This week's calendar (3/22-3/28/21)
▲ Registration opens for visits to Art Omi
Beginning March 22, 2021 • All visitors are invited to register in advance to visit the Art Omi Sculpture & Architecture Park. Registrations will be accepted all week and required on weekends and select holidays. One registration is required per vehicle group. In response to visitor feedback, we’ve also added an option to donate when you register. A suggested donation of $10 per person is encouraged, but we welcome all visitors regardless of donation • https://artomi.org/visit
Lifted restrictions on outdoor gatherings
Beginning March 22, 2021, the outdoor gathering limit throughout New York State will increase to 25 people. Indoor gathering limit will continue to be restricted to 10 people. For “Non-residential Gatherings,” Indoor maximum will increase to 100 people, Outdoor maximum will increase to 200 people • More info: LINK
COVID-19 Micro-Cluster Zones Lifted
Effective Monday, March 22, 2021 • Restrictions will be lifted in the final five remaining yellow zones, including in Newburgh and New Windsor. Any specific restrictions in those locations will be aligned with statewide guidance.
▲ She Sailor Sea Stories
Monday, March 22, 2021 and March 29, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event on Zoom and Facebook • Clearwater's legacy of creating a community aboard where women could lead and belong has gone untold too long. Find out what happens when women find themselves at the helm of the fine and splendid Sloop Clearwater, from 1980 to present, during two episodes of storytelling of the National Women's Sailing Association's She Sailor Sea Stories. Featured Speakers include Clearwater Captains Cate Cronin, Betsy Garthwaite, Cindy Smith, Gioia Blix, Sam Heyman-Hicks, and Amy Nelson • Reserve a spot: LINK
TUESDAY
Vaccines open to 50+
Starting Tuesday, March 23, 2021, all New Yorkers aged 50 and up are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Find one, here: https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/
Ulster County COVID-19 Update
Tuesdays and Thursdays • 3pm • Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan is scheduled to hold his bi-weekly Town Halls on his Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/UlsterCountyExecutive
Rhinebeck Outdoor Dining Public Hearing and Special Board of Trustees Meeting
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 • 6pm • Virtual meeting to discuss outdoor dining in the village. Written comments may be submitted in advance to: media.admin@villageofrhinebeckny.gov • LINK
It Takes A Town: Introducing the Pollinator Pathway
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual workshops on how to make a difference in the environment with the launch of the Dutchess County Pollinator Pathway • The series occurs the fourth Tuesday of every month with home composting on April 27, Solar for the homeowner and renter on May 25 and more • More info: LINK
WEDNESDAY
The Power of Pollinators
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 • 4pm • Virtual field trip with the Ashokan Center tailored for ages 8-12 • Pre-register is required: tinyurl.com/6s3yskna
Dutchess County Telephone Town Hall
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 • 5:30-6:30pm • Listen and participate by calling (845) 765-7121 or watch live on the county’s Facebook page: facebook.com/dutchesscogov
▲ Governing in the Time of COVID with The County Executives
Thursday, March 25, 2021 • 1pm • Virtual event hosted by Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress with Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan • Free • Register via ZOOM
Pharmaceutical Pollution: A Growing Threat to Our Rivers & Streams
Thursday, March 25, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event on Zoom • Cary President Joshua Ginsberg for a virtual Cary Science Conversation with freshwater ecologist Emma Rosi. Hear about her latest research on how pharmaceutical and personal care product pollution impacts freshwater quality, how these chemicals move through ecosystems, and why the health of our rivers and streams is at risk • Free but register at: LINK
“Leading with Artivisim”
Thursday, March 25, 2021 • 7pm • Live monthly interview series, created and curated by Poet Gold in collaboration with Arts Mid-Hudson, featuring a diverse mix of Artivists (Artist Activists) • Q+A to follow • Free, RSVP: LINK
Upstate Women in Film and Television Cocktails and Conversations with Megan Harding, Director/Producer
Thursday, March 25, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event • Free and open to the public • Register in advance: LINK
When Ice Came from the River: Ice Harvesting in the Gilded Age
Multiple dates: Thursday, March 25 (10am only); Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28, 2021 • 10am and 2pm • Staatsburgh State Historic Site • Using historic photos and oral histories, the tour will show just how ice was brought out of the frozen river and the impact it had on the community • Tours are approximately 45 minutes long and cover about 1-mile of fairly-level terrain • Free but registration is required: LINK
Dutchess County “Sap Happy Maple Weekend”
Friday, March 26 - Monday, March 29, 2021 • Bowdoin Park, 85 Sheafe Road, Poughkeepsie: Story Walk with If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff: Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28, noon-5pm near the Sugar Shed. Free, no registration required • Hands-On Public Maple Education Classes: Sunday and Monday, March 28-29, sessions at 10am, 12:30pm, and 3pm. $5 per person, limit 12 per session. DutchessNY.gov/Parks to register. “Pancakes in the Park”
Friday, March 26, 2021 • 11:30am • Bowdoin Park • Seniors can receive a to-go package of pancakes, turkey sausage and Bowdoin Park’s own maple syrup. Limited for 250 seniors, reservations are required. Sign-up by calling the Office for the Aging at 845-486-2555.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Saturday, March 27, 2021 • 8:30am - 12:30pm • Palatine Park and Youth Activity Building Palatine Park Road, Germantown • To schedule your appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS,
visit redcrossblood.org, or, download the free Blood Donor App and use sponsor code: germantown
Kingston Winter Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, March 27; April 10, 24, 2021 • Outdoors at the Ulster County Courthouse parking lot – enter on John Street • 10am - 2pm *10-10:30am is reserved for 65+ and immunocompromised • https://kingstonfarmersmarket.org
Girl Power: Discovering Careers in Emergency Services
Saturday, March 27, 2021 • 11am • Virtual presentation by the FASNY Museum of Firefighting • Meet some brave female firefighters, who will give you a guided tour through their firehouse. We will also meet a DEC forest ranger trained in fighting wild fires, and see all her cool firefighting equipment. And of course it would not be a party without Molly the Museum Dog. What part of the program will this crazy canine present? Tune in to find out! After the show, sign up to receive a free girl power craft project! • Free • LINK
The Great Life of Sojourner Truth
Sunday, March 28, 2021 • 6pm • Virtual event via Zoom • Last year, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation installed a beautiful monument to Sojourner Truth on the west approach to the Walkway Over the Hudson. Learn more about this Hudson Valley native and suffragette who began life in 1797 as a slave named Isabella in Ulster County. Presented by Claudine Ferrell, the chair of the Department of History and American Studies at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia • LINK
ONGOING:
Lisa LaMonica "Botanicals in Winter"
Through March 29, 2021 • Window On Hudson, 43 South 3rd Street, Hudson • Lisa LaMonica’s watercolors are a study of plants she discovered growing in an abandoned garden in 2015. She spent the spring and summer months cataloguing much of the flora, wanting to have a record of what someone else had created and then left behind. In the storefront windows of Window On Hudson she will be exhibiting over 2 dozen of these delicate works, giving us a reminder of the colorful life that is right around the corner • windowonhudson.org
Annual Spring Burn Ban in New York State
Through to May 14, 2021 • Temporarily outlaws burning of residential brush and yard debris • LINK
▲ TENTACLE Poetry Pop-Up
Starting March 20, 2021 and running most nights over the next two weeks • Backbar (217 Warren Street, Hudson) • The Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson Hall and Backbar kickoff TENTACLE, a new pop-up outdoor poetry intervention series that projects moving texts onto Backbar’s giant Nordic tent. Up first, We, from the Prague-based performance and poetics collective OBJECT:PARADISE, featuring words of hope and solidarity that can be read both negatively or positively from the perspective of pandemic restrictions • More info: LINK
▲ Hudson As Muse ERIKA DEVRIES: SEVEN SISTERS
Basilica Back Gallery Artist In Residence Series
Through April 2021 • FREE • Hudson As Muse Basilica Back Gallery Artist In Residence Erika deVries has created a 12-foot tall neon sculpture titled Seven Sisters forged from the current collective need for healing. The outdoor installation, which reads “TAKE CARE OF THE PAIN,” is best viewed at dawn, twilight and evening hours. Take a winter stroll down to our art factory for a moment of peace and reflection under the neon glow • Be sure to bring a set of headphones to listen to an online guided meditation from OHM Center's Suzanne Hill, accessible via QR code (on site) or on Basilica Hudson’s website. There is also a lockbox, pens, paper and writing prompts where visitors can respond to the artwork.• More info: LINK
COMING UP:
The First Short Term Rental Committee Meeting in Germantown
Monday, March 29, 2021 • 6pm • Germantown’s newly formed Short Term Rental Committee will hold its first monthly meeting via Zoom. Open to the public • LINK
Women in Politics in the Hudson Valley
Monday, March 29, 2021 • 6pm • Hosted by the Newburgh Public Library • all-female panel discussion featuring a bipartisan group of local elected officials and candidates currently seeking office. Panelists will draw from their personal experiences running for office, and holding office, and give insight into what it is like being a woman in politics in the Hudson Valley. Dare Thompson from the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region will moderate the conversation • Register for the event HERE.
“In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley 1735-1831”
Monday, March 29, 2021 • 7-9pm • Virtual event led by author Susan Stessin-Cohn • Contact circ@woodstock.org to register.
Dutchess Chamber Work Local First Virtual Job Fair
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 • 10 am • Virtual via Zoom • Learn about local job prospects for part-time and full-time employment • Registration is required: LINK
Hinchey to Host Blood Drive in Kingston
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 • noon-5 • Best Western Kingston, 503 Washington Ave, Kingston • NYS Senator Michelle Hinchey is partnering with the American Red Cross to host a community blood drive. Donations are by appointment only. To schedule, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit bit.ly/Kingston-Blood-Drive • FB Event Link
Inspiration. Bravery. Perseverance. Character. Democracy.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual presentation hosted by the Putnam History Museum and Mount Gulian Historic Site in Beacon on the life of James F. Brown, long-time resident of Dutchess County and employee of the Verplanck Family at Mount Gulian • $10 • Register in advance: LINK
Public Hearings on Danskammer Proposal
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 • 1pm and 6pm • Online public hearings on upgrades of a gas-powered electric generating plant in the Town of Newburgh • More info: LINK
Large outdoor performing arts venues, including stadiums, that hold more than 2,500 people can reopen at 20 percent capacity
Beginning April 1, 2021 • Attendees must show proof of a recent negative test or completed vaccination series prior to entry and are subject to strict state guidance on face coverings, social distancing and health screenings.
Rockland’s First Virtual Arts Festival
April 1-30, 2021 • Virtual arts events every Sunday and Monday at 7pm with the finale on Thursday, April 29 at 7pm with over 100 visual artists, live music, art demos, gallery tours and more • rocklandsartsfestival.org
12th Seasonal Opening of “Bridge Music”
Thursday, April 1, 2021 • Located at each of the Mid-Hudson Bridge’s towers, near 34 Gerald Drive, Poughkeepsie and Johnson-Iorio Park in Highland • Sidewalks are open dawn to dusk April 1 through October 31, 2021 • Additionally, the same music plays year-round, 24/7 in the parks flanking the bridge on 95.3FM. Safe distancing and masking protocols are still in order on the bridge sidewalks • For map & info go to bridgemusic.info
Orange County Youth Fishing Derby
April 1 - September 6, 2021 • Open to children between the ages of five and 18 who are children or grandchildren of Orange County residents • LINK
Child Safety Seat Event – by appointment only
Saturday, April 3, 2021 • 9am - 1pm • NYSP, 3353 Route 9, Hudson • NYSP child safety seat technicians will be on hand to assist with the installation of your child’s safety seat, and answer any questions. An appointment is required for this event, please contact Sergeant Anderson at (845) 677-7331 or via email at ktraffic@troopers.ny.gov
Free First Weekend Wanderings
Saturdays, April 3, and May 1, 2021 • noon - 1pm • Wagon House Education Center, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson • Hour-long walking tour covering a portion of Olana’s 250-acres and 5-miles of carriage roads • Limited capacity; all attendants must register in advance: https://tickets.olana.org/Info.aspx?EventID=11
PHM History Hike: Cornish Estate
Friday, April 9, 2021 • 1pm • Hudson Highlands State Park Parking Lot. 3206 Bear Mountain-Beacon Highway, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring • an outdoor, socially distant history hike of the Stern-Cornish estate ruins known as Northgate led by Thom Johnson, a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley who is fascinated by many of the ruins that are part of the Highlands landscape. During the hike he will present historic photographs of the buildings and information about the Stern and Cornish families.
The tour will last approximately one hour and thirty minutes. Masks will be required at all times, active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. To facilitate social distancing, registration will be capped at 15 participants • LINK
History of Gospel Music in the Hudson Valley
Monday, April 5, 2021 • 7pm • An online conversation with local musician Ray Watkins and Lyric Small, an 8-year-old student, about gospel music in the Hudson Valley and his family's involvement. RSVP: LINK
Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York Book Re-Launch + Virtual Celebration
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • 7-8:30pm • Rough Draft in Kingston will celebrate the relaunch of the book with editor Sari Botton with contributors Ada Limon, Carolita Johnson, and Danielle Jackson, along with special guest host Ryan Chapman. The cast will read from their new essays and share the good and the bad about leaving (and in some cases, returning to) the city they once called home -- from the emotional to the logistical and everything in between. They'll discuss their lives post–NYC; how the pandemic has changed their perspectives on city (and non-city) living; and the role that gentrification has played in their lives and their communities -- both the ones they left behind and the ones they've settled into • FREE • Register via EventBrite: LINK
Mysterious Stone Sites in the Hudson Valley
Saturday, April 17, 2021 • 5pm • Virtual event hosted by the Putnam History Museum • There are stone sites that are assumed to be the work of colonial farmers, but author and researcher Linda Zimmermann has found compelling evidence that disputes this misconception. Zimmermann explores stone chambers, perched boulders, standing stones, and massive walls that may just be unique historical treasures that must be studied and preserved • Free • Register: LINK
Thomas F. Hayden Lecture Series Presents: Thomas Cole and His Views
Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event hosted by the Putnam History Museum • Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, provided us with wonderful views of the Hudson Valley, Catskills, New England and imaginary landscapes. Cole’s paintings also provided us with his views concerning the United States, his adopted country. Barry Ross will survey a number of Cole’s paintings and take in the views during this virtual lecture to celebrate Earth Day • $10 • Register: LINK
Spring Pollinator Walk
Saturday, April 24, 2021 • 1-2pm • Olana State Historic Site • Join beekeeper Chris Layman in an hour-long guided outdoor walk and learn more about the importance of honeybees during Frederic Church’s lifetime and our own • $15, $10 members • For more information, contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938 • LINK
Indian Point Powers Down: A Historic Day for the Hudson
Friday, April 30, 2021 • 6 - 7:15pm • Online Event • On April 30, Indian Point’s last reactor will shut down for the final time. Riverkeeper will lead a panel discussion on the reactor, safe decommissioning and a transition to those workers. Emcee Jon Bowermaster will also show his short film, “The Long Shadow of Indian Point • Register: LINK
“Fallen”
Saturday, May 1, 2021 through October 31, 2021 • Opening of a new site-specific installation by nationally-renowned artist Jean Shin • A beloved hemlock on Olana’s East Lawn died last year of natural causes, despite efforts to save it. In response to the unfortunate necessity of felling this majestic tree, Jean Shin will create a new artwork celebrating its life while reflecting on loss and the broader history of environmental impact in the Catskill region • More info: https://www.olana.org/exhibitions/fallen/
PHM History Hike: Garrison's Landing and Arden Point
Saturday, May 1, 2021 • 11am • Meet at the Garrison Gazebo, 10 Garrisons Landing, 63 Chester Street, Garrison • Putnam History Museum staff will lead a tour through Garrisons Landing and then hike to Arden’s Point. Along the way they’ll discuss the area’s historic architecture and its preservation, Hudson River steamboats, the Hudson River Railroad, how Arden’s Point got its name, and much more. This history hike includes unique scenic views of the Hudson River and West Point. The tour will last approximately one hour and thirty minutes. Masks will be required at all times, active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. To facilitate social distancing, registration will be capped at 15 participants. Participants will be required to sign a release before the event • $10 • LINK
Unplanned Views at Olana: Geology Walk
Saturday, May 1, 2021 • 2-4pm • Time travel back to Olana’s ice age past! Join geologist Robert Titus for a walking tour showcasing Olana’s artist-designed landscape through science and storytelling. During this program, participants will learn more about the geological history of Olana and the forces that shaped Frederic Church’s masterpiece • $15 person, $10 members. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938 • https://tickets.olana.org/Info.aspx?EventID=11
PHM History Hike of Benedict Arnold's Flight Path
May 7, 2021 • noon • 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison • General Benedict Arnold is infamous for his thwarted plan to surrender American-controlled West Point to the British during the Revolutionary War. Join PHM for a socially distant history hike of Arnold’s escape path through present day Garrison, NY. Along the way we’ll discuss why the General was driven to betray the Revolution and how prominent local landowner Beverly Robinson aided Arnold’s mission • $10 • Register: LINK
▲ Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Spring Festival
May 20-23 & May 27-30, 2021 • Tivoli • In-person and virtual curated program of leading artists from the worlds of dance, music, poetry, sculpture, and the culinary arts, including Patti Smith paying tribute to Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday • Limited tickets available from $22.50-$150 • More info: https://kaatsbaan.org
Hudson Valley Ruins: Bricks and Brick Ruins of the Hudson Valley
May 20, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event hosted by the Putnam History Museum • The Hudson Valley was once one of the great brick making centers of the world, with scores of brickyards on both sides of the Hudson River. Countless mansions, houses, schools, and factory buildings were built from Hudson River bricks, whose legacy can also be found in piles of reject bricks found along the shoreline today. Thomas Rinaldi and Robert Yasinsac will highlight brickyard ruins as well as notable ruins constructed from local bricks • $10 • Register: LINK
”Cross Pollination” Exhibition Opening
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana • National collaborative exhibition exploring the theme of cross pollination in art and the environment from the 19th century to today. The project stems from the artist Martin Johnson Heade’s 19th-century series of hummingbird and habitat paintings, The Gems Of Brazil, and their unique relationship to the epic landscapes of Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole And Frederic Church, as well as their continued significance to major contemporary artists working today • On view through October 31, 2021 • More info: LINK
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