Calendar for November 4-10, 2019
MONDAY
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week begins
November 4-17, 2019 • Dig in to three courses for $22.95 (lunch) or $32.95 (dinner) at over 200 participating restaurants in the region: LINK
TUESDAY
ULSTER: SAWKILL ROAD CLOSURE
November 5-6, 2019 • The Kingston Water Department is beginning a transmission main project that will involve running new water mains and installing new valves in the vicinity of the Binnewater Reservoir in the Town of Ulster. Sawkill Road will be closed from Washington Avenue to the Route 209 overpass from 5am Tuesday, November 5 until the end of the work day on Wednesday, November 6.
VOTE!
Polls are open 6am to 9pm. Find your polling location: HERE
WEDNESDAY
Meadowscaping at Home: How to Make a Native Meadow
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 • 6:30pm • Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff • Tired of that lifeless, boring lawn? Want to plant something that is beautiful, low maintenance, deer-resistant and ecologically-beneficial? Learn how to create a meadow or a meadow-like garden in your own landscape, using the best native plants. Kim Eierman explains the different techniques for meadowscaping in any landscape – from a pocket meadow to a large landscape • Free • 845-876-2903.
Comedian Tom Segura
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • $41 • TICKETS
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, a-Historical Landscape #5 (Undercliff Near Cold Spring), (2019). Superville-Sovak is one of this year's recipients of the Hudson Valley Artists Annual Purchase Award. Superville-Sovak will be speaking in the galleries about his works on November 7, 2019 at 6pm.
THURSDAY
Artist Gallery Talk: Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
Thursday, November 7, 2019 • 6pm • The Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz • Talk with exhibiting artist who will discuss “a-historical landscapes,” and the journey towards speculative realism in his work. The event will be followed by a small reception and is hosted in conjunction with “Madness in Vegetables: Hudson Valley Artists 2019, on view through Sunday” • More info: LINK
Air National Guard Update on Environmental Projects at Stewart Air National Guard Base
Thursday, November 7, 2019 • 6-8pm • Newburgh Armory Unity Center, Larkin Center, 321 South William Street, Newburgh • The Air National Guard will update the community on the environmental projects at the base, including the installation of a treatment system at Recreation Pond, ongoing water site inspection, and the development of the Restoration Advisory Committee • More info: LINK
NAVY Seal Commander Tom Rancich and his mother, Patrena. Storyhorse Documentary Theater will present a live performance of “Rancich” this Veterans’ Day weekend, to benefit the Red Hook VFW 7765. More info: hvny.info/events/rancich
FRIDAY
Storyhorse Documentary Theater presents “Rancich”
November 8, 2019 at 8pm • November 9, 2019 at 5pm and 8pm • November 10, 2019 at 5pm* • Murray’s Sanctuary, 73 Broadway, Tivoli • Documentary performance based on conversations with NAVY Seal Commander Tom Rancich and family written by Jeremy Davidson and directed by Mary Stuart Masterson. Cast includes two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, Sean Cullen, Emily Donahoe, Tim Guinee • Benefit performance for Red Hook VFW Post 7765 • $35-$75, *Pay what you wish on Sunday • Tickets: LINK • STORY
Will Shortz’s Wonderful World of Words
November 8-10, 2019 • Mohonk Mountain House, 100 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz • Hosted by Will Shortz, The New York Times crossword editor and NPR Puzzlemaster, and also features composer and NPR quizzicist Greg Pliska and his Mohonk Puzzle Treasure Hunt • Limited availability • For reservations, call: 844-330-3834 • More info: LINK
Grandmaster Flash
Friday, November 8, 2019 • 7pm • UPAC, Kingston • Grandmaster Flash is a pioneer of Hip-Hop, DJ-ing, cutting, scratching and mixing, and with the Furious Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flash will present a deep audio and visual dive into the history of an art form he helped create • $15 students, $20 adults • TICKETS
SATURDAY
Closing Weekend at Innisfree Garden
Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2019 • 10am - 3pm • Innisfree Garden, 362 Tyrrel Road, Millbrook • Stroll the 185-acre public garden one last time before it closes for the winter • $10 admission • More info: LINK
Sinterklaas Star Party
Saturday, November 9, 2019 • 5:30-7:30pm • Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck • the Snow King and Queen Bring the Celestial Flame to light the First Star that is presented by the Star Child to the Keepers of the Flame; the announcement of the new Family who act as Holders of the Flame for the Sinter Season, plus stories, dancing, live music, prizes, and • $50 • More info: LINK
Raising of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree
The Rockefeller Christmas Tree will be raised in Rockefeller Plaza on Saturday, November 9, 2019. This year’s tree hails from the Village of Florida in Orange County. The big ole Norway Spruce will be driven onto the plaza around 8am, and then carefully untied and craned into its new home on the Center Plaza.
SUNDAY
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze
Through November 10 • Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 S Riverside, Croton-on-Hudson • Meander through an 18th-century landscape and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack o’lanterns—all designed and hand-carved on site by a team of artisans • $23 and up • More info: LINK
Beacon Flea Market
Every Sunday through November 10, 2019 • 6 Henry and South Chestnut Street, Beacon. More info: LINK
Madness in Vegetables: Hudson Valley Artists 2019
On view through November 10, 2019 • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz • More info: LINK
48th Annual Poughkeepsie Train Show
Sunday, November 10, 2019 • 10am - 3pm • MJN Convention Center, 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie • Over 50 vendors, 10 Model Train layouts and various historical organizations, proceeds to benefit Hyde Park Train Station Museum • $3-$6 • More info: LINK
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ONGOING
‘Tonalism: Pathway from the Hudson River School to Modern Art’
On view through December 8, 2019 • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz • More info: LINK
Dutchess Handmade
On view through December 21, 2019 • 5-7pm • Arts Mid-Hudson, 696 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite F, Poughkeepsie • Local gifts from over 75 area artists and artisans • More info: LINK
CALL FOR ARTISTS:
Womenswork.Art is partnering up with CelebrateWomxn845 to host their third annual CELEBRATION exhibition during the month of January 2020. This Open Call is open to all women, femme and nonbinary artists and performers. Deadline to Apply: November 17, 2019 • More info: LINK
COMING UP
“The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders and the Dawn of the American Century”
Thursday, November 14, 2019 • 4pm • Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park • Author talk and book signing with Clay Risen • Free with registration required: LINK
Author Susannah Cahalan, “The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness”
Friday, November 15, 2019 • 6pm • Murray’s Cafe, Tivoli • Author talk on a “narrative history investigating the 50-year-old mystery behind a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine” • $10 ticket, can be applied to purchase of the book at the event • More info: LINK
An Evening of Legends, Mysteries and Tales of Adventure with Josh Gates
Friday, November 15, 2019 • 8pm • UPAC, Kingston • Discovery Channel’s hit-series Expedition Unknown chronicles Gates as he sets out on a global quest to find the truth behind iconic legends and thrilling archaeological mysteries • $37, $97 meet-and-greet with a seat in the first 10 rows • More info: LINK
Catskill Jazz Factory: The Steven Feifke Big Band - Standards Old, New & Blue
Saturday, November 16, 2019 • 7-9pm • 327 Warren Street, Hudson • The Steven Feifke Big Band delivers a night of selections from Feifke’s library of original and arranged works for 17-piece big band • $25 • More info: LINK
Learn How: Improve Your Credit
November 21, 2019 • 6-8pm • Dutchess Community College, Dutchess Hall, Room 101, 53 Pendell Rd., Poughkeepsie • Rhinebeck Bank and United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region will co-present a free workshop by author and credit expert John Panzella to inform people how to maintain, improve or repair their credit • Free • Register here: LINK
Hudson Valley Hullabaloo Holiday Market
November 23-24, 2019 • 10am - 5pm • 467 Broadway, Kingston • Makers, artists, designers, artisanal food, live music, holiday photo booth and more • $2 admission, free for kids under 12 • LINK
The Orchestra Now
Sunday, November 24, 2019 •3-5pm • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • TŌN’s resident conductor, Zachary Schwartzman, leads the orchestra in selections from Mendelssohn’s score for a Shakespeare classic, Ravel’s tribute to composer François Couperin, and one of Mozart’s final symphonies, his 39th • FREE • More info: LINK
Stand-Up SuckFest: A Comedy Open Mic
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 • 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
Basilica Farm and Flea Holiday Market
Friday, November 29, 2019 from noon - 7pm • Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1, 2019 from 10am - 5pm • Over 100 vendors • $5 for the weekend, free for kids under 12 • More info: LINK
Hot Tuna
Thursday, December 5, 2019 • 7:30pm • Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie • Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane celebrate their 50th anniversary • $49-$64 • TICKETS
“The Sandlot (1993)”
Friday, December 6, 2019 • 7:30pm • Bardavon, Poughkeepsie • Part of the UPAC/Bardavon classic film series • $6 all seats, free for members • TICKETS
Winter Walk
Saturday, December 7, 2019 • 5-8pm • Warren Street, Hudson • Santa, street performers, stunning storefront displays, shopping and special treats for kids • LINK
Stormy Daniels
Sunday, December 8, 2019 • 6:30pm • Laugh It Up! Comedy Club, Poughkeepsie • 18+ • $40-$75 • More info: LINK
Catskill Jazz Factory: Dan Tepfer: Natural Machines
December 14, 2019 • 7-9pm • 327 Warren Street, Hudson • A Yamaha Disklavier responds in real time to the music Tepfer improvises at the piano, while another program turns the music into stunning animated visual art • $25 • More info: 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
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
“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
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