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Cara Cruickshank’s always-effervescent Listen To Me Company will be presenting a weekend of special performances of the Marsha Norman/Lucy Simon adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s truly great The Secret Garden at the Colony Cafe in Woodstock on Thursday, May 18, Friday, May 19 and Saturday May 20 at 7 pm, and Sunday, May 21 at 5 pm. Tickets can be bought beforehand at Tenderland in Phoenicia. Or call 688-2068 for further infor ation and reservations.

Thursday 5/11
8am - 10am Integrated Early Intervention Child Network Annual Breakfast Ulster-Greene ARC, Kingston. 340-4040
7pm - 10pm Songwriters’ Circle with Elly Wininger, Bar Scott, Dioana Mae Munch Mezzanine Bookstore & Café, Kingston. 339-6925

Friday 5/12
1pm BookWorm: Listen to stories and explore nature for ages 3-5, Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston. 331-1682 ext. 132
7pm Public Games Night Sponsored by MENSA Marlboro Public Library, Marlboro 255-4371
8pm Outdoor Movie Screening of the latest Harry Potter SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 687-5263
9 pm Sonando El Coqui, Kingston. 340-1106

Saturday 5/13
7 to 11 am Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast Samsonville United Methodist Church, Cty Rt. 3, Samsonville
9:30am - 11:30am A Historic Walk through Time, Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz 255-0919
10 am Spring Plant Sale; used book sale, baked goods, raffle; West Hurley Elementary School 679-6405
10am - 3pm History Day sponsored by Friends of Historic Rochester. Friends of Historic Rochester Museum, Accord. 626-7104
12:30pm Creature Feature: Get-up close and personal with a resident of the Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston 331-1682 ext. 132
2pm Poets Bobbi Katz and Carol Graser: Woodstock Poetry Society meeting Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock
3pm Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria Woodstock Chamber Orchestra with the Kingston HS Choir at Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, Kingston. 339-4615
5 to 7 pm Opening of The Essence of Interiors and Out: new works by Judith Lamb and Christie Scheele at Chace Randall Gallery, Andes. Visit www.chacerandallgallery.com or call 845.676.4901.
5 to 7 pm Au Fil des Jours: Opening for Photographer Patrick Taberna Galerie BMG, 12 Tannery Brook Road, Woodstock 679-0027
6:30pm - 9:30pm High Meadow School Art Auction: Local artists include Judy Hoyt, Tom Stratton and Tom Sarrantonio. Marbletown Community Center, Stone Ridge 687-9447
8pm Film: Stroke of Genius plus Marc Black, Betty MacDonald, Mike Esposito playing folk at Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559
8pm Hudson Valley Gamelan Spring Concert Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. 679-8624
8pm Singer/Songwriter Chris Smither Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079
9pm Traveling Max Modern Musical Marvel Aroma Thyme Bistro, Ellenville 647-3000

Sunday 5/14
8:45 am Beginning Instruction in Zen Meditation Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. Please call first: 688-2228
9am 3rd Annual Trooper Biathlon 2 mile run, 14 mile bike, and another 2 mile run in memory of New York State Police Troopers Mike Kelly and Ken Poormon. Proceeds to benefit Kelly and Poormon scholarship funds. Hurley 247-0271
10am - 3pm Benefit Concert for Amma Karunamayi’s Visit to Woodstock Steve Gorn playing ragas, Woodstock Kirtan, poetry at Colony Arts Café, Woodstock 679-9457
11am - 1pm Mom’s Day Hike and Rubber Ducky Picnic Mohonk Preserve
New Paltz. 255-0919
12pm Mother’s Day Jazz Brunch Hickory BBQ Smokehouse, 743 Route 28, Kingston 338-2424.
8:30pm Joe Medwick’s Memphis Review Featuring Bruce Katz at Crest Bar at the Woodstock Lodge. Woodstock. 679-3213

Monday 5/15
7:00 pm Clean Elections Talk Shandaken Democrat Club, Boiceville Inn with Guest Speakers Susan Zimet and Paul Van Blarcum.
8pm Northeast Accordion Rock Tour Featuring Uncle Moon and Julza Colony Café, Woodstock. (917) 921-1091

Tuesday 5/16
6pm - 9pm Microsoft Publisher for Fun and Pleasure. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge 339-2025
7pm Defying Hitler: The White Rose Resistance Old Dutch Church. Kingston 338-8131
7 pm Screening of “Giuliani Time” with director, Kevin Keating, at the Boiceville Inn,. Sponsored by the Shandaken Democrat Club.

Wednesday 5/17
6:30pm - 8pm Natural Medicine: Homeopathic and Herbal Treatment Mother Earth’s, Kingston. 688-2976
7:15 pm Beginning Instruction in Zen Meditation Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. Please call first: 688-2228

Thursday 5/18
6 am Warbler Walks: Enjoy the peak of song bird migration, Meet at Super 8 Motel, Kingston. 331-1682 ext. 132
Friday 5/19
Through Sunday 5/21 Call for times Loving This Land, Being Saved by the Earth Zen Mountain Monastery, Mount Tremper. 688-2228
7pm Women’s Sacred Moonlodge Wise Woman Center Woodstock, NY Contact: Susun Weed- wisewoman@herbshealing.com www.herbshealing.com
9 pm Thirty-Flirties Old School R&B Cover El Coqui, Kingston. 340-1106

Saturday 5/20
All Day Going Green = $aving Green: Rosendale Energy Expo at Rosendale Community Center on Rt. 32 (near pool). 687-9253
10am - 3pm Civil War Encampment Bevier House Museum, Marbletown 338-5614
10am - 4pm Art, Business and Independent Artist Showcase Holiday Inn, Kingston. 339-9935
11am - 12pm Guided Tour of Historic Huguenot Street Graveyard Huguenot Street, New Paltz. 255-1660
12:30pm Creature Feature: Get-up close and personal with a resident of the Forsyth Nature Center, Kingston. 331-1682 ext. 132
4pm - 6pm Levon Helm Studios Meet and Greet Levon Helm Studios, Plochman Lane, Woodstock. 679-2744
5pm Book Signing for Susan Richards, Author of Chosen by a Horse
Blue Mountain Bistro, Woodstock. 679-5533
6 pm to 9 pm… Potluck Arts Upstairs Opening, Main Street Phoenicia… always fun, always a good buy on the walls.
7pm - 9pm 4th Annual Multicultural Dance Celebration Break dancing, tango, hip hop, ballet, Chinese cultural, and many more. Kingston High School, Kingston. 338-7664
7pm The Sky’s the Limit Fundraising Gala Cocktail party, buffet, live and silent auctions of artwork and other goods and services. Art Society of Kingston 338-0331
8:00 PM Levon Helm Band; Woodstock Playhouse;; 679-4101; www.woodstockplayhouse.org
8pm Classical Concert with Pianist Warren Bernhardt Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock. 679-2079
8pm United States Military Academy Jazz Knights at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge 687-5262
8:30pm Freestyle Frolic Center for Symbolic Studies, Tillson. 658-8319

Sunday 5/21
Through Friday 5/26 Call for times Songs of Spring: Birding and Wildflower Studies, Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291
10:00-3:00 PM Wildflower Festival; on-going talks and demonstrations about gardening, a Tomatothon and much more; Catskill Native Nursery, Kerhonkson; 626-2758; www.catskillnativenursery.com
2pm - 5pm Spring Wildflower Walk Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz 255-0919
6:30pm - 9pm Swing Dance Jam, White Eagle Hall, Kingston. 339-3032
7pm Tribute to Bill Vanaver Featuring Pete Seeger, Natalie Merchant, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, the Klezmatics, Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston. 339-6088

Tuesday 5/23
5:30pm - 7pm Mood Disorder Support Group, Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc, Kingston 331-0541
6 pm Informational meeting to discuss the transition to 9th grade in the Onteora Middle School/High School music room (121A).
7pm Community Shape Note Sing: Songs from The Sacred Harp, Holy Cross Church, Kingston. 658-3485

Wednesday 5/24
6:30pm Amma Sri Karunamayi: Spiritual Discourse Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock (718) 595-0555
7pm - 8:30pm Valerie Paradiz: Author of “Clever Maids: the Secret History of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales” Rosendale Library. Rosendale. 658-9013
7:15 pm Beginning Instruction in Zen Meditation Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt. Tremper. Please call first: 688-2228