This week's calendar (12/20-12/26/2021)

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Ulster County COVID-19 at-home rapid test distribution

  • December 20, 2021• 4-6pm
    Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market Street

  • December 20-22, 2021 •
    Kingston City Hall, 420 Broadway *UPDATE: All kits have been distributed at this location at this time

  • December 21, 2021 • noon - 2pm
    Shandanken Town Hall, 7209 Route 28

  • December 22, 2021 • 4-6pm
    Ellenville Village Hall, 2 Elting Court #2

  • December 22, 2021 • 5-7pm
    New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Drive

  • December 23, 2021 • 1:30pm
    Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Road

  • December 23, 2021 • 4-6pm
    Shawangunk Town Hall, 14 Central Ave., Wallkill

The Winter Solstice occurs at 10:34am EST on Tuesday, December 21, 2021.

Aston Magna Chamber Players Handel and 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

Premiere: Soul of a People with David Taylor
Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 2pm • Virtual event hosted by the FDR Library • As people in publishing and journalism lost their jobs during the Great Depression, the WPA started the Federal Writers’ Project. Their mandate became documenting local histories and creating a series of state guide books that changed the travel industry. FDR Director Emeritus Paul Sparrow talks to David Taylor about his book “Soul of a People: The WPA Writers’ Project Uncovers Depression America • YouTube • Facebook

Handmade Pop-up - Ceramics and Clothing
Through December 24, 2021 • 11am-6pm • 57 Broadway, The Corner Store, Tivoli • Local handmade ceramics and unique one-of-a-kind clothing all made here in Tivoli • http://Openobjects.co

Reindeer Dash
Through Friday, December 31,2021 • $20 • Virtual • Grab your friends and family and get in the spirit this holiday season! Join Astor Services Young Professionals Board in our Reindeer Dash as we run/walk/bike/trot/skip/jump/dance/dash/prance or however you prefer to "race" to raise money for our Adopt-A-Family Program!  By participating in the Reindeer Dash (5K),you are helping Astor Services reach their goal of $120,000 to provide gift cards to over 1,900 children and families this holiday. Prizes will be awarded for: Best team name, biggest team, best individual/team costume and most money raised by an individual and team. 5K (serious racers) will also be awarded prizes for Fastest time by an individual • https://runsignup.com/astorreindeerdash

The Sky Tonight: Holiday Edition
Saturdays and Sundays • 2pm • Hudson River Museum, Yonkers • Take an awe-inspiring tour of the night sky as seen from our area, with topics ranging from visible planets, bright stars, and the Milky Way, to periodic comets, black holes, alien planets, upcoming rocket launches, and more! Around the Winter Solstice on December 21, the nights are long and dark, with many beautiful sights waiting in the evening sky. This is also the time of year when we hear about legends of light, including the Star of Bethlehem, holiday lights, and yule logs. We’ll highlight the astronomical connections to these traditions this month. Recommended for ages 8+; 60-minute live and interactive show. Capacity is limited to 80 seats per show (65%); advance reservations are strongly encouraged • Tickets

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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.

The Woodstock School of Art Instructors Exhibition and Sale
Through December 30, 2021 • 11am - 6pm • 747 Route 28, Kingston • Featuring the work of Savannah Baker, Bruce Bundock, Les Castellanos, Christie Scheele, Peter Clapper, Tricia Cline, Jenne Currie, Melanie Delgado, E S Desanna, Donald Elder, Staats Fasoldt, Joan Ffolliott, Mary Anna Goetz, Tor Gudmundsen, Keith Gunderson, Wendy Hollender, Claire Lambe, Polly Law, Lisa Mackie, Kate McGloughlin, Wayne Montecalvo, Patti Mooney, Jenny Nelson, Ron Netsky, Malgorzata Oakes, Robert Ohnigian, Karen O’Neil, Jeanne Bouza Rose, Meredith Rosier, Muriel Stallworth, John Varriano, Karen Whitman, Marlene Wiedenbaum, Lois Woolley and Hongnian Zhang. The school’s team of talented instructors are well established artists whose work and experience spans the globe. Collectively, their work can be found in Museums and Institutional Collections, as well as shows throughout the United States, Canada, China, Columbia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Sweden, and Taiwan • https://www.thelockwoodgallery.com/

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.

Art Exhibition Reception: “Some Soft Thoughts” from Becca Van K
On view through Monday, January 3, 2022 • Window On Hudson, 43 South 3rd Street, Hudson • Window On Hudson proudly ends the year with “Some Soft Thoughts” by mixed-media fiber artist Becca Van K. Van K has filled the windows and indoor exhibition space with a large grouping of woven objects including wooden chairs, folding chairs, wall hangings, and much more. These functioning furniture pieces are created with bright neon colored yarns, beads, and fake fur, creating the atmosphere of a late 90’s techno club VIP room heavily which is referencing the Memphis interior design style. • If you can not attend a reception but would like to see the indoor works please contact jeremy@windowonhudson.org.

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

Mask up indoors, again
Through January 15, 2022 • Masks are required to be worn in all indoor public places unless businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. “This determination is based on the state's weekly seven-day case rate as well as increasing hospitalizations … The new measure brings added layers of mitigation during the holidays when more time is spent indoors shopping, gathering, and visiting holiday-themed destinations,” according to a state press release. The requirement applies to all non-private residences, including office spaces. If a business, office space, or venue does not require proof of vaccination as a condition of entry, everyone must wear masks at all times regardless of vaccination status except when eating, drinking, or alone in an enclosed room • More info

“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: 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

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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.

Weird Science with Professor Sparks
Saturday, January 15, 2022 • 10:30am • Free • 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson • Come spend the morning exploring the science of fire! Professor Sparks and her robot canine companion, Spot 2000, will present an interactive program that is full of surprises! After the program make your own “slime” to take home! Only Professor Sparks can make learning about science this much fun. This hands-on program is appropriate for children ages 5 and up • http://www.fasnyfiremuseum.com/museum-events

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)
February 11 at the Bardavon • 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

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