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

Written By HVNY
 

FDR’s Final Campaign
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 • 2pm • Virtual event • Get a sneak peek inside the Library's newest special exhibit. FDR's Final Campaign immerses visitors in the final momentous months of President Roosevelt's life and presidency. Featuring rarely seen documents, photos, film and artifacts it explores FDR's vision for the future of his nation and the world-- and the campaign he undertook to secure it. At the center of that vision was the creation of the United Nations organization • YouTube, Facebook, Twitter

Women In Science Winter Speaker Series
February 2, 2022 • 3-4 p.m. • A Love Affair in STEM, with Shihadah “Shay” Saleem.• 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 Shihadah “Shay” Saleem and 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 • Continues with 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.

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)

The World of Frida / El Mundo de Frida and Frida Kahlo in Context / Frida Kahlo en contexto
On view from February 4–May 22, 2022 • Hudson River Museum, Yonkers • The World of Frida features works of art by more than 75 national and international artists working in a variety of media. The exhibition includes Frida Kahlo as subject as well as work inspired by her life and art, her beautiful garden, Mexican culture and fashion, and surrealism. Frida Kahlo in Context provides a window through which to understand the artist by exploring her culture, life experiences, and personal expression, showcasing legendary photographs of Kahlo as well as artwork related to her personal life and Mexico, including beautiful costumes on loan from the Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Nueva York • hrm.org/visit

HRM Planetarium reopens to the public
Saturday, February 5, 2022 • 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm • Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers • Featured shows include: Earth, Moon, and Sun (12:30pm); The Sky Tonight (2pm); and Habitat Earth (3:30pm) during the month of February. Capacity is limited to 50 seats per show (40%). Masks are required in the Planetarium. https://www.hrm.org/planetarium/

Teatown's 18th Annual Hudson River EagleFest
February 4, 5, and 6, 2022 • In-person programs at Teatown, guided bird walks at Croton Point Park, and a series of engaging virtual presentations • Bird Walks at Croton Point Park: Pay-As-You-Wish, minimum $5 per walk.* PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO FESTIVAL at Croton Point Park this year • Virtual programs: Link • Eagle viewing sites: Link • More info: https://www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/

▲ Bald Eagle Viewing at Boscobel
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. Each participant should wear proper clothing and bring his/her own viewing equipment, such as binoculars, scopes, and cameras. Equipment should not and will not be shared. • Tickets and more details available at https://boscobel.org/events/eagle-viewing/

Hudson Winter-Spring Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, February 5 through April 16, 2022 • 10am - 1pm • Elks Lodge #787, 201 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson • 25+ vendors, rotating guest vendors, and live music • hudsonfarmersmarketny.com

Are You Up for the Cardboard Challenge?
Saturday, February 5, 2022 • 10am - noon • Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie • Registration required. • It's National Take Your Child to the Library day, and the Poughkeepsie Public Library is celebrating by hosting a cardboard challenge! Inspired by the short documentary, Caine's Arcade, about a 9-year-old boy with a BIG imagination who made his own arcade out of cardboard, we challenge you to see what you can make using only cardboard boxes, tape, scissors, and your imagination? Supplies provided. Stay for 10 minutes or 2 hours, it is up to you. Open to families with children of all ages.• Register here

5th Annual Rhinecliff Winter Bonfire
Snow date: Saturday, February 5, 2022 • 4pm • Rhinecliff Firemen’s Field • Rhinebeck Grange #896 in partnership with the Rhinecliff Volunteer Fire Co. and Morton Memorial Library will host The 5th Annual Rhinecliff Winter Bonfire at Rhinecliff Firemen’s Field. Dress warmly and join us to celebrate Winter around a bonfire made from local holiday trees.Please drop off your tree at Firemen’s Field by the parking area. Trees must be cleared of decorations.Holiday trees from the Rhinecliff Protective Fire District can be picked up from 8am – noon from your home. Simply call Joe at 845-489-0835 to arrange for your tree pick up and set it at the end of your driveway on Saturday.

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

20th Season of MODfest
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 

This week’s MODfest highlights:

  • 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 

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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

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COMING UP:

COVID-19 Vaccination PODs in Saugerties
Monday, February 7 and February 28, 2022• Senator Michelle Hinchey and Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan are holding three COVID-19 vaccination PODs at various locations around Saugerties in January and February:

  • Monday, February 7, 2022 • 4 - 6pm • Mt. Marion Elementary School, 744 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties, NY 12477

  • Monday, February 28, 2022 • 4 - 6pm • Saugerties Senior High School, 310 Washington Ave, Saugerties, NY 12477

More information: https://fb.me/e/14Rig8X36 

“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

Seeing in Three Dimensions (Virtual)
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 • 7-8:30pm • The fourth and final lecture in the series on the sculptors of Woodstock, “The Direct Carvers of the Historic Woodstock Art Colony” focuses on the group of direct carvers who worked in the area from the 1920s onward, inspired by John B. Flannagan. • www.woodstockart.org

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/

Saturday Hudson Gallery Crawl
Saturday, February 12, 2022 • 5-8pm • 400 Warren Street, Hudson • The 2econd Saturday Hudson Gallery Crawl is back for another night of galleries, shops and restaurants keeping their lights on and doors open late. On Saturday, February 12, 2022 from 5-8pm grab the hand of a loved one and toast to art and the love of life at the openings and artists’ receptions happening in over a dozen galleries around town • More info: http://hudsongallerycrawl.com

"50 Years After the Clean Water Act, How is the Hudson?"
Saturday, February 12, 2022 • 6:30 - 8:30pm • Virtual event via Zoom • More info: walkway.org/events

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

Abstract Artists Chat (Virtual)
Wednesday, February, 16, 2022 • 7-8pm • This intimate virtual gathering offers artist members and non-members a chance to build community through conversation among people who create abstract art in the Hudson Valley. • www.woodstockart.org

Author Talk: Andrea C. Mosterman, Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York
Thursday, February 17, 2022 • 7PM • Free • Virtual hosted by Historic Red Hook event via Zoom •  Andrea Mosterman is associate professor in Atlantic History and Joseph Tregle Professor in Early American History at the University of New Orleans. In her work, she explores the multi-faceted dimensions of slavery, slave trade, and cross-cultural contact in the Dutch Atlantic and Early America with special emphasis on Early New York. She has published her work in the Journal of African History and Early American Studies, and she curated the digital exhibit "Slavery in New Netherland" for the New Netherland Institute. Her book Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York (Cornell University Press, 2021) won the 2020 Hendricks Award for best book-length manuscript relating to New Netherland and the Dutch colonial experience. This talk is presented in collaboration with the Dutchess County Department of History and Cornell Press. Participants will receive a 40% discount code to purchase the book from Cornell University Press. • Register at www.historicredhook.org/register

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

New WAAM Exhibitions Opening Reception
Saturday, February 19, 2022 • 4-6pm • Woodstock Artists Association and Museum • Exhibits include “Focus: Art and Social Justice” featuring work by 12 Hudson Valley artists; “Dark Retrospective” solo exhibit by longtime Woodstock artist Betsey Regan, Large-scale abstract paintings from the WAAm permanent collection, Small Works: Winter 2022 juried exhibition and Scout: Area Artists Under 25 • woodstockart.org

How the Esopus Munsee People Got Through Winter Before Electricity: Part II
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 • 7-8:30pm • In part II 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 

Free Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Thursday, February 24, 2022 • 9am - 3pm • RSVP with Karen at kroselleymhfa@gmail.com • Download the flyer for more information

"Wilderstein Digital Products & Experiences"
Thursday, February 24, 2022 • 10am • Virtual event • This lecture by Craig St. Clair, Wilderstein board member and curatorial committee chair, will introduce Wilderstein's digital catalog and archival collections, with particular emphasis on the making of the new interactive timeline and how the digital catalog will be used to create more virtual experiences in the future. • Register: Link

Winnakee Winter in the Wetland: Indigenous Nature Walk
Saturday, February 26, 2022 • 11am • Vlei Marsh, Rhinebeck • Learn about winter as a time of rest from the indigenous lens while the woods are still very much alive with ethnoecologist Justin Wexler • Free, with $15 suggested donation • Pre-registration required: winnakee.org/winter-in-the-wetland-indigenous-nature-walk

Free Public TNR Training and Community Cat Tips
Sunday, March 6, 2022 • 1 - 3 pm • Town of Wallkill Government Center, 99 Tower Drive Building A, Middletown • Come learn how to help community cats: Tips on caregiving for a colony, How to talk to neighbors, Proper sheltering, and how to Trap Neuter Return (TNR) humanely • Register, for free: https://conta.cc/3AGSctQ

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

Kingston St. Patrick’s Day Parade + Shamrock Run
Sunday, March 13, 2022 • Honoring Tommy Keegan, longtime sponsor and supporter • https://www.shamrockrun.org/

Author Talk: Sarah K. Hermans, The 1903 Jackson Corners Signature Quilt
Wednesday March 16, 2022 • 7PM • Free • Virtual event hosted by Historic Red Hook • Sarah K. Hermans grew up in Millerton, NY, and has resided in Poughkeepsie and Pine Plains. Her grandmother, Clara Weller Losee, was a dedicated local and family historian for the towns of Red Hook, Milan, and Northeast. In 2010 an old, stained muslin sheet made of 42 blocks sewn together, many covered in embroidered names, was passed down through five generations of the Hermans family (originally from Academy Hill Road in the hamlet of Jackson Corners). Sarah spent a decade researching the quilt, the 260 names of local people from Milan, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Pine Plains, Livingston, Clermont, and Ancram embroidered on it, and the world of Northern Dutchess and Southern Columbia Counties in 1903 when the “simple” life was coming to an end. • Register at www.historicredhook.org/register

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

Tivoli Sesquicentennial Weekend
June 17, 18, and 19, 2022 • The Village of Tivoli will be celebrating its 150th Birthday in 2022. In 1872 the settlements of Tivoli (down by the river) and Madalin (today's four corners) joined together and officially incorporated into a Village of New York State • Celebration event details TBA.

Josh Groban
July 5, 2022 • Bethel Woods Center for the Arts • For the first time, Josh Groban will play songs for a live audience off his latest album, Harmony, released in November 2020 via Warner Records. Special guests joining him on this tour are the legendary New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band as well as violinist/singer Lucia Micarelli, and singer-songwriter Eleri Ward. • BethelWoodsCenter.org.

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