This week's calendar ( 1/24 - 1/30/2022)

Written By HVNY

“Negesti” (Moves) 2019 by Ruben Natal-San Miguel part of the 2022 MODfest at Vassar.

 

Winter Essentials Drive
Through Thursday, February 3, 2022 • Senator Michelle Hinchey’s office is accepting donations of winter essentials for children and youth in need who receive services at the Institute for Family Health’s Kingston Health Center. Community members can drop off donations at Senator Hinchey’s Kingston office, located at 721 Broadway, Suite 150, Kingston, through Thursday, February 3, 2022. 

The Senator’s office is collecting the following items: 

  • Winter coats (ages 2-16)

  • Socks (ages 2-16)

  • Books written in English & Spanish (ages 2-11) 

  • Notebooks & Pens 

  • Toiletries – toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, lotion (ages 14-18)

Tax Season Q&A
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 • 3:30 - 4:30pm • Virtual information session on the upcoming tax season hosted by Congressman Antonio Delgado and joined by representatives from the IRS to answer your questions • Click HERE to submit your questions + Click HERE to register for the information session

DEC Webinar: Vernal Pools
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 • 5-6:30pm • This webinar will provide an in-depth look at vernal pools and their importance for a special group of amphibians that live in the forest. How do these small, seemingly insignificant wetlands play such an important role in our forest ecosystems? How have amphibians adapted to use the temporary abundance of water in vernal pools to breed? • Register here.

Women In Science Winter Speaker Series: Demolishing Dams and Stereotypes
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 • 3-4 pm • DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program for a virtual Women in Science Winter Speaker Series, six free webinars which take place January - March 2022. Meet and learn from scientists, community leaders, and environmental educators who work at the intersection of research, education, and environmental justice. This webinar features Laura Wildman, P.E., who will discuss the women who are removing dams and restoring our rivers • Learn more and register • Continues Feb. 2, 3-4 p.m. with A Love Affair in STEM, with Shihadah “Shay” Saleem. Learn how a Black woman’s love of marine science blossomed into a holistic passion for STEM education, empowerment, and community elevation for New York City youth. Learn more and register • Field-Based Learning Connects and Empowers Students, Feb. 16, 3-4 p.m., Explore how youth on the Hudson and in Greenland are working to bring hands-on, intergenerational learning into their education with Margie Turrin. Learn more and register • Turning Data Into Action, March 2, 3-4 p.m., Hear about ways that scientists and advocates are working together to bring about a cleaner environment while letting data tell the story with Tracy Brown. Learn more and register • Reaching Local Communities With Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Environmental Education, with Eli Caref, March 9, 3-4 p.m. Learn how bringing more equity and inclusion into the environmental field is the best way to reach our communities. Learn more and register.

Germantown History Talk: Reformed Cemetery on Main Street
Thursday, January 27, 2022 • 6:30-8pm • Virtual event via Zoom • Free • LINK

20th Season of MODfest
January 28 through February 7, 2022 • Vassar College, Poughkeepsie • Programs exploring the art of the 20th and 21st centuries will be held both online and in-person. All events are free and open to the public, with advance registration required for a few events (see listings below). For registration and ticketing info, visit: https://www.vassar.edu/music/modfest 


MODfest highlights:

  • Opening Reception: Women R Beautiful, photographs by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
    January 27, 2022 • 5-7pm

  • Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble
    January 28, 2022 • 8pm • This event will be streamed live

  • Workshop with the Kaleidoscope Vocal Ensemble
    January 29, 2022 • 10am • Registration required

  • A Virtual Sunday in the Park
    January 30, 2022 • 3pm • Zoom webinar, registration required 

  • Short Stories
    February 2, 2022 • 5pm • A voice recital featuring award-winning duo Jacquelyn Matava ’09, mezzo-soprano, and pianist Samuel Gaskin. Registration required.

  • Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre
     February 4, 2022 • 7pm • Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance

  • The Language of Flowers
    February 5, 2022 • Twilight to 10pm • A projection kaleidoscope and soundscape presented by Rick Jones/The Vassar Light Collective 

  • Honorary Adene and Richard Wilson Concert
    February 5, 2022 • 8pm • Free, but tickets must be reserved in advance; the event will also be live-streamed. 

  • Closing reception: American Impressions
    February 5, 2022 • 4pm • Conversations between curators and faculty members, plus music and poetry • Registration required. For all Modfest registration and ticketing info, visit: https://www.vassar.edu/music/modfest 

Call for Seeds for National Seed Swap Day
The Morton Seed Library is planning a virtual seed swap for Saturday, January 29, 2022 (National Seed Swap Day). Did "your garden grow"? Did you save seeds? Would you like to share? Please contact sandy@mortonrhinecliff.org with your inventory by January 15 and it will be added to the master list before the swap on the 29.

Secret Ruin Hike
Saturday, January 29, 2022 • 9am to 1pm • Overlook Mountain, 353 Meads Mountain Rd., Woodstock • Explore the secret ruins of the Overlook Mountain hotel, climb to the summit of the fire tower, watch eagles soar and see the breath-taking views at Eagles Point and catch a glimpse in the golden shrine room at the buddhist monastery.  Perfect for beginner to intermediate hikers. To book tickets or more info: www.bornwild.rocks, bornwild@bornwild.rocks, 765-314-6181

Free Hudson Valley Dia Day
Sunday, January 30, 2022 • Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month by advance reservation only • Link

COVID-19 Vaccination POD in Midtown Kingston
Sunday, January 30, 2022 • 10am - 2pm • Free • 16 Cedar St, Kingston • Senator Michelle Hinchey and Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan are holding a COVID-19 vaccination POD at the Center for Creative Education in Midtown Kingston on Sunday, January 30, from 10 AM to 2 PM. • Due to high demand, appointments are recommended for this vaccination POD; although walk-ins will be accepted as long as supplies last. Sign up for an appointment at https://bit.ly/vaxulster.

FDR’s 140th Birthday Celebration
Sunday, January 30, 2022 • 3pm • Free • Rose Garden, FDR Presidential Library and Museum, Route 9, Hyde Park. • Various community organizations will place wreaths and, as usual, there will be a guest speaker. It is open to the public. COVID protocols for outdoor events will be followed. • nps.gov/hofr

FDR’s toga party birthday celebration, Washington D.C., 1934. FDR Presidential Library.

SUPPORT + SHOP OUR LOCAL MAKERS:

HVNY 3" Sticker
Quantity:
Add To Cart

ONGOING

Winter of Weird: An Online Exhibition
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through mid-February • Join Clermont’s staff via Facebook and Instagram as they highlight unusual, interesting, and quirky things inside the mansion! This curated series of social media posts will showcase objects the public never gets to see – or things they might walk past without a second thought!  • Facebook: Clermont State Historic Site, Instagram: @clermontfriends

House Tours at Olana
Fridays - Sundays from 11am to 3pm • Olana State Historic Site, Hudson • Olana's 250-acres will continue to be open and free to roam every day from 8am - sunset • Visit Olana.org for more information.

“WinterOver?”
On view through Spring 2022 • Time & Space, Ltd. 434 Columbia Street, Hudson • Featuring the sculpture of Pamela Blum, Jeremy K. Bullis, Nurya Chana, Dan Devine, Mimi Graminski, Chiarra Hughes-Mba, Linda Mussmann, Gelah Penn, and Katharine Umsted. George Spencer, the curator of “WinterOver?”, asked the artists to produce outdoor sculptures that will deteriorate over time. With the pieces standing in the yard of TSL for 6 months they will be exposed to nature’s extreme elements. Heat, wind, rain, snow, insects, mold, and mushrooms will cause the work to bend, crack, warp, fade and dissolve. Spencer uses this deterioration as a metaphor for the destructive changes (like the attempt to overturn the 2020 election, the countless unnecessary deaths resulting from the incompetent response to COVID-19, the attack on the Capitol, and so much more) occurring in the world around us. In the early Spring of 2022 the artists will be asked to revisit their work and assess the damage done during the Winter months. Is their sculpture still standing; do only fragments remain; it is disfigured but still recognizable? (Much like the questions Spencer asks about our Country.) What then is the individual artist’s response to these changes? Do they rebuild; build something new; make repairs; or leave things as they are? (These are the questions we must constantly ask ourselves about life.) • http://timeandspace.org/

What Comes After
On view through March 19, 2022 • Saturdays, noon to 5pm; Third Fridays: 2/18, 3/18, 4 to 6pm • Maxon Mills, Wassaic • Curated by Eve Biddle, Bowie Zunino, Jeff Barnett-Winsby, and Will Hutnick,What Comes After, the Wassaic Project’s 2021–2022 winter exhibition, presents ten artists throughout the seven floors of Maxon Mills who are, in one way or another, reflecting on life in the aftermath — no cause, all effect. • LINK

EDITOR’S NOTE: Refresh this link often! Events are added + updated throughout the week, but this link stays the same: hvny.info/calendar/this-week

SHOP HVNY MAKERS:

Featured
Portraits by Alfie
Portraits by Alfie
from $215.00

COMING UP:

How the Esopus Munsee People Got Through Winter Before Electricity
Please note: Due to time constraints, the second part of last Wednesdays’s special program is expected to continue in February. A recording of Part I will be available on the Phoenicia Library website. • In this illustrated lecture, author Evan Pritchard (Mi’kmaq and Celtic descent) will introduce us to the ancient and icy history of winters long past in the greater Phoenicia area. Evan will focus on the winter life ways of the Esopus Munsee, the Algonquian-speaking people who have long inhabited the Esopus river valley. Using maps, photos, slides, stories, place name interpretations and helpful diagrams, Evan will explore what Munsee village life in Phoenicia must have been like in winter, including travel, fishing, hunting, agriculture, foraging, controlled burning, shelter, stories, cosmologies, vision quest and much more. Q + A to follow. • http://phoenicialibrary.org 

Bald Eagle Viewing
Saturdays, February 5 and 12, 2022 • $6-$12, free for healthcare workers, members, library pass holders, and children under age 5 • Birding experts from the Constitution Marsh and the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society will be at Boscobel’s Belvedere, high above the Hudson River to help you spot soaring and roosting bald eagles. BYO binoculars or scopes • Tickets and more details available at https://boscobel.org/events/eagle-viewing/

Hudson Valley Hard Cider Virtual Talk & Tasting
Saturday, February 5, 2022 • 5 - 6 pm • Love cider? New to cider? Or just curious about apples and cider history & heritage? Then this event will satisfy all of your curiosity! Featuring Dutchess County authors Dan Pucci & Craig Cavallo, and ciders from Metal House Cider, Esopus NY. All proceeds from this event support the Putnam History Museum. • Tickets are available from $15 - $100, with or without cider. • For more information & registration: Link

In Conversation with Gary Shteyngart
Sunday, February 6, 2022 • 2:30 - 3:30pm • Boardman Road Branch Library, Poughkeepsie •Free with registration required • Best-selling author Gary Shteyngart brings his unique humor and satirical perspectives to this casual library gathering. Copies of his new novel set in the Hudson Valley, Our Country Friends, will be available for purchase and signing. This program will not be recorded. Please note that masks will be required for all attendees, regardless of vaccination status. • Register here

“Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley”
Wednesday, February 9, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event hosted by the Hudson River Maritime Museum • local historians Wes & Barbara Gottlock, authors of the book Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley, will highlight some of the impactful parks that reigned as recreation meccas for millions of people for over 50 years • $7, free for HRMM members • LINK

HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022
February 10-13 & February 17-20, 2022 • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • Expanded, two-weekend festival features performers The Baylor Project, Alexis Morrast, Daniel J. Watts, Warren Wolf, Jazzmeia Horn, and Jimmy Greene; film, visual art, and spoken word/music partnership with Louis Armstrong House Museum & Archives • Single event tickets start at $25, Weekend Festival Passes (Valentine's Weekend or President's Weekend) start at $68. Tickets and information at hudsonhall.org or by phone (518) 822-1438.


Friday Night Film Series: “The Wedding Singer” (1998)
Friday, February 11, 2021 • Bardavon, Poughkeepsie • Followed by “Akeelah and the Bee” (2006) February 25 at UPAC, “A League of Their Own” (1992) March 18 at the Bardavon, “Monterey Pop” (1968) on April 8 at UPAC • $6 all seats, free for members • https://bit.ly/BardavonFridays2021

D’Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents: Looking Up
Saturday, February 12, 2022 • 5 - 8pm • Free • D'Arcy Simpson Art Works, 409 Warren Street, Hudson • D’Arcy Simpson Art Works is pleased to feature new work by Jeremy Bullis and Michael Larry Simpson in Looking Up, opening on Saturday, February 12, 2022, as part of the Hudson Gallery Crawl. The large scale color field paintings by Simpson shown alongside Bullis’ ethereal kinetic mobiles fashions an immersive atmosphere of movement filling this intimate gallery with music for the eyes. In this exhibition, each artist explores ideas of movement, balance, tension and harmony within their own practices of composition and construction • https://www.darcysimpsonartworks.com/

Oh Deer! How Deer Shape Forests in the Catskills & Beyond
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 • 7pm • Free • Virtual event hosted by the Cary Institute • Explore the history of deer in the Catskills, how deer influence the composition and health of our regional forests, and strategies to mitigate deer impacts • Link

The Firefighter Fran & Firestar Show!
Saturday, February 19, 2022 • 10:30am-noon • Free • FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson • Meet Firefighter Fran and her friend Firestar the Dalmatian, as they present an interactive show on fire safety. The show wraps up with a musical puppet show that will have the whole family “pumped up” about fire safety and prevention! After the show, meet and greet Firestar, and pose for a picture with this crazy canine. All children will have the opportunity to make a fun fire safety craft with Firefighter Fran and Firestar. http://www.fasnyfiremuseum.com/museum-events

The Silent Film Shorts of Laurel and Hardy
Sunday, March 6, 2022 • 2pm • $6 • Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • Live piano accompaniment by Marta Waterman • rosendaletheatre.org

Low Cost Rabies Vaccination with Wellness Exam
Sunday, March 20, 2022 • 10 am - 2 pm • $26 • 401 Washington St, Newburgh • Low cost rabies vaccinations, including a wellness exam for your dog, cat or rabbit, as well as other vaccinations and preventative treatments, are available at reduced fees • info@petsalive.org

REFRESH: This link is updated with new events, change of dates + cancellations. The link’s always the same: hvny.info/calendar/this-week + Submit your event. It’s free: hvny.info/share-your-event

 

As always, and especially with COVID, event info may change – make sure to check with the venue before you go.

List your community event in this calendar, for FREE!

Deadline for HVNY’s weekly newsletter is 5pm on Fridays at least a week before your event. Email press releases and story ideas to hello@hvny.info.

HVNY

Information for everyday living in the Hudson Valley, New York • hvny.info

https://hvny.info
Previous

This week's calendar (1/31 - 2/6/2022)
Next

This week's calendar (1/17-1/23/2022)