This week's calendar (5/17-23/21)

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Poughkeepsie Waterfront Market
Mondays • 3-6:30pm • The Pavilion at the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, 75 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie • More info + markets around the Hudson Valley: https://hvny.info/info/farmers-markets

The City of Newburgh City Hall and other municipal buildings will officially reopen to the public
Monday, May 17, 2021 • Visitors are required to wear masks at all times while in the building and maintain social distancing. Sanitizers are located throughout all municipal buildings and are available for use. Despite City Hall reopening, the city encourages residents to continue to use online, telephone, and email options for city services to help prevent the spread of the pandemic. Please keep in mind many government transactions can be conducted via phone, email, and through the City’s website. A complete list of contact information for City staff can be found HERE. For more information on the reopening and how the City of Newburgh is responding to COVID, please click HERE.

Dutchess OFA “Drive-In Bingo”
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 • 1pm • Stanford Recreation Park, 44 Noller Way, Stanfordville (just off Route 82, behind the new library) • Space is limited, so please call the Dutchess County Office for the Aging to make a reservation: 845-486-2555

Mental Health Services for Adults
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 • 5:30pm • Virtual event hosted by the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health • dutchessny.gov/forumcomments

Forest Stewardship Workshop: Goals, Inventory, and Planning
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 • 6pm • Online via Zoom • Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the Dutchess Land Conservancy for a three-part virtual workshop series – 'An Ecological Approach to Forest Stewardship'. Our forests provide important services such as clean air and water, flood control, natural cooling, supplemental income, scenic views, and sites for outdoor recreation. But did you know that three-quarters of New York’s forested lands are privately owned? This means that anyone who owns or manages forested lands can influence the health and future of this important resource for everyone. 'Forest Stewardship Workshop: Goals, Inventory, and Planning' will cover: Setting future goals; Helpful resources for developing your plan; Measuring the current health of your forest; ‘In the field’ video; Inventory and measure your forest; Bringing it full circle; An ecological approach to forest stewardship • This workshop series, led by Dutchess Land Conservancy Ecologist Julie Hart and Cary Institute Wildlife Biologist Mike Fargione, will explore the basics of forest ecology and stewardship. Participants will learn about the ecology and history of local forests, how to identify threats to forest health, and how to create a simple forest inventory – with a focus on using an ecological approach to set management goals. An Ecological Approach to Forest Stewardship is designed for anyone interested in learning about forest stewardship, from backyard woodlots to larger woodlands • Additional sessions: May 4, 2021 – Forest Stewardship Workshop: Ecology & History of Northeast Forests; May 11, 2021 – Forest Stewardship Workshop: Threats to Northeast Forests • Attendance at all three sessions is recommended, but not required • FREE • Register: LINK

Most COVID-19 capacity limits lifted in New York
Beginning Wednesday, May 19, 2021 • Effective May 19, most business capacities – which are currently based upon percentage of maximum occupancy – will be removed in New York and New Jersey. Businesses will only be limited by the space available for patrons or parties of patrons to maintain the required social distance of 6 feet. This new distance-based maximum capacity will apply across commercial settings, including retail, food services, gyms and fitness centers, amusement and family entertainment, hair salons, barber shops and other personal care services, among other settings. It will also apply in houses of worship. Also beginning May 19, the indoor social gathering limit will increase from 100 to 250 people. See here for the full guidance: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-governor-murphy-and-governor-lamont-announce-significant-easing-covid-19

Hudson Valley Gives
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 • Day of support for local organizations around the Hudson Valley hosted by the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan: https://www.hvgives.org • Support HVNY + the HVNY Marketplace

Navigating Freedom in the Hudson Valley
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 • 4:30pm • Virtual event presented by Peter Bunten, Director Mid-Hudson Antislavery Project series of webinars that focuses on Underground Railroad history as presented by New York Historians, researchers, educators and descendants of freedom seekers • https://www.urcnys.org/webinars  

Free Handgun Safety / Permit Course
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 •  5 - 9pm • Phoenicia Fish and Game Club, 5419 State Route 28, Mount Tremper • http://www.phoeniciafga.org/events/ • No minimum age to attend the safety course; No Firearms in the classroom; No need to own a gun to attend this safety course; No requirement to apply for a permit if you attend the course • Class is almost full. Register at www.safetycourse.us

▲ 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
Thursday, 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

Cary Science Conversation: Plastic Purge with Dr. Michael SanClements
Thursday, May 20, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual talk • In conversation with Cary President Josh Ginsberg, SanClements will discuss the history and pervasiveness of plastics, what to consider when choosing which plastics to use, and why reducing plastic consumption can benefit the environment and our health • Free + open to all, with registration via Eventbrite

Opening of the Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series with “Work Songs”
Thursday, May 20, 2021 • Doors at 7:30pm, screening at 8:45pm • Greenville Drive-In, Route 32, Greenville • Work Songs is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the United States at work. Interviews with cab drivers, longshorewomen, a farmer, a barista and others discuss threats from automation, the gig economy and the decline of unions. Each section reveals a different aspect of our evolving relationship to labor, and allows the viewer to reflect on their own negotiation of economic concerns, satisfaction and a larger social good. Director Mark Street, a local Bard College graduate, will be in attendance to introduce the film and give a brief Q&A following the screening. Oceans 8 Films will also present two short films on the growing green economy in neighboring Ulster County • Free, with a suggested donation of $15 at the box office or made online to help sustain Basilica Hudson and support filmmakers • Tickets at https://basilicahudson.org

Can’t Hardly Wait (PG-13)
May 21-22, 2021 •  Doors open at 7:30pm, screening at approximately 8:45pm • Greenville Drive-In, Route 32, Greenville • Tickets available at www.drivein32.com

Saugerties Art Tour Opening Celebration at Opus 40
Friday, May 21, 2021 • 5- 7pm • Opus 40, Saugerties • Sneak peek of selections by 19 local artists from the Saugerties Artists Studio Tour. On view through June 11, 2021 • Free, but ticket reservations are required: https://opus40.org/sast-pre-sho/

Master Gardeners Plant Sale
Saturday, May 22, 2021 • 8:30am - 12:30pm • Veterans Memorial Park, 201 Gypsy Trail Road, Carmel • The sale will feature heirloom and unusual varieties, including many plants grown by local Master Gardeners and some one-of-a-kind selections not offered in the on-line sale • http://putnam.cce.cornell.edu

Horsing Around at the Museum: Mini Horse Mania!
Saturday, May 22, 2021 • 10:30am • FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, New York 12534 • Visit the “adoption barn” and learn all about how firefighters cared for fire horses. Then pick your own stuffed horse to adopt and call your own! Finally, all kids will have the opportunity to meet our guests: Duchess the mini horse and her friend Hank, a mini donkey, both from our friends at Hope Farm. Put your skills to the test around this lovable pair by brushing them, petting them and just showing them the love! All supplies are FREE • All activities are free and will be outdoors, with NYS social distancing in effect. Free admission to the museum will also be offered to all who attend this event • For more information, visit www.fasnyfiremuseum.com or call 518-822-1875.

All NY Modern Makers Market
May 22-23, 2021 • 10-5:30pm • Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, Beacon • Eclectic mix of New York-based artisans, artists, and makers, all from New York State. Jewelry, pottery, glass, clothing, mixed media, fiber, leather, food, beverage and fine wood-working pieces will all be on display and for sale • Advance tickets only • More info: LINK

“Guardians of the Land” Opening
Saturday, May 22, 2021 • 5-7pm • Garrison Art Center, 23 Garrison’s Landing • Solo exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Deborah Lecce. Guardians of the Land is an exclusive collection of Lecce’s elegant ceramic animals that she hand builds with stoneware clay and fires in a variety of kilns, each producing a unique surface. Lecce begins each sculpture with the belly of the animal adding coil upon coil of clay while paddling and stretching the clay to find the gesture and spirit of each individual work. Lecce talks about a contemplative mindset during the process of creating and the excitement and challenge that accompanies the transformation of the clay into “sentient” beings • On view through June 20, 2021 • https://www.garrisonartcenter.org/coming-up

If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now 2021 Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition
May 22 to September 18, 2021 • Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5pm • Opening: May 22, 4 to 7pm • Extended gallery hours: 5/29, 5/30, 7/24, 8/28 • noon - 8pm • Wassaic Project • https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/if-you-lived-here-youd-be-home-by-now

ONGOING
Window On Hudson presents: Mary McFerran “Suburban Wildlife”
May 5 - May 31, 2021 • An artist’s reception will be held Saturday, May 8 from 3-5pm • Window On Hudson, 43 South 3rd Street, Hudson • Mary McFerran spent the solitude of 2020 earnestly working in her studio, creating numerous multimedia collages on a variety of subjects. In the storefront windows viewers can see “Suburban Wildlife,” a collection of tapestries that reflect on the wildlife she found venturing into her own backyard. The exhibition continues indoors with sketches and additional works on fabric • www.windowonhudson.org

“Fallen”
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/

“Memento Mori Mandalas”
Through October 31, 2021 • Olana State Historic Site, Hudson • Evoking the transitory Buddhist spiritual practice of mandala making, Catskill-based artist Portia Munson reflects on the passing beauty of earthly things and the costs of climate change with arrangements that center on fallen birds and insects she finds on her walks around our region. Using a high resolution flatbed scanner, she holds up these specimens of loss for our respect and admiration, often surrounding them with flowers and plants she grows • https://www.olana.org/exhibitions/memento-mori-mandalas/

COMING UP:
Books, Boots & Bridles: The Story of the Packhorse Librarians
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • 2pm • FDR Library Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin tells the story of the Pack Horse Library initiative, a little known program of the Roosevelt Administration's WPA. Its mission, carried out almost entirely by women, was to deliver and distribute reading materials to the far off corners of Appalachia during the darkest hours of the Great Depression • Facebook + YouTube

NYS Senator Michelle Hinchey’s Virtual Town Hall 
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • 7pm • Free • via Zoom and Facebook Live • Join Senator Michelle Hinchey for a virtual Town Hall. Please register in advance via: bit.ly/SenatorHincheyTownHall or you can call 845-331-3810 to sign-up and submit your questions in advance. ASL interpretation available • http://fb.me/e/GuYAs0HS

Indian Point: What’s Next?  An Environmental Justice Community Discussion
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • 6-7:30pm • Hudson River Sloop Clearwater will be hosting a virtual introductory conversation on Indian Point Decommissioning. During this session, they will also be addressing Environmental and Climate Justice issues relevant to Hudson River waterfront communities from NYC and Yonkers to Kingston and Poughkeepsie. Free but pre-registration is required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPsHP8-kQRJQK2CNDq3qb67Pw64_XDqO9pZzRLkukADlCM5g/viewform

No One Walks Alone
Thursday, May 27, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual open discussion on depression, mental illness and suicide hosted by the public libraries of Dutchess County • Registration is free via bit.ly/3gcdR4W

Memorial Day Weekend Market & Open House
May 29-30, 2021 • 11am-5pm • Bethel Woods • Free Entry, Discounted Museum Admission • https://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/events/memorial-day-weekend-market-open-house

Camille Thurman & The Darrell Green Trio
Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 7pm and Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 5pm • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street • A limited quantity of $35 tickets are now available in theater-style seating that is socially-distanced, and grouped by ticket order. For Camille Thurman Tickets visit www.hudsonhall.org or phone (518) 822-1438. Limited capacity.

Something Rotten!
06/04/2021 - 06/13/2021 • 7PM Friday and Saturday, 3PM Sunday • $25 • Hacket Hill Park, 79 E Market Street, Hyde Park • New Deal presents the regional premiere of “Something Rotten” - Welcome to the Renaissance and this outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce where two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Note: This production is PG-13 for some sexual humor. • Tickets can be purchased for this show at  newdeal-somethingrotten.eventbrite.com with or without a picnic lunch box delivered to the park from Cranberry's at Tilley Hall! Share dinner-and-a-show with friends or loved ones at a safe, outdoor stage at Hackett Hill Park in Hyde Park • Details about this regional premiere, our partnership with Cranberry's at Tilley Hall, and other updates can be found in our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/216005340066528! Respond to the event to get updates on our progress! • http://www.eventbrite.com/e/something-rotten-tickets-155630774837

PHM History Hikes: Little Stony Point and Environmentalism on the Hudson
Friday, June 11, 2021 • 6:30pm • $10 • Little Stony Point, Hudson Highlands State Park, Phillipstown • Join The Putnam History Museum for a sunset hike through the Little Stony Point section of Hudson Highlands State Park! PHM staff will lead you through a trail with scenic views of the Hudson River, Storm King Mountain, and Little Stony Point while discussing the area’s role in the 1960s Environmental Movement. This discussion will differ from our Fall 2020 hike, with new information on Little Stony Point. The hike and tour will last approximately 1 hour.  Active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. Participants will be required to sign a release before the event • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phm-history-hikes-little-stony-point-and-environmentalism-on-the-hudson-tickets-154879152715

”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

Second Saturday Hudson Gallery Crawl
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • Free • Events will be taking place from Basilica Hudson and Henry Hudson Riverfront Park up to 7th Street Park and the newly renovated Park Theatre. • The gallerists, retail shops, and restaurants of Hudson, have joined together to launch an ongoing, citywide gallery crawl. Beginning June 12, 2021 and taking place every second Saturday of the month, the businesses on and off Warren Street will be staying open late (until 9pm).  Outside of the shops, visitors will find pop-up galleries, markets, buskers, concerts, food trucks, and community activated art programing •  http://www.hudsongallerycrawl.com



Glynwood Benefit Picnic
Sunday, June 13, 2021 • 5-7pm • 362 Glynwood Road, Cold Spring, NY • Glynwood is hosting our inaugural benefit picnic to support our Farmer Training program, including the Glynwood Farm apprentices, participants in the Hudson Valley Farm Business Incubator program, and year-round farmer training workshops. The picnic will be socially distanced between groups, and attendance is limited • $150 • https://www.glynwood.org/support/benefit-picnic.html

PHM History Hikes: West Point Foundry Summer Tour
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 11am • $10 • West Point Foundry Preserve, 80 Kemble Avenue, Cold Spring • Mark Forlow, chair of the Putnam History Museum and the author of West Point Foundry, will lead participants through the Preserve and discuss the history of the WPF. Sites include the 1865 Administrative Building and Foundry Cove. The hike and tour will last approximately 90 minutes. Active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. Participants will be required to sign a release before the event • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phm-history-hikes-west-point-foundry-summer-tour-tickets-154879874875

The Great Hudson River Revival
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 11 am - 11 pm • Free virtual event will feature musical performers, storytellers, and activists, including: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Scott Ainslie, Rick Nestler, Matt Cartsonis, Betty and the Baby Boomers,Hubby Jenkins, Thomasina Winslow, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Emma's Revolution, Holly Near, R.J. Storm and the Old School Bluegrass Band, Mel & Vinnie, Reggie Harris, Tom Paxton, Diana Jones, The Trouble Sisters, Magpie, Rik Palieri and more • clearwater.org

Baseball in Black & White: Barnstorming in the Hudson Valley
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 5pm •  $10 • Join Putnam History Museum for a virtual lecture by Baseball Historian, Writer, and Collector Bob Mayer, who will take you back to baseball’s early days and pre-Integration African-American baseball teams and players.  Speaking on a foundation of 50+ years of experience with baseball, Bob will entertain and educate baseball and local history enthusiasts alike, as well as anyone else curious about life and sports in the 19th and early 20th century • putnamhistorymuseum.org

Maritime Smuggling on Long Island: From Pirates to Rumrunners
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 • 7pm • $10 • Virtual event hosted by the Putnam History Museum • From 18th century pirates to Prohibition era bootleggers, Long Island has been a historic hub of maritime smuggling. Join PHM and author Bill Bleyer for a virtual lecture on July 7th at 7 PM to learn why infamous pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island, and why the area became known as Rum Row during Prohibition. Bill Bleyer is a former Newsday staff writer and current freelance contributor for the paper and magazines who has written four books on Long Island history. Bleyer has lectured at libraries, museums and historical societies across Long Island on a range of subjects, including maritime and Civil War history • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maritime-smuggling-on-long-island-from-pirates-to-rumrunners-tickets-154279079881

Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival
Saturday, August 14, 2021 • 11:30am • Free • Safe Harbors' Green, Corner of Broadway and Liberty Street, Newburgh • Clap, shout ole! and maybe even get up and dance with international and local flamenco artists as we celebrate our return to LIVE performance in 2021. Free admission thanks to the generosity of the Newburgh chapter of the Awesome Foundation • http://hvflamencofestival.com

Andrea Arnold: Flamenco Under the Stars
Saturday, August 14, 2021 • 6:00pm • $28 • Unison Arts, 68. Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz •  An evening of flamenco guitar with Andreas Arnold and Mario Rincon. Guitarist and composer Andreas Arnold lives between Cádiz, Spain and Brooklyn, NY. He has released several albums that feature his original compositions which are explorations between flamenco and jazz, two musical traditions among many, that inspire him the most • unisonarts.org, http://hvflamencofestival.com

Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival
Sunday, August 15, 2021 • 6pm • $28 • Whitecliff Vineyard, 331 McKinstry Rd, Gardiner • From the stunning landscape of Whitecliff Vineyards bring your picnic baskets and sample some local vintages as we transport you to a private flamenco party as they give in Southern Spain. Joined by master guitarist Andreas Arnold, cantaora Barbara Martinez and our company of local and international dancers this is flamenco as it has never happened before in the Hudson Valley. We are going to sing and dance the night away in true flamenco puro tradition • http://hvflamencofestival.com

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