Calendar for February 17-23, 2020
MONDAY
George Washington's Birthday Celebration
Monday, February 17, 2020 • noon - 4pm • Washington’s Headquarters, 84 Liberty Street, Newburgh • Sing “Happy Birthday” to the General (reenactor John Koopman) as he cuts into his birthday cake, officially starting the day’s festivities. Have a piece of cake and prepare to enjoy all that each day offers: demonstrations, topical talks, historical presentations and a take-home craft. After enjoying his cake, the General will meet visitors at his Headquarters. Mrs. Washington will join him Sunday and Monday. Each day, Balladeer Thad McGregor will offer musical entertainment in the Headquarters’ dining room. Reenactors will perform military drills ending each day with the General reviewing the troops. They are: Saturday– the 5th Connecticut Regiment, Sunday–Lamb’s Artillery and Morgan’s Rifles and the 4th CT Regiment, and Monday the 5th New York Regiment • Free • More info: LINK
A Presidential History of Water
Monday, February 17, 2020 • 2pm • Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston • Family-friendly talk covering the lives of presidents, both famous and obscure, and how water affected them personally, and the nation, before and during their presidencies • $7, free for HRMM members • More info: LINK
Black Then: Blaxploitation Cinema Turns 50
Mondays through February • 7pm • Story Screen, Beacon • Screenings of films from the Blaxploitation genre hosted by acclaimed New York Times, Reader’s Digest, American Library of Congress author Josiah Howard • More info: LINK
23rd Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
Through February 17, 2020 • The Great Backyard Bird Count is a free, fun, and easy event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the four-day event and report their sightings online at birdcount.org
TUESDAY
Author Talk with Kelly Braffet & Erin Morgenstern
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 • 6pm • Upstairs at Murray’s Cafe, 73 Broadway, Tivoli • Kelly Braffet's new novel The Unwilling is an epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love and is all about bowing to traditions and burning them down. Erin Morgenstern is The New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus. Her newest novel The Starless Sea is a timeless love story set in a secret underground world • $10 • Get tickets: LINK
WEDNESDAY
Poughkeepsie’s Black Oral History Project
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 • 7-9pm • Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory • Transcripts of interviews and discussions from black Poughkeepsie residents • More info: LINK
THURSDAY
2020 State of the County
Thursday, February 20, 2020 • 5:30pm • The Culinary Institute, Marriott Pavilion Ecolab Auditorium, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park • Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro for his 2020 State of the County Address, as he'll outline his focus and priorities for Dutchess County Government in the coming year. Seating for this free event is limited, but you can RSVP online: LINK
Silent Book Club for Teens and Adults
Thursday, February 20, 2020 • 5:30-7pm • Poughkeepsie Public Library District, 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie • Bring a book, relax and read and then share, if you want, with the group • Continues March 19 • No registration required • LINK • More info, call Martha Farrell at 845-485-3445 ext. 3358 or email mfarrell@poklib.org
FRIDAY
Hudson Valley Gospel Festival
February 21-23, 2020 • Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie • Concert performances, dinner, workshops and more • $126 weekend pass (adults), $100 seniors and students • More info: LINK
“Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore”
Friday, February 21, 2020 • 7pm • Cary Institute, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44), Millbrook • With every record-breaking hurricane and devastating flood, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant, and that rising seas are transforming the United States’ coastline in irrevocable ways. From the Gulf Coast to Miami, New York City to the Bay Area, author and Pulitzer prize finalist Elizabeth Rush explores some of the places where this change has been most dramatic • Registration required: LINK
SATURDAY
Comedian Lewis Black
Saturday, February 22, 2020 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • The Grammy Award-winning, stand-up comedian’s 2020 tour, ‘It Gets Better Every Day’ • $59 and up • TICKETS
Painting: Thomas Cole, Falls of the Kaaterskill (detail), oil on canvas, 1826, 43 x 36 in., Private Collection.
SUNDAY
Thomas Cole in Kanonshionni’onwè:ke tsi ionhwén
Sunday, February 23, 2020 • 2-3pm • Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill • A Sunday Salon talk in the New Studio with Elizabeth W. Hutchinson, Associate Professor of American Art History, Barnard College & Columbia University. Dr. Hutchinson will discuss the complex meaning of Native Americans in Thomas Cole’s art, examining Cole's depictions of northern New York, thinking through how they participate in the transformation of Mohawk land into American territory • $12, $10 members • More info: LINK
The Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society Pops Concert Theme Program
Sunday, February 23, 2020 • 3 pm • Morton Memorial Library 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff • Members of the society perform popular works from film, the American song book and more • $10 • More info: LINK
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ONGOING
Water/Ways Exhibition
On view through February 23, 2020 • Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston • Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit that explores water’s practical role in American society, the infinite water cycle, the impact of available freshwater on settlement and migration patterns and water’s cultural and spiritual significance • • $10 general admission, free for HRMM members • More info: LINK
“The Mistica: Celebrating Women in the Hudson Valley Art Experience”
On view through February 23, 2020 • Morton Memorial Library 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff • Women artists in the Hudson Valley will exhibit their art, inspired by the environment and community here and around the world – a collection of photographs, drawings, paintings and textiles • 845-876-2903.
Ancestral African Whisperings: The 2020 Codes
On view through Saturday, February 29, 2020 • Queen City 15 Fine Art Gallery, 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie • artwork of the four women of African Descent, Josephine Green, Makeba “KEEBS” Rainey, Ingrid Thompson and Rochleigh Z Wholfe, express their individual interpretations of ancestral whisperings, stirrings, callings received • • More info: LINK
The 33rd Annual Photowork: Beyond 20/20
On view through March 7 with artist talks on February 8, 2020 • Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie • Exhibition that celebrates prescient social commentary as well as engagement with issues relating to contemporary photography. Submissions embrace excellence in cutting-edge and traditional processes. • More info: LINK
Catskill Lantern Festival
Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March 2020 • World Vacation Hotel, 4880 Route 32, Catskill • Walk-through family fun wonderland of massive lighting displays, an animal kingdom, 130-foot walk-through light tunnel, giant lantern pandas, and a 39-foot lantern Christmas tree • $20 adults, $15 children • More info: LINK
Winter Maintenance Volunteer Days
Saturdays, through the winter • 9am - 4pm • Hudson River Maritime Museum, Grey Barn, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston • Lend a hand to help maintain the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater with woodworking, painting, coating, sanding and lots more • LINK
305 Fitness
Wednesday evenings 7:30pm, Saturday mornings and Sunday mornings (both) at 9am • Hudco, 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry • Ready to welcome 2020 in the best way possible?! 305 Fitness is a 45-minute nonstop cardio party featuring toning for your core and glutes, staged lighting, and sick DJ mixes. BUT it's more than just an addictive dance party. This is a safe space to release your inhibitions, let yah freak flag fly, and meet open minded people while getting stronger and happier. It's not a dance class, it's a dance party • $25 • More info: LINK
“Tranquility: Calm, Minimal, Zen”
On view through March 15, 2020 • Tivoli Artists Gallery 60 Broadway, Tivoli • A presentation of works that soothe the mind, evoke reflection and focus on minimal style • Free • LINK
‘William Stone: Apperception’
On view through March 15, 2020 • 5pm • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • Exhibition of mixed media work, ranging from paintings to kinetic sculpture • • More info: LINK
Totally Dedicated: Leonard Contino, 1940–2016
On view through April 5, 2020 • Samuel Dorksky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz • Exhibition of over 80 artworks, the largest exhibition yet, of the Brooklyn-born, self-taught abstract artist whose tenacious exploration of pictorial space spanned a fifty-year career • • More info: LINK
COMING UP
Stand-Up SuckFest: A Comedy Open Mic
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 • 8pm • The Beverly, 224 Foxhall Ave., Kingston • Every last Tuesday of the month • Five minute sets, sign-up begins at 7:30pm • $5 admission • More info: FB Link
Narcan Training Session
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 • 4:30 to 5:30pm • 230 North Road, Poughkeepsie • Attendees will learn why naloxone works to reverse an overdose, what to do when an overdose is suspected, and how/when to give someone Narcan. Each trainee will receive a free Narcan kit to carry. Repeats monthly: March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 23, October 28, November 25, December 23. No pre-registration required. More info: LINK *Residents are also reminded that if they can't make this formal training, or would prefer a more personal setting, they can walk in to the Dutchess County Stabilization Center at any time, day or night and be trained in the administration of naloxone.
Author Jenny Offill
Thursday, February 27, 2020 • 6pm • Upstairs at Murray’s Cafe, 73 Broadway, Tivoli • From the author of the nationwide bestseller Dept. of Speculation, one of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year, comes Weather a shimmering tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis • $10 + Ticket price is redeemable in full against the purchase of “Weather” at this event. Limit one ticket per book purchased • Buy tickets: LINK
Morton Community Talent Art Opening
Friday, February 28, 2020 • 6-8pm • Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff • On view during the Community Talent Show on March 6, and through the month of March • 845-876-2903.
Soup Night at the Elmendorph Inn
Saturday, February 29, 2020 • 6-8pm • Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook • Join friends and neighbors for a cozy winter evening at Red Hook’s historic tavern, enjoying a variety of homemade soups and live bluegrass music by Dan Budd’s Grassfed band • Tickets at the door: $10 adults $6 children 10 and under • More info: LINK
“Facebook: The Inside Story”
Saturday, February 29, 2020 • 6pm • Oblong Books, Rhinebeck • Discussion with author Steven Levy who has had “unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for three years. Based on hundreds of interviews inside and outside the company, Levy’s sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company that has changed the world and reaped the consequences” • Free • RSVP: LINK
Annual Chili Bowl Fest Fundraiser
Saturday February 29, 2020 • SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge • info@wsworkshop.org.
Ancestral African Whisperings: The 2020 Codes
On view through Saturday, February 29, 2020 • Queen City 15 Fine Art Gallery, 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie • artwork of the four women of African Descent, Josephine Green, Makeba “KEEBS” Rainey, Ingrid Thompson and Rochleigh Z Wholfe, express their individual interpretations of ancestral whisperings, stirrings, callings received • • More info: LINK
Forum: What Does Bail Reform Mean?
Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 6pm • East Fishkill Community Center, 890 Route 82, Hopewell Junction • Panel participants include county executive Marc Molinaro, Sen. Sue Serino, Assemblyman Kieran Lalor, DA William Grady and Chief Christopher Bellino • 845-221-9191
Get Red Hooked on First Fridays
Friday, March 6, 2020 • 5-8pm • Route 9 and Route 199, Red Hook • The start of First Fridays in Red Hook for the year. An evening of family-friendly fun, music, food and all sorts of specials. Hosted by the merchants of Red Hook Village in conjunction with Red Hook Area Chamber of Commerce • More info: LINK or EMAIL
Gueryung Lee: Opening Reception
Friday, March 6, 2020 • 6-9pm • 4 South Clinton Street, Poughkeepsie • Opening reception of Korean artist Gueryung Lee's contemporary prints and paintings • On view February 21-March 1, 2020 • More info: LINK
“Nude” Opening Reception
Saturday, March 7, 2020 • 4-6pm • Queen City 15 Gallery, 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie • Juried exhibition of area artists whose work includes the undraped human form • On view March 6 – 28 , 2020. Gallery Hours: Friday 3-7, Saturday 12-7, and by appointment • More info: LINK
A Mardi Gras Party with The Soul Rebels
Saturday, March 7, 2020 • 8pm • Revel 32, 32 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie • $24 advance, $30 night of the show, $60 VIP (includes early entry, cocktails, prizes and more) • More info: LINK
Organizing for Victory: Women's Suffrage in the Empire State
March 8, 2020 • 3-4:30pm • Elmendorph Inn 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook • Join Historic Red Hook on International Women’s Day for a presentation at the Elmendorph Inn. After decades of activism, the women of New York State finally won the right to vote in 1917. From that point on, all efforts turned toward a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. Sally Dwyer-McNulty, Professor of American History at Marist College and Vice President of Historic Red Hook, explores the history, strategies, and significance of the campaign for women's suffrage in the Empire State.Refreshments to follow presentation • More info: LINK
Barry Sonnenfeld in conversation with WAMC's Joe Donahue
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 • 7pm • Upstairs at Murrays, Tivoli • Barry Sonnenfeld discusses his new memoir “Barry Sonnenfeld: Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker” • $34: 2 tickets, priority seating + 1 signed copy of the book, $15 General Admission (does not include a book, but the cost of the ticket may be applied in full toward the purchase of the book the event) • Buy tickets: LINK
Flag Changing Ceremony
March 15, 2020 • noon • Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, Poughkeepsie • American Legion Post 739 organize and present monthly Flag Changing Ceremonies on the Walkway to honor our region’s veterans and their service to our country • Free • Repeats April 19, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 25, November 15, and December 20, 2020 • LINK
An Offering of Irish Music and Monologues
March 15, 2020 • 3pm • Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook • Join Historic Red Hook for a night of music and monologues presented by the Hudson River Consort and Christine Gummere, Artistic Director. James Ruff—Tenor & Celtic Harp Warren Kelder—Actor & Musician Christine Gummere—Cello Wine, seltzer and light refreshments are included • $15 • More info: LINK
“King Kong (1933)”
Friday, March 20, 2020 • 7:30pm • UPAC, Kingston • Part of the UPAC/Bardavon classic film series • $6 all seats, free for members • TICKETS
Winter Weekends
March 21-22, 2020 • 11am - 4pm • Storm King Art Center • Take in the Hudson Valley’s 500-acre outdoor museum during the wintertime. Please note: In the case of severe weather, Storm King may close some or all of the site). • $18, $15 seniors, $8 children and students ages 5-18 • More info: LINK
Science on Screen Film Series presents: “2001: A Space Odyssey (1969)”
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 6:15pm and Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 12:30pm • Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • Film screening followed by a discussion and a special message from former NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman • $10, $6 Rosendale Theatre members and students • More info: LINK
Authors Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor “The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home”
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 • 6pm • Upstairs at Murray’s, Tivoli •There’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from, until now. New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor will talk with Salome Dewell about their new novel set in the world of Night Vale…and beyond • $23 Ticket includes one copy of the book • Buy tickets: LINK
2020 Woodstock Bookfest
March 26-29, 2020 • Various locations • Workshops, StorySlam, panels, mini-intensives and more • More info: LINK
“Clue (1985)”
Friday, April 3, 2020 • 7:30pm • Bardavon, Poughkeepsie • Part of the UPAC/Bardavon classic film series • $6 all seats, free for members • TICKETS
Miss Queen City of the Hudson Pageant
April 25, 2020 • 11am - 3:30pm • Courtyard Marriot, Goshen/Middletown, 24 Crystal Run Crossing, Middletown • More info: LINK
“Mysteries of the Great Instruments” Benefit for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic
Saturday, April 25, 2020 • 2pm • Bardavon 1869 Opera House, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie • presentation by Christophe Landon, one of the world’s leading luthiers, featuring his collection of multi-million dollar violins, violas and cellos, with demonstrations on each by members of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic • $75, limited to 100 seats on the stage • More info: LINK
Neil Gaiman in Conversation with N.K. Jemisin
Saturday, May 2, 2020 • 7:30pm • Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, Bard College • ard Professor in the Arts, Neil Gaiman for a conversation with Hugo Award-winning, and New York Times Bestselling author N. K. Jemisin (Broken Earth trilogy), whose new work The City We Became will be published in March • $25 • More info: LINK
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Saturday, May 2, 2020 • UPAC, Kingston • $79 and up • Tickets: LINK or 845-339-6088
STOMP
Thursday, May 7, 2020 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • The international percussion sensation will make you look at supermarket carts or plumbing fixtures the same way again • $39 and up • More info: LINK
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