This week's calendar (11/29 - 12/5/2021)

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George Spencer - “Cleaning Out the Attic”
On view through November 29, 2021 • Free • Window On Hudson, Hudson • Come celebrate George Spencer and his ambitious exhibition, “Cleaning out the Attic” on Saturday, November 13th, from 6-8pm. Spencer reached deep into his archives and came out with a multitude of paintings which he reworked into a series of totems and wall hangings. The work fills the storefront windows and spills into the gallery space, covering the walls, floor and ceiling in a chaotic cacophony of bright colors and abstract forms.   “Cleaning out the Attic” gave Spencer the opportunity to create bold, new work and at the same time offer retrospection on his years of painting and sculpting. By cutting his canvases into pieces and then collaging the fragments onto cardboard tubes, sheets of lumber, or rolls of tar paper Spencer is mirroring what he sees as the recent dismantling and decay of society. • http://www.windowonhudson.org.

The Housing Market Outlook for 2022
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 • 11am • Virtual • Free • The Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Center for Housing Solutions convenes industry leaders for a virtual panel discussion exploring the many angles of housing and real estate. This month Pattern for Progress will host David Legaz, President of the New York State Association of Realtors, Leah Caro, President & Principal Broker Park Sterling Realty, and Joseph Rand, Chief Creative Officer at Howard Hanna | Rand Realty and Executive Director for Broker Public Portal, to explore the real estate housing market during and coming out of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as well as an outlook for the real estate market as we approach 2022 • Register at: LINK

Child Seat Safety Event
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 • 3-8pm • Troop K Headquarters, 2541 Route 44, Salt Point • For an appointment, call 845-677-7331.

Red Hook Short Term Rental Public Hearing
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 • 7:35pm • Virtual, via Zoom • Public hearing on proposed Local Law No. G to establish new regulations regarding permits for short-term rentals and to amend the Town of Red Hook Zoning Law in order to adequately regulate short-term rental uses • https://www.redhook.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=777

Ulster Co. Eating Disorder Conference: Eating Disorders in a changing world, where do we go from here?
Friday, December 3, 2021 • 9am-3:30pm (registration begins at 8:15am) • Best Western Plus Kingston Hotel and Conference Center, 503 Washington Ave, Kingston • Complimentary Healthy Breakfast, Welcome address from Ulster County Legislature and the Ulster County Eating Disorders Coalition. Morning Speakers: Dr. Cris Haltom, MA, PhD, CEDS www.drcrishaltom.com; Laura Cipullo, RD, CEDRD www.lauracipullo.com; Complimentary Healthy Breakfast & Lunch, Afternoon Moderated Panel Discussion with: Laura Cipullo, RD, CERD- Rachel Spear, LMSW- Nancy Graham, LCSW, Carolyn Cirnitski, LCSW-R, MPS & Jan Tishler, Parent Advocate • Capacity is Limited & Registration is required. Venue is ADA accessible. Please request any accommodations needed in your registration by: 11/15/21 • https://bit.ly/EDCreg2021

House Tours at Olana
Resuming December 3 and will run Friday - Sunday 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.

Kinderhook Candlelight Night
Friday, December 3, 2021 • 5-8pm • Kinderhook Village Square • Tree-lighting and caroling at 7pm • Featuring Santa and Mrs. Claus, DJ StuyveSanta, Wagon rides, decorated doors, a bonfire, photo exhibition and more • villageofkinderhook.org

Celebration of Lights Parade and Fireworks
Friday, December 3, 2021 • 6:30pm • Downtown Poughkeepsie • After a 2 year wait, the 27th annual Celebration of Lights Parade and Fireworks is back! The parade will commence at 6:30pm on Main and Garden Streets and proceed to the evening’s first Christmas tree lighting on Main, at Mural Square and then to Dongan Square Park for a second tree lighting and the fireworks finale • PLUS: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) screening at the Bardavon following the parade. All seats are $6. Proof of vaccination is required for entry to the theater. LINK

Locust Grove Estate Holiday Tours
Weekends in December (December 4-5, 11-12, 18-19) • Locust Grove Estate, 2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie • Tickets are available in advance only • Tours are $15 per person, children under 6 are free • PLUS: The Hudson Valley Art Market, Thanksgiving weekend, with dozens of booths featuring fine art, handmade gifts, and small batch products from Hudson Valley vendors. Open 10am - 5pm, no admission fee • 845-454-4500.

Sinterklaas Festival Day
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • Village of Rhinebeck • The Sinterklaas Festivities draw on the Hudson Valley’s Dutch heritage, but with some modern day twists. Children are the focus — becoming kings and queens for the day, turning the switches of the original story into royal scepters. The 2021 Honored Animal(s) is(are) the MOUSE and the FROG! Since Froggy did not get his full due in 2020 with the cancellation, we are inviting him back for 2021! • https://sinterklaashudsonvalley.com

Dutchess Handmade Pop-Up Shop
Saturday, December 4, 2021 - Sunday, December 5, 2021 • 10am - 4pm • FREE • Poughkeepsie Trolley Barn, 489 Main St., Poughkeepsie • The Dutchess Handmade Pop-Up Shop “pops up” twice a year with incredible items created in the Hudson Valley. Locally made glass, jewelry, greeting cards, textiles, ceramics, wood, products, prints, paintings, home, decorating items and more! Find the perfect item for gift giving and collecting from local artists and artisans • https://www.artsmidhudson.org/dutchess-handmade

American Girl Day at Clermont
Saturday December 4, 2021 • 11am • Clermont State Historic Site • Bring your favorite 18-inch-tall doll for a fun, history filled adventure at Clermont! AG fans and their grownups will meet dolls styled to represent real girls who lived at Clermont, make doll-sized holiday crafts, and leave with a goodie bag of treats! Space limited, reservations required. • $10 for adults and $5 for children. All adults must be accompanied by a child. Space is extremely limited. Visitors must register in advance. Register: LINK

SIMPLE AS WATER Screening with Q&A + Reception
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 1 - 3:30pm • $10 • Orpheum Theatre, 156 Main Street, Saugerties • The Woodstock Film Festival is pleased to present a special screening of Megan Mylan’s SIMPLE AS WATER in collaboration with Upstate Films and courtesy of HBO Documentary Films. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer Robin Hessman moderated by documentary filmmaker Pamela Yates at the freshly renovated Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties. • A discount code is available for Academy voters. Please email info@woodstockfilmfestival.org for more information • https://wff.eventive.org/schedule/61819422af05cc007c3bae7c

West Point Holiday Show
December 4-5, 2021 • 2pm • Free, tickets required • Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point • The West Point Holiday Show is wholesome family fun for all ages, featuring a variety of seasonal hits from classic carols to contemporary jingle-bell-rock n’ roll. The very merry musicians of the West Point Band will present songs celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and the magic of the winter season, including West Point holiday classics that you won’t hear anywhere else. As always, this event is FREE and open to the public • RSVP tickets, here: LINK

Jazz Up the Holidays with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 3pm • Culinary Institute of America, Marriott Pavilion Ecolab Auditorium, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park • $38 adults, $30 seniors, $10 students • ndsorchestra.org or 845-635-0877.

JANET'S PLANET Staged Screenplay Reading
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 4- 6pm • Free • Rosendale Theater, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • Thespians rejoice! Join the Woodstock Film Festival in collaboration with the beloved Hudson Valley theatre group Actors & Writers for a staged screenplay reading of JANET’S PLANET directed by Actors & Writers member Shelley Wyant at the Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale, NY. JANET’S PLANET was adapted from Sebastian Stuart’s mystery novel To the Manor Dead • https://wff.eventive.org/schedule/6183f525b5796c00459fe020

Town of Poughkeepsie Holiday Caravan
Saturday, December 4, 2021 •  4:30pm • Caravan Begins At The Poughkeepsie Galleria, Traveling To The Arlington Business District and Ends at Eastdale Village, 949 Dutchess Turnpike • If you would like to take part in the Caravan, please contact the Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor’s Office at 845-485-3607.

25th Anniversary of Winter Walk
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 5-8pm • Warren Street, Hudson • Music, art, dance and family fun including Sax-o-Claus, Sean the Prankster, Crazy Christine Balloons, Roger the Jester, Holly, Andy & Ivy, the Orcapelicans, Circus Theatricks with Sean Fagan, Acadia Otlowski and Key of Q. The horse and carriage ride will also return to 7th Street Park, and fireworks will finish off the evening on the waterfront • https://hudsonhall.org/event/winter-walk-25th-anniversary/

Unsilent Night 2021 
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 5:30 - 7:30pm • Free • Art Omi, Ghent • Phil Kline's participatory soundscape, Unsilent Night, has been celebrated worldwide every December since 1992. This landmark work of avant-garde public art takes place in more than 130 cities across the United States, Canada, Europe and New Zealand, activating city streets, parks, and landscapes with “a shimmering sound-wall of bells and chimes that is dreamlike to wander through in the December nip” (The Village Voice). A live broadcast and webstream of Unsilent Night will be made possible by Wave Farm’s Transmit Partner Program. Tune in from New York's Upper Hudson Valley on WGXC 90.7-FM or from around the globe at wavefarm.org/listen and on the Wave Farm Radio App (iOS). • Carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited! • Register

En Vogue
Saturday, December 4, 2021 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • TICKETS
 

Annie Leibovitz Wonderland  In-Store Book Signing
Sunday, December 5, 2021 • 10am • Oblong, Rhinebeck • Pre-order WONDERLAND to join the line 

THE FIRST WAVE Screening with Filmmaker Q&A + Reception 
Sunday, December 5, 2021 • 1 - 3:30pm • $15 • 156 Main Street, Saugerties • The Woodstock Film Festival returns to the Orpheum Theatre on December 5 for a special screening of Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker and 2018 Woodstock Film Festival Honorary Filmmaker of Distinction Award recipient Matthew Heineman’s THE FIRST WAVE, courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films. A Q&A with Heineman and other crew members moderated by Richard Rowley will follow the screening, with a catered reception for filmmakers and audience members at The Dutch Ale House in Saugerties right after. • A discount code is available for Academy voters. Please email info@woodstockfilmfestival.org for more information • https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/events/2021/12/5/the-first-wave-screening-with-filmmaker-qampa-reception

Sunday Silents: SherlockJr, Cops & The Playhouse
Sunday, December 5, 2021 • 2pm • The Rosendale Theatre Collective, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • With live accompaniment by Marta Waterman • https://www.rosendaletheatre.org/

Family Day at the Dorsky Museum
Sunday, December 5, 2021 • 2pm • Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz • In conjunction with The Dorsky at 20: Reflections at a Milestone. After touring the exhibition, multiple making-stations will be staffed by SUNY New Paltz Art Education students so there will be many ways for your family to make art and have fun.
Register here: https://newpaltz.wufoo.com/forms/z1ibiqzu1bqav6y/

The Chancellor's War
Sunday December 5, 2021 • 2pm • Join Clermont State Historic Site for this lecture that will discuss the important role that Chancellor Robert R. Livingston played in the Revolutionary War. The many aspects of the Chancellor’s revolutionary career which lasted for the entire duration of the war and beyond will be profiled. This program will be hosted in our visitor center, masks strongly recommended •  Register LINK

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Boscobel Twilight Tours
Through December 18 • Boscobel, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison • With the mansion lit by candlelight, decorated for 19th-century holidays, and resonating with live music, Twilight Tours offer an especially beautiful seasonal experience. At the end of the house tour, guests may visit the Gallery to see an exhibit of lenticular images of Boscobel before and after renovation. After visiting the house and partaking in a cup of mulled cider or hot chocolate, guests are invited to go outdoors and stroll among twinkling lights in the Apple Orchard, Formal Garden, and Maple Lane before stopping into a delightful new Winter Garden full of festive lights and fabulous floral design • Adults $25, Child (ages 5-18) $15, Child (under age 5) free; Member Adult $20, Member Child (ages 5-18) $12, Member Child (under age 5) free • https://boscobel.org/events/twilight-tours/

Tivoli Artists Holiday Show
Through December 19, 2021 • Thursdays, 2pm-6pm; Fridays, 5pm-8:30pm; Saturdays, noon-8pm; Sundays, 1pm-5pm • Tivoli Artists Gallery, 60 Broadway • Over 30 artists have created works in a range of mediums with the holiday season in mind. Greeting cards, prints, paintings, photography, handmade apparel and more • https://www.tivoliartistsgallery.com/current-exhibit

Second Annual Peace, Love and Lights
Through Sunday, January 2, 2022 • Sunday-Thursday: 5-9pm, Friday & Saturday: 5-10pm • $28.75 • 200 Hurd Road, Bethel • Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, home of the historic 1969 Woodstock festival, is excited to announce the return of their drive-thru holiday event Peace, Love & Lights, powered by Healey Brothers and sponsored by Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association with an expanded route, new displays and an enhanced holiday hub. The light show begins on November 19, 2021 and runs nightly through January 2, 2022 • https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/peace-love-lights.

Richard Haas: Circles in Space
On view through January 9, 2022 • Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers • Exhibition explores the intersections between abstraction, color theory and the geometry of the universe • hrm.org/richard-haas

“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/

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MAIN STREET: HUDSON VALLEY – Inaugural Annual Conference 2021 | "Why Main Street Matters"
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 • 9 - 11am • Virtual • Free • Main Streets are often crucial component of a community’s identity, a physical representation of how a community wants to be perceived. In recognition of the importance of main streets as drivers of economic growth, social connectivity, and cultural experiences, Pattern for Progress is pleased to introduce a new initiative called “MAIN STREET: Hudson Valley,” a regional resource center providing a comprehensive approach to strengthen main streets through commerce, community and culture and to host the first annual “Main Street Hudson Valley Annual Conference.” Register Now + More info: LINK

DRIVE MY CAR Special Screening
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 • 7:30 - 10:30pm • $10 • Rosendale Theater, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • The Woodstock Film Festival is proud to present an intimate screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s critically acclaimed drama DRIVE MY CAR at the Rosendale Theatre courtesy of Janus Films. DRIVE MY CAR took home three top prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay, and is Japan’s submission to the Academy Awards. • A discount code is available for Academy voters. Please email info@woodstockfilmfestival.org for more information  • https://wff.eventive.org/schedule/618a96ef77b55d16608444e6

Sunset Sensations
Thursday, December 9, 2021 • 5:30 - 7:30pm • Locust Grove Estate, 2683 South Road, Poughkeepsie • Each night enjoy three samplings, each with a wine pairing, and a tour of the Locust Grove gardens. Chat with each chef for cooking hints, and with Locust Grove's amazing Director of Horticulture for garden ideas. • $30/person • Purchase tickets by calling the Museum Shop, open every day from 10am - 5pm, at 845-454-4500 • lgny.org

Holiday Puppet Show
Saturday, December 11, 2021 • 10:30am • Free • FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, New York 12534 United States • Join the Catskill Puppet Theater’s show The Town That Fought Hate. This special holiday show features original music and almost life-size puppets. It also gently imparts some timeless life lessons, including the importance of standing up to bullies, the power of community, and the power of each of us – including children – to make a difference! After the show, children can complete the holiday scavenger hunt. Can you find all the holiday scenes on the firetrucks? Every child will get a prize just for trying. It’s a morning of old-fashioned holiday fun at the Museum, so don’t miss it! • http://www.fasnyfiremuseum.com/museum-events

What Comes After
December 11, 2021 through March 19, 2022 • Saturdays, noon to 5pm; Opening Reception: Saturday, December 11, 4 to 6pm; Third Fridays: 1/21, 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

Morton/Rhinecliff Holiday Weekend: Rhinecliff Light Up Night
Saturday, December 11, 2021 • 5pm •  Saturday evening we will shine some literal and figurative light on the hamlet! We ask everyone to pick up luminaria kits at the library and then line the streets with candles. That evening we can enjoy the sights by walking and visiting with neighbors while enjoying a complimentary hot beverage from the Epicurean. You can also stop and have your picture taken in front of the Rhinebeck Grange wreath. Perhaps some neighbors will have heat lamps out, perhaps there will be fire pits, perhaps music on porches. We know that there will be lots of conviviality! Luminaria kits will be available at Morton for curbside pick up beginning Wednesday, December 1. Each kit will contain 10 candles, bags, and sand and we are asking for a donation of $20 per kit. The money will go to Rhinebeck and Red Hook Responds. • For more information, email sandy@mortonrhinecliff.org.

An Evening at the Fuller Building
Saturday, December 11, 2021 • 7-10pm • $25 • 45 Pine Grove Ave, Kingston • A soirée of live local artists! Modern dance performances, a silent auction, and a local DJ to spin out the night! • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-at-the-fuller-building-modern-dance-silent-auction-live-dj-tickets-198673336297

HVWiB 7th Anniversary Party & Fundraiser!
Monday, December 13, 2021 • 6pm • $50 • Seasoned Delicious Foods, 11 Lohmaier Lane, Lake Katrine • We are so excited to celebrate HVWiB's 7th Anniversary! That is seven years of women business owners throughout the Hudson Valley leaning on and learning from each other. Let's raise a glass to how much we all learned and grew this year. It may have been tough, but we're better than ever! Cheers to all of us! • LINK


Friday Night Film Series: “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993)
Friday, December 17 at UPAC • Followed by “The Wedding Singer” (1998) on February 11 at the Bardavon, “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

A Solstice Celebration and Astronomy Night
Saturday, December 18, 2021 • Opus 40, Saugerties • Special celebration with music, a lantern walk and star gazing with the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association • $20, $15 students, children, $10 members • https://opus40.org/solstice/

ASTON MAGNA CHAMBER PLAYERS
HANDEL & BACH: MUSIC FOR A WINTER SOLSTICE
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 • 7pm • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • $40 in advance, $45 at the door, $15 for under 30 with ID, Free for full-time students with ID • Embrace the change in seasons with serenity as Aston Magna Chamber Players returns to Hudson Hall to perform masterworks by Handel and Bach • LINK

2022

FW Murnau’s The Last Laugh
Sunday, January 9, 2022 • 2pm • $6 • The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street • Murnau’s silent film The Last Laugh tells the tragic story of a self-confident hotel doorman, brilliantly portrayed by Emil Jannings, who is demoted to lavatory attendant because he is considered 'too old'. Janning’s entire identity is based on his position and especially on his uniform, which symbolizes power and respectability to his lower-middle-class community of family and friends. Proud of his position, responsibilities and uniform, and shocked by his demotion, humiliated, the old man struggles to carry on with his life. The question is: who will have 'the last laugh'? • 845-658-8989.

HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022
February 10-13 & 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.

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