School. Stone Ridge. (845) 687-4855
7:00 PM Tsunami Benefit Featuring Pete Santora. The Joyous Lake, Woodstock. (845) 679-8100

Monday 2/14
Valentine’s Day!!! Treat your honey right. Flowers, chocolate, smooches, etc.

Tuesday 2/15
8:00 PM Bucolic Oboe Studley Theatre, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. (845) 257-3880

Wednesday 2/16
7:00 - 9:00 PM Opening & Operating Your Own Bed & Breakfast 9 sessions, for new and existing B&B owners. $149. SUNY Ulster Continuing and Professional Education, Kingston. (845) 339-2025