Calendar for January 20-26, 2020
MONDAY
Please note: The Dutchess County Office for the Aging is closed on Monday, January 20th, for the national Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Clients of the OFA Home Delivered Meals program will receive shelf-stable meals in advance of the holiday.
Movie + Making: The Neverending Story
Monday, January 20, 2020 • 10am - 1pm • Wickham Works Makers Lab, Warwick Valley Community Center, 11 Hamilton Ave., Warwick • Enjoy some hands-on making with the folks from the Open Door Makers Lab while watching the story of a boy who dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book on the Big Screen at the Community Center • $5 • More info: LINK
Hudson River Maritime Museum Volunteer Open House
Monday, January 20, 2020 • 11am - 4pm • Learn about volunteer opportunities at HRMM, Riverkeeper and Clearwater. Training & information sessions throughout the day. This program supports the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit, Water/Ways • Free • More info: LINK
Celebrate Martin Luther King’s Big Dream With Dream Box Art Collaborations
Monday, January 20, 2020 • noon-4pm • the Idea Garden, 346 Broadway, Kingston • Make dream boxes with MyKingstonKids, artist Sadee Brathwaite and other wonderful community dreamers • More info: LINK
TUESDAY
Holistic Healthcare Day
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 • 4-8pm • Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main Street, Stone Ridge • A variety of holistic practitioners offering free services including a holistic medical doctor, massage therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, psychologists and an amazing variety of energy healers. Services depend on which practitioners are available on a particular day • Free but donations accepted • More info: LINK
WEDNESDAY
CODE BLUE IN KINGSTON
Due to low temperatures, the city’s Warming Center will be open 24/7 at the 2nd Iglesia La Mision Church at 80 Elmendorf Street in Kingston through Wednesday, January 22, 2020 • For the duration of a Code Blue activation, members of law enforcement and others are encouraged to refer individuals in need of shelter to the Family of Woodstock Hotline at (845) 338-2370 or directly to the warming center • More info: LINK
Leonard Contino, Untitled, n.d., courtesy the Estate of Leonard Contino
Totally Dedicated: Leonard Contino, 1940–2016
Opens Wednesday, January 22, 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 • On view through April 5, 2020 • More info: LINK
Scam Prevention
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 • 11:15 am • Interfaith Towers, 66 Washington Avenue, Poughkeepsie • Information on how to protect yourself and loved ones from scams with the Dutchess County Office for the Aging Coordinator Brian Jones. Also on Friday, January 24, 2020 at the Pleasant Valley Town Hall, 1554 Main Street • More info: LINK
Narcan Training Session
Wednesday, January 22, 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: February 26, 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.
Karl Coplan on “Live Sustainably Now: A Low-Carbon Vision of the Good Life”
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 • 6-9pm • Oblong Books and Music, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck • Riverkeeper is proud to join Oblong Books as they welcome Karl Coplan, Professor of Law and Director of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, who will discuss his brand new book • Free • More info: LINK
THURSDAY
Congressional Update with US Congressman Antonio Delgado
Thursday, January 23, 2020 • 7:30am • Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 214 Fair Street, Kingston • Congressman Delgado plans to discuss his second-year agenda as well as talk about his accomplishments during his first year of service as part of the chamber’s January breakfast meeting • More info: LINK
Public comment deadline: Endangered/threatened animal species of New York
Friday, January 24, 2020 • The deadline for the public to comment on draft of proposed changes to the DEC’s list of endangered, threatened and species of special concern throughout the state. The DEC is proposing to add 18 species to the list and remove 19, including bald eagles, New York State as part of a draft proposal of changes by the Department of Environmental Conservation. More info: LINK Send comments and suggestions by January 24, 2020 to: Joe Racette NYSDEC Division of Fish and Wildlife 625 Broadway Albany, NY 12233-4754 or email WildlifeRegs@dec.ny.gov
FRIDAY
Hot Chocolate Weekend at Trevor Zoo
January 24-26, 2020 • 9am - 5pm • Trevor Zoo at the Millbrook School, 282 Millbrook School Road, Millbrook • Free hot chocolate all weekend and free entrance with the purchase of a cup, mug or bottle • More info: LINK
Catskill Lantern Festival
January 24-26, 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 • Open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March 2020 • $20 adults, $15 children • More info: LINK
Steven Wright
Friday, January 24, 2019 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • Academy Award-winning comedian will bring his off-beat wit to the Ulster County stage • $31 • More info: LINK
SATURDAY
Sew-A-Thon Benefiting Animals Displaced by the Australian Fires
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 10am-5pm • Wappinger Town Hall Senior Center • Join Australia’s Animal Rescue Craft Guild, to make pouches for these needy animals. Bring your sewing machines if you have one! • More info: Call 845-297-0720
Primrose Hill School Winter Open House
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 10am - noon • 23 Spring Brook Park, Suite 2, Rhinebeck • Experience this unique school community and discover a holistic education led by Waldorf-trained teachers, tour the campus, farm, garden and renovated classrooms, learn about the school curriculums and extracurricular programs, meet with the faculty, parents and students, and make a craft! • More info: LINK
Just Us Plus
On view through January 25, 2020 • Queen City 15 Gallery, 317 Main Street, Poughkeepsie • Exhibition with nine Hudson River artists • More info: LINK
HV Man Con + Arm Wrestling War
Sunday, January 26, 2020 • noon - 5pm • 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie • Part of HV Man Con “a one-day event dedicated to all things manly in the Hudson Valley area where you can indulge in the ultimate Man Day with all of your buddies” (Insert eyeroll.) Women and children are allowed. Arm wrestling tournament starts at 1:30 pm, sign up at noon• More info: LINK
The 33rd Annual Photowork: Beyond 20/20
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 3-6pm • 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. Exhibit runs through March 7 with artist talks on February 8, 2020 • More info: LINK
**RESCHEDULED** Rhinecliff Winter Bonfire
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • Due to the weather, this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 3pm – 7pm • Rhinecliff Firemen’s Field, Valley Rd, next to the Old Schoolhouse Condos, Rhinecliff • Dress warm and join us to celebrate Winter around a bonfire made from local holiday trees. Holiday trees from the Rhinecliff Protective Fire District will be picked up from 8am – noon from your home. Trees must be cleared of decorations. Call Joe at 845-489-0835 to arrange for your tree pick up and set it at the end of your driveway.
Hudson Valley Wingfest
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 5-9pm • 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie • General admission includes 1-2 wings per restaurant, VIP includes 90-minute early-entry • $30-55 • More info: LINK
The Sound of Spring
Saturday, January 25, 2020 • 7pm • Fisher Center at Bard College • The US-China Music Institute presents its first annual Chinese New Year Concert featuring Bard College’s The Orchestra Now performing a lively collection of symphonic works featuring solo performances by Chinese instrument masters from the Central Conservatory of Music in China • $20 • More info: LINK
SUNDAY
Winter Bird Feeder Watch
Sunday, January 26, 2020 • 10am • Mohonk Preserve · Gardiner • Join Christy Belardo, Mohonk Preserve Education Coordinator, and learn how to identify birds, record your observations, and submit online! Binoculars will be provided, or you may bring your own • Children ages 6 and up are welcome. Children must always be accompanied by an adult • Free • More info: LINK
Museum Mates: Thomas Cole & The Hudson River School January 26, 2020 • 1PM to 3PM • Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston • Children ages 5 to 12 years old can learn to paint like Thomas Cole, a founder of the Hudson River School of painting, famous for his river landscapes. Children will learn basic painting techniques and create their own work of art • Free for museum members household and above; $5 general admission. This program supports the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit, Water/Ways • More info: LINK
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert with the Hevreh Ensemble
Sunday, January 26, 2020 • 2pm • Wallace Center, FDR Presidential Library and Home, Route 9, Hyde Park • compositions with varied instrumentation including Cherokee Native American flutes, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, and world percussion. Slides of pre- and post-Holocaust dances will accompany the composition, "Path of Light." A performance of "Wudeligv" will be accompanied by photos of European synagogues pre- and post-Holocaust • Free but registration is required: LINK
Women's Voices and Talents
Sunday, January 26, 2020 • 2 - 3pm • Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, 12 Vassar Street, Poughkeepsie • With a century of organized effort of women seeking the right to vote, what were the historical roots of the arguments that were unique to Dutchess County? What was the final tipping point? Is there relevance and are there lessons for today? Partnership between The Library District, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, and the Dutchess County Historical Society • Free and open to the public • More info, email: administration@poklib.org
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ONGOING
22nd Anniversary Winter Salon
On view through January 31, 2020 • Upstairs Galleries, 22 East Market Street, 3rd Floor, Rhinebeck • Featuring works by Karl Dempwolf, James Coe, Polly Law, Crista Pisano & Friends • 845-876-7578 • LINK
‘Celebration’ Exhibition
On view through February 1, 2020 • WomensWork Art Gallery, 4 South Clinton Street, Poughkeepsie • Multi-disciplinary arts showcase celebrating women, femme and non-binary creatives though visual and performing arts • More info: LINK
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
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
COMING UP
Keeping Your New Year’s Nutrition Resolution
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 • 11am • Pawling Senior Friendship Center, 154 Charles Colman Blvd. • Information session with Dutchess County Office for the Aging nutrition coordinator Nimesh Bhargava • More info, call (845) 486-2555.
Stand-Up SuckFest: A Comedy Open Mic
Tuesday, January 28, 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
“Groundhog Day (1993)”
Friday, January 31, 2020 • 7:30pm • UPAC, Kingston • Part of the UPAC/Bardavon classic film series • $6 all seats, free for members • TICKETS
Exploring the Wilds: The Violin in Early America
Friday, January 31, 2020 • 7:30-9pm • Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook • Join national fiddle champion Tim Macdonald to enjoy a huge range of early violin music, from wild dance tunes to plaintive laments to sophisticated sonatas, and learn how professional musicians competed to be the best players, teachers, improvisers, composers, and even dancers, all at the same time • Wine & light refreshments • $15 tickets at the door • More info: LINK
Painting with Natural Pigments
Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 10am-3pm • Fall Kill Creative Works, 1 Meeting Glebe House, Poughkeepsie • one-day course students are introduced to the world of natural color; prepare fabric paints with a homemade soy protein binder, and discuss the process of foraging minerals and dye plants to convert into unique local, handmade palettes • $155 • LINK
See You in Court! Red Hook, 1813
Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 11am - 4pm • Elmendorph Inn 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook • Historic Red Hook’s annual living history event! Step back in time to 1813, to when the Elmendorph Inn, then known as “Jacob Loop’s Hotel,” was the heart of activity in the town. Interact with costumed historical interpreters throughout the building. In the great South Room, participate in a local court trial and learn about crime and punishment in Red Hook’s first years as an independent town. Join in as plaintiff, defendant, or witness and explore the ways in which men, women, and children used the court system to their advantage. Try your hand at dancing in the Parlor, with the local dance master and caller. In the Tap Room, experience all the activity that would accompany a town court session, including a full cast of local characters from farmers to postmen engaged in everything from making business deals to gambling • Free • More info: LINK
Ancestral African Whisperings: The 2020 Codes - Opening Reception
Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 4-6pm • 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 • On view through Saturday, February 29, 2020 • More info: LINK
‘William Stone: Apperception’ Opening Reception
Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 5pm • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • Exhibition of mixed media work, ranging from paintings to kinetic sculpture • On view through March 15 • More info: LINK
The Dark Horses: Tribute to George Harrison
Saturday, February 1, 2020 • 8:30pm • Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon • Nine Orange County musicians perform songs celebrating 75 years of George Harrison • $25 advance, $30 at the door • More info: LINK
Silent Movie: FW Murnau’s “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”
Sunday, February 2, 2020 • 2pm • Rosendale Theater, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • Silent movie accompanied by live pianist Martha Waterman • More info: LINK
Holistic Healthcare Community's Free Holistic Self Care Class Presents: Daily Energy Routine
Thursday, February 6, 2020 • 7pm • Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge • Feeling tired, ungrounded, stressed or anxious? Then don’t miss this 90-minute self-care class where you’ll learn a quick, easy – and powerful – routine, Eden Energy Medicine’s, that you can do every day that will help you establish positive energy habits to improve your health • Free + Open to all ages • More info: LINK
EagleFest 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020 • 9am to 4pm • Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Ave, Croton-On-Hudson • Join Teatown at Croton Point Park as the region’s bald eagles descend upon the Hudson River as part of their winter migration • $18 kids, $22 adults • More info: LINK
Morning at the Movies: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Saturday, February 8, 2020 • 9:30am • Lyceum Cinemas, 15 Old Farm Road, Red Hook • Fans can dress up! $10 with 100% of proceeds benefitting rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Center, Cash/check only • 845-802-4232.
Uptown Swing with the Piggly Wigglies
Saturday, February 8, 2020 • 7-10:30pm • The Beverly, 224 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston • An evening of Hot Jazz and Swing Dance with Bryan Brundige & The Piggly Wigglies! 7pm Beginner’s swing dance lesson (included with cover, no partner or experience needed) 8p, Open dance with house band (2 sets!) • $15 • 18+ • RSVP on Facebook: LINK
Beacon Rising Community Concert
Saturday, February 8, 2020 • 1pm • Towne Crier Cafe, Beacon • Songs of inspiration, peace and protest • $15 advance, $20 at the door • More info: LINK
Repairing America's First River: Riverkeeper's Campaign to Bring the Mighty Hudson Back to Life
Sunday, February 9, 2020 • 3-5pm • Parish Hall, 114 Grand Street, Croton-on-Hudson • The Care for Creation environmental group will hold a program on water issues featuring Riverkeeper's President Paul Gallay • More info: LINK
Jennie Livingston’s “Paris is Burning”
Sunday, February 9, 2020 • 2pm • Rosendale Theater, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • Landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag ball scene. Made over seven years, Paris Is Burning offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion “houses,” from fierce contests for trophies, to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia and transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty • $6-$12 • More info: LINK
Hudson Jazz Festival
February 14-16, 2019 • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • Curated by distinctive jazz pianist Armen Donelian • Tickets start at $25; 3-day Weekend Passes are $95 • LINK
Winter Weekends
February 15-16, 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). Reoccurs March 21-22, 2020 • $18, $15 seniors, $8 children and students ages 5-18 • More info: LINK
Ancestral African Whisperings: The 2020 Codes- Artist Talk
Saturday, February 15, 2020 • 3-5pm • 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 • On view through Saturday, February 29, 2020 • More info: LINK
The Buddy Holly Story
Saturday, February 15, 2020 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • Multi-award-winning West End show visits the area as part of the 30th anniversary tour • $34 and up • LINK
CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band Mardi Gras Party
Sunday, February 16, 2020 • 4:30pm • Dinner features Louisiana-style dishes • $30 advance, $35 at the door • More info: 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
“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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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