This week's calendar (4/5-11/21)

Written By HVNY
 

Universal Basic Income and the Hudson Valley: Is It Our Future?
Monday, April 5, 2021 • 6-7pm • Virtual event hosted by Forge Collective featuring an evening with Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson, and HudsonUp Co-Founder Susan Danziger • Free and open to public • 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

Vaccine eligibility opens to 16+
As of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, all New Yorkers ages 16+ are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Check for appointments through the state site: https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ or https://hvny.info/info/2020/coronavirus-vaccine

Housing Update: The Complexities of Fair Housing
Thursday, April 8, 2021 • 9am • The Pattern for Progress Center for Housing Solutions explores the complexities of Fair Housing with Dorothy Botsoe, Real Estate Broker and Certified New York State Real Estate Instructor • Register via Zoom: LINK


Woodstock Film Festival Presents: “My Octopus Teacher” Q&A w/ Filmmakers
Thursday April 8, 2021 • 2pm • Woodstock Film Festival will host a free online talk with “My Octopus Teacher” directors Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed moderated by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rachel Grady • LINK

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▲ Hasan Minhaj – Experiment Time
Multiple dates and times, April 8-April 11, 2021 • Hudson River Museum Amphitheater • Join comedian Hasan Minhaj, host and creator of the weekly comedy show Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj that premiered on Netflix in October 2018, for an outdoor event in the HRM’s open air theater. Seating pods will be socially distanced. Masks are required. No food or drink permitted in the Amphitheater • LINK


Dutchess County Public Forum on Chemical Dependency Services
Thursday, April 8, 2021 • 5:30-7:30pm • online forum about the services offered in Dutchess County for people with chemical dependency • Register via Eventbrite: LINK


“We Are The Forest” Performance and Artist Talk
Thursday, April 8, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event hosted by Queen City 15 Gallery in Poughkeepsie via Zoom • Watch how Suprina and Lisa Winika assembled a large collaborative forest and the Kontomble’s that dwell there, made from our everyday throwaways. Exhibition on view through April 24, 2021 • Register: https://www.queencity15.com/special-events




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

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▲ ‘So-Over-Covid’ One-Act Festival
Friday, April 9-Sunday, April 11, 2021 • Philipstown Depot Theatre patio stage, 10 Garrison’s Landing • As theater events return, audience members will be asked to judge six one-act plays during the semi-final and final rounds of Aery Theatre Co.’s ‘So-Over-Covid’ one-act play festival • $15, limited tickets available; Sunday’s finals are sold out at this time, but performances will be streamed live online • http://philipstowndepottheatre.org


Walkway At Night
Friday, April 9 - 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. and Friday, April 22 - 8:15 - 9:45 p.m. • Walkway Over the Hudson • $5, free to Walkway members • Space is limited, registration is required: LINK

Kingston Winter Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, 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


Anat Shiftan, Still Life with Fruit and Twigs in Shades of Yellow, 2020, part of the “Collective Consciousness” faculty show at SUNY New Paltz running through this weekend.

Anat Shiftan, Still Life with Fruit and Twigs in Shades of Yellow, 2020, part of the “Collective Consciousness” faculty show at SUNY New Paltz running through this weekend.

▲ FINAL WEEK - Collective Consciousness: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty
Through April 11, 2021 • Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz • Collective Consciousness is an exhibition of work by SUNY New Paltz Art Department faculty. The title of the exhibition refers to the sense of community at the university and the faculty’s ability to come together for each other and their students during this difficult time • LINK



"Spout Out" Haikootennany
April 11, 2021 • 5-7 pm • The Beacon Sloop Club is partnering with Clearwater to sponsor on-board-education programs for an under-privileged-local school(s). To enter a haiku or register to attend this free virtual event, go to: https://haikootenanny2021.bpt.me/ Haikus are due Wednesday, April 7, 2021





ONGOING
Annual Spring Burn Ban in New York State
Through to May 14, 2021 • Temporarily outlaws burning of residential brush and yard debris • LINK

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▲ 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:
Deck work on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
From April 13 through April 15, 7am to 3:30pm, all travelers on Route 9D will cross the Newburgh Beacon Bridge on the south span of the bridge. Crews will be installing new deck panels on the north span of the bridge, according to the New York State Bridge Authority. A rise in toll prices on Hudson River crossings beginning on May 1 will help finance this re-decking of the north span of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.

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

Child Passenger Safety Seat Event – by appointment only
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 • 4-7pm • 36 Mechanic Street, Amenia • NYSP child safety seat technicians will be on hand to assist with the installation of child car seats • An appointment is required by calling 845-677-7331 or email ktraffic@troopers.ny.gov 

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

Hilltowns Food Drive
Sunday, April 18, 2021 • 11am - 1pm • 1728 Helderberg Trl, Berne • NYS Senator Michelle Hinchey and Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, in partnership with A Hug from the Hilltowns and Helderberg Lutheran Church, will be holding a drive-thru, drop-off food drive event at Helderberg Lutheran Church. Those interested in donating are asked to prioritize the following perishable and non-perishable food items, which will be distributed to community members in need at a later date • More info: http://fb.me/e/19ojbkwGq

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

Free Virtual YO HO HO It's Penny the Pirate Show!
11am • Joi FASNY Museum of Firefighting in Hudson for a FREE virtual program featuring Penny the Pirate. Where did all of Pirate Penny’s magical treasure chests come from, and what is in all these amazing treasure chests that Pirate Penny will open? Tune in to find out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYfUFARZGz6KUx1SN1LX8w/videos

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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TRAFFIC ALERTS:

The New York State Department of Transportation is advising Dutchess County motorists to expect lane closures along Route 44 in the Town of Washington to facilitate pavement resurfacing. Lane closures will take place eastbound and westbound between Route 82 and Franklin Avenue, weekdays beginning Monday, April 5 through approximately Friday, May 28, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., weather permitting.


The New York State Department of Transportation is advising Westchester County motorists to expect Route 6/202 (Bear Mountain Bridge Road) to close eastbound and westbound, between Route 9D and Route 9 in the town of Cortlandt, weekdays beginning Monday, April 5 through approximately Friday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to facilitate guide rail replacement, weather permitting.  Motorists should expect delays and follow the posted detour utilizing Route 9, Route 403 and Route 9D.

https://www.dot.ny.gov/news/traveler-advisories/2021/2021-04-024 

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