Week of March 25-31, 2024

Women’s History Month Conversation: “The Prescient Life of Ida B. Wells” with Paula J. Giddings
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 6pm
Virtual and in-person at the Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home, Hyde Park
A discussion of Ida B. Wells, a crusading journalist and pioneer in the fights for women’s suffrage and against segregation and lynchings. Registered attendees can visit the library’s special exhibit, “Black Americans, Civil Rights and the Roosevelts,” free of charge prior to the discussion, from 4-6pm. Registration required to attend in person: Register

Seeds of Change: Eleanor Roosevelt
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 2pm
Virtual event
By engaging with the African American community in a way the President would not, Eleanor Roosevelt helped bring Black voices into the White House and the Administration in ways that profoundly impacted civil rights at home and human rights internationally. This segment of the FDR Library’s Seeds of Change series introduces Mrs. Roosevelt’s role in the movement. YouTube, Facebook

Frederic Church as Design Visionary: A Discussion with Sheila Bridges and Young Huh
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 from 6-7pm
Cost: Free
Virtual event
Acclaimed interior designers Sheila Bridges and Young Huh will reflect on Frederic Church’s interior design aesthetic, sharing thoughts on the carefully curated rooms of his artist-designed house at Olana. Moderated by Mitchell Owens, author, American Editor of The World of Interiors and a Contributing Editor of Architectural Digest. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-H5sEor4TnWgQpiTc-ePmA#/registration

Fun on the Farm Community Day
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 11am to 2pm
Pershing Avenue Neighborhood Farm and Garden, 49 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie
Meet the farmers, help spruce up the grounds, refresh the garden beds, and learn more about this special urban farm that is helping to energize Poughkeepsie’s Northside neighborhood. No registration is necessary. aconeski@scenichudson.org

Sales and Spectacle: A Conversation About Art and Commerce with Carrie Haddad
Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 5-6:30pm
Cost: $30, $10 Olana members
127 Union Street, Hudson
Learn about Haddad’s work as a gallerist in Hudson for over 30 years with insights on the contemporary state of the market. olana.org/programs-events/

Local Book Launch: Lyn Slater “How to Be Old” in Conversation with Sari Botton
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 6:30pm
Cost: Free
Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff
Registration is required to attend: https://eventbrite.com/e/lyn-slater-how-to-be-old-tickets-841448995597

Women in Sports Tell Their Stories
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7-8pm
Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie
Panelists include basketball and tennis coach Patsy Zerbe, slow pitch softball team manager Sharon McSween, founder of the Wappingers Challenger League Bettina Briccetti, and Marist College women’s basketball coach Erin Doughty. https://www.sportsmuseumofdutchesscounty.org/events

Farming in Rhinebeck
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 7pm
Starr Library Local History Room, Rhinebeck
From Indigenous People prior to the 1700’s to today’s Farmer’s Market, agricultural purposes and practices in Rhinebeck have changed in a multiplicity of ways. The speaker will address those changing roles as they appear at a number of sites, including at the Palatine Farmstead, the Grange, the violet growers, and among the great river estates. rhinebeckhistoricalsociety.org

Ulster County 4H Spring Fun Festival
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10am to 2pm
Cost: $2 per child, $3 per adult or $6 per family
High Falls Firehouse, High Falls
Learn about rabbit and poultry care, dye Easter eggs, search for treasures in the chicken scratch pool, start a home garden with seeds and more.

Poughkeepsie Book Festival
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10 am - 3 pm
Cost: Free
Dutchess Community College, 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie
Meet and greet authors and illustrators (covering reading ages from preschool to Young Adult), take your picture with your favorite costumed book characters, and make some fun crafts. Books will be available to purchase, and to have signed by the authors and illustrators who made them. poklib.org/bookfestival/

Citizen's Preparedness Class
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10am to noon
Cost: Free
525 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge
The Citizen Preparedness Corps give residents the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster or emergency, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. Citizen Preparedness Corps training began in February 2014. Trainings are led by the New York National Guard working with experts from the Division's Office of Emergency Management and Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Training sessions are coordinated with local county emergency management personnel at various venues such as armories, community centers and other locations statewide, including the New York State Fair. The course provides an introduction to responding to a natural or human-caused disaster. Participants are advised on how to properly develop family emergency plans and stock up on emergency supplies. A key component of the training is distribution of free NYS Disaster Preparedness Kits to participants (one per family) containing examples of key items to assist individuals in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. The state training and kits will help New Yorkers to be the most-trained and best-prepared citizens in the country. dhses.ny.gov/citizen-preparedness-training-calendar

Spectacle: Frederic Church and the Business of Art
On view through March 31, 2024
Sharpe Family Gallery, Olana State Historic Site
Frederic Church’s The Heart of the Andes was the pinnacle of his critical and popular success as America’s preeminent landscape artist and now holds center stage at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s American Wing. Spectacle: Frederic Church and the Business of Art combines immersive video technology with the wealth of Olana State Historic Site’s archival holdings to demonstrate how Church’s art responded to the most advanced scientific thought of his day and reached a broad public audience, the largest of any 19th-century American artist. This special exhibition responds to two most frequently asked questions by visitors to Olana: How did people experience Frederic Church’s major paintings in the 19th century, and how did the artist Frederic Church make enough money to create Olana? olana.org/spectacle/

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ONGOING EVENTS

Rivers Flow/Artists Connect
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
More than 40 American artists, from the 1820s to the present day, capture our profound, symbiotic relationship with major rivers worldwide, from the Hudson and the Susquehanna to the Indus and the Seine. https://www.hrm.org/exhibitions/rivers-flow-artists-connect/

Spring Exhibitions
Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz
Featuring Global Connections: Miguel Covarrubias, Isami Doi, Aaron Douglas and Winold Reiss, and the exhibition: Hudson Valley Artists 2024. newpaltz.edu/dorskymuseum

Mark Hogancamp: Resilience
On view through April 13, 2024
One Mile Gallery, 475 Abeel Street, Kingston
Mark Hogancamp, the acclaimed photographer known for his cinematic scenes from his 1/6th scale world, has defied all odds and emerged triumphant from a journey marked by adversity. From a near-fatal attack that left him with significant physical and cognitive challenges, to a recent debilitating stroke, to becoming a beacon of inspiration through his art, Hogancamp’s story is one of resilience, courage, and the transformative power of creativity. https://onemilegallery.com/mark-hogancamp-3/

Ntangou Badila: E(n)termal Lighf: The Eternal Ecosystem Exposed
On view through April 14, 2024
Hudson Hall
The opening will feature immersive environments, sound bath, music, nervous system care, massage, acupuncture, herbs, tinctures, salves and nutritional information. hudsonhall.org

Small Works Opening Reception
On view through April 21, 2024
Tivoli Artists Gallery, 60 Broadway, Tivoli
TAG’s treasured annual show, Small Works, highlights the beautiful smaller creations of the TAG member artists. From miniature to merely small, a large variety of work is presented to delight everyone. Artworks range from paintings, to prints and photographs as well ceramics and sculpture. Curated by Linda Lavin. https://tivoliartistsgallery.com

Olalekan Jeyifous: Even in Arcadia
On view through June 2, 2024
Newmark Gallery, Art Omi, Ghent
Drawing inspiration from the Arcadian myth, Jeyifous juxtaposes picturesque portrayals of idyllic pastoral life with glimpses of a retro-futurist urban protopia set within the Hudson Valley. https://artomi.org/exhibition/olalekan-jeyifous-even-in-arcadia/

Animate Earth: Practices of Devotion Opening Reception
On view through June 9, 2024
77 Broadway, Tivoli
Spring equinox exhibition featuring Hudson Valley/Catskill artists Emily Johnston and Sarah Mitchell-Davison. weirdspecialty.com

Germinal: Paintings of Mario Schifano
On view through August 9, 2024
Magazzino Italian Art, 2700 Route 9, Cold Spring
A newly imagined survey of a decade of breakthrough paintings by the artist, filmmaker and musician Mario Schifano (1934-1998). https://www.magazzino.art/visit

Olana Third Thursdays
Continues the third Thursday of the month, from 11am to 3:15pm
Olana State Historic Site, Hudson
Free monthly tours and programs. Artmaking in the Afternoon, a hands-on, drop-in event will take place from 1-5pm in the Wagon House Education Center. olana.org/thirdthursdays/

Hudson Valley Free Day
Continues on the last Sunday of the month from 10am - 4pm
Dia Beacon
Hudson Valley residents living in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington and Westchester counties are invited to explore the contemporary art collection at Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month. diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/dia-beacon-beacon-united-states

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COMING UP

Bridge Music 15th Season Opens
April 1, 2024 - October 31, 2014
Mid Hudson Bridge, Route 44-55, Poughkeepsie
Joseph Bertolozzi's Bridge Music is a unique sound-art installation featuring the Mid Hudson Bridge as the instrument itself. It was created by sampling the sounds of bridge’s surfaces (guard rails, girders, etc.) with various mallets and using those sounds to compose the music. No processing was used, you hear the Mid Hudson Bridge itself. The resulting album reached the Billboard Top Twenty Classical and Classical Crossover Charts in 2009. Listening Stations are found on the pedestrian sidewalk and it can also be heard broadcasting 24/7 on 95.3FM in Johnson-Iorio Park in Highland and Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. bridgemusic.info

Policies and Plans: A Conversation with County Leaders
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 8am
Cost: $70, $60 members
DoubleTree by Hilton, Poughkeepsie
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress will host a candid discussion with county leaders on the region’s civic issues including workforce stress, demographic changes, the housing crisis, infrastructure, economic development and more. Questions may be emailed in advance to rdegoat@pfprogress.org. pattern-for-progress.org/portfolio/countyleaders24/

Public Info Session: Visitation Projection and Visitor Management Strategy for the Fjord Trail
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 from 6-8pm
Dutchess Manor, 263 Route 9D, Beacon
ORCA (Operations Research Consulting Associates) shares the visitation projections for the Fjord Trail and discusses the evolving framework for HHFT’s visitation management strategy. Registration required at https://hhft.org/experience/visitation-april-3/

Bardavon presents Game Changers
Bardavon + UPAC
Continues on April 4 with “Cleo from 5 to 7” at UPAC, April 11 with “Playtime” at UPAC, April 25 with “The Thin Blue Line” at the Bardavon, May 9 with “Close-Up” at UPAC, May 16 with “Chungking Express” at the Bardavon, May 30 with “Beau Travail” at UPAC, June 13 with “Pan’s Labyrinth” at UPAC and June 20 with “Moonlight” at the Bardavon. bardavon.org

Kingston Winter Farmers’ Market
Continues Saturday, April 6 and 20, 2024 from 10am - 2pm
Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston
kingstonfarmersmarket.org

Science Saturdays: Vernal Pool Exploration
Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 10am to noon
Cost: Free
Norrie Point Environmental Education Center, Staatsburg
More info

Sugaring Off: 18th Century Style
Saturday, April 6, 2024 from 11am - 4pm
Cost: Free
Senate House State Historic Site, 296 Fair Street, Kingston
Demonstrations of boiling maple sap, hearthside cooking, meat smoking, jack wax candy tasting and crafts for all ages. Plus live folk music from the Storm King Skyline. 845-338-2786.

Tales of the Titanic
April 6, 13, 20, 27, 28, 2024 at 11am
Cost: $12, $10 seniors and students, free for children under 12
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, 75 Mills Mansion Dr., 1 Rd., Staatsburg
Mark the 112th anniversary of the sinking by touring the home of Titanic ticket holders, Ogden and Ruth Mills. Hear tales of the Titanic's tragic voyage from a costumed guide, as they point out remarkable similarities between the Titanic's interiors and Staatsburgh's rooms. Reservations required: bookeo.com/staatsburghshs

Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2pm
Cost: Free
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, 75 Mills Mansion Dr., 1 Rd., Staatsburg
In 1810, there were nine Black people enslaved on the Staatsburgh estate. In 1910, there were no recorded Black employees working inside Staatsburgh. What happened? Join Staatsburgh staff for a conversation about their new research into this transition from a Black presence at Staatsburgh during the 19th century to a total absence during the Gilded Age. Reservations required: bookeo.com/staatsburghshs

“Unveiled”
Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 3pm
Van Buren Hall, 2nd Floor, 6 Chatham Street, Kinderhook
Cost: $10 members, $20 non-members
Come walk down the aisle of history and gain and peek into the closets of the New York State Museum’s clothing collection with curator Connie Frisbee Houde. Tickets available at the door or at eventbrite.com/e/unveiled-tickets-853035691717

Free Rabies Clinic
Sunday, April 7, 2024 from 8am to noon
Cost: Free for Dutchess County residents, $10 per pet for out-of-county residents
7340 South Broadway, Red Hook
Pre-registration is required at DCSPCA.org or by calling the DCSPCA at 845-452-7722 extension 425.

Putnam History Museum’s 118th Annual Meeting
Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 2pm
Cost: Free
Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring
Join the Putnam History Museum for their 118th Annual Meeting, free and open to the public, in-person at the Putnam History Museum or stream it live online. Putnam County Historian, Jennifer Cassidy, will explore the life and times of Willitt Carpenter Jewell (1889-1966), newspaperman, public servant, and historian, as celebrated in the newly reprinted work, Willitt C. Jewell’s Putnam County. Best known for his extensive newspaper reporting with a lifetime career with The Putnam County Courier, Jewell was also known as a pillar of the community through his local church, his role in local politics, as a member of the Board of Education, Carmel Fire Department, the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and more. putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/putnam-history-museums-118th-annual-meeting/

Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” (1925)
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Cost: $6
The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale
A dramatized account of an infamous 1905 Russian naval mutiny, 'Battleship Potemkin' begins when the sailors on the Potemkin are fed rancid meat. The sailors outrage is met by their superiors with annoyed indifference. For the crew, this is the last straw and puts them over the edge. Before the film, there will be a selection of silent short films. www.rosendaletheatre.org

Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
Monday, April 8, 2024 from 1-5pm
Germantown Library, Lower parking lot
RSVP to reserve viewing glasses

Community Solar Eclipse Viewing
Monday, April 8, 2024 from 2-4pm
Clinton Community Library
Join us at the library to safely watch the eclipse together! Our area is expected to experience the eclipse at approximately 93% of totality. Participants will be required to sign a safety waiver. Eclipse glasses will be available. Parents/Guardians are required to stay and monitor any children, minors or individuals they are responsible for. clintoncommunitylibrary.org

Exploring the Climate Vote in the Hudson Valley
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 8:30 - 9:30am
Virtual event
Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, will present research on climate voters in the Hudson Valley and the impact such voters could have in the 2024 elections. Stinnett will also discuss the Environmental Voter Project’s cutting-edge voter identification and mobilization work, as well as their recent messaging experiments. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcu-qpzovHNapLZ0TwSiXbZY2e-I1RldV#/registration

SOMEHOW: Thoughts on Love
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 7pm
Bardavon, Poughkeepsie
Anne Lamott in conversation with Elizabeth Lesser. Cost of admission includes a copy of Thoughts on Love. Tickets

Dutchess County Transportation Council Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at noon
Virtual event
The Dutchess County Transportation Council is hosting a virtual public meeting to discuss the results of Resilient Ways Forward, a Climate Vulnerability Assessment of the transportation system. http://bit.ly/RWFVirtualMtg2.

Hudson Valley’s 40 Under 40 Mover and Shaker Awards
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 6pm
Living Water Theatre, 260 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie
dcrcoc.org/40Under40.

Come Talk Poultry!
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 6pm
Cost: Free
Hackett Farm Supply, 2297 Salt Point Turnpike, Clinton Corners
Get tips from starting chicks to nutrition, best practices and management for happy, healthy birds with Dan Wright of Poulin Grain. RSVP at https://bit.ly/HackettChicks2024 or call 845-266-3494.

“Harold and Maude” (1971)
Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 7pm
The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale
rosendaletheatre.org/series/classic-film-series/

‘Ten Films That Changed America’
Friday, April 12, 2024
Cost: $40, $25 for college students with ID
Woodstock Playhouse
Bard Professor Joseph Luzzi will discuss ten notable films that have profoundly impacted our nation’s culture, history, and politics – Casablanca, Rebel Without a Cause, The Graduate, The Godfather, Jaws, China Syndrome, Philadelphia, Barbie – and some lesser-known movies as well. Proceeds will benefit the 25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival. woodstockplayhouse.org/thoughtfulproductions

Birding Walks at Staatsburgh
April 13, 20, 27, 2024 at 9am
Cost: Free
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, 75 Mills Mansion Dr., 1 Rd., Staatsburg
Staatsburgh State Historic Site and the surrounding Mills-Norrie State Park possess a great variety of environments in close proximity, an ideal environment for birding. Experienced birders will enjoy a walk through several interesting environments, inexperienced birders will find encouragement and a helping hand, and newbies will be able to discuss equipment, apps and techniques. We will also be on the lookout for the many wildflowers that bloom in the park. Volunteer walk leader David Lund has been birding Mills-Norrie State Park daily for the last 35 years. Reservations required: bookeo.com/staatsburghshs

Lecture - Wiltwyck Cemetery's Titanic Victim: William Gwynne
Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 1-2pm
Cost: Free
205 West O'Reilly Street, Kingston
Join Wiltwyck Cemetery in a lecture focusing on William Gwynne, a worker and victim of the sinking of RMS Titanic, whose cenotaph is here within our grounds on the 112th anniversary of the tragic event.
Our presenter, Hannah Speregen, will cover Gwynne's life before the Titanic's sinking, the colleagues he worked with, and what the final moments were like for Gwynne and his fellow Postal Clerks before the ship went down. This presentation will have amplified sound as well as a slideshow presentation to go along with these subjects. This lecture will take place within the cemetery where Gwynne's cenotaph is placed. A limited number of folding chairs will be available but attendees are highly encouraged to bring their own folding seats. Rain Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024. Call the office at 845-331-0199 to RSVP by April 12. fb.me/e/3K8U4fEBV

Wilderstein Spring Tea
Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 1-3pm
Cost: $60, tours $15 per person
Wilderstein Historic Site, Rhinebeck
Enjoy fine tea from Harney and Sons and an assortment of homemade sweet and savory delectables and experience a glimpse of what tea time was like during the Victorian Era. Guests are invited to stay for a tour of the mansion and/or a stroll on the grounds. 845-876-4818 or link

27th Annual Chili Bowl Fest Fundraiser
Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 2-7pm
Cost: $10 early admission from 2-4pm, Free admission from 4-7pm
Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane, Rosendale
For the first time since 2020, each ceramic purchase comes with a free serving of chili! Shop from over 1,000 handmade bowls, mugs and tumblers with all proceeds of the sale going to support WSW’s artistic programming. Live music all day from The Library Band. wsworkshop.org/chili-bowl-2023

Opening Reception: John Fleming Gould
Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 4-6pm
Bannerman Island Gallery, Beacon
This exhibition, presented by John F. Gould’s son Robert Gould and his wife Loretta of Tennessee, will include some early pulp illustrations, General Electric School and College posters, original Hudson Valley paintings, pen and ink illustrations and many more historic scenes of New York. Prints and some original works will be for sale. On view through June 2, 2024. 845-416-8342 or bannermangallery150@aol.com

“The Antique Appraiser’s Road Show”
Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 9:30am - 4pm
Cost: $50-$35 for up to 5 items to be appraised
Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie
Robert Meringolo and his team of merry appraisers return to Locust Grove to tell you how much your treasures are worth! Baseball cards, records, small works of art, jewelry, watches, coins, toys... you bring it, they will appraise it. lgny.org/calendar

Skilled Trades Fair for Students and Young Adults
Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
Roy C. Ketcham High School, 99 Myers Corners Road, Wappingers Falls
The opportunity for students and young adults to learn about different career paths available in our region. No advance registration is required. For more information, call 845-486-2000 or email CountyExec@dutchessny.gov.

Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7pm
Cost: Free
Virtual event
In 1810, there were nine Black people enslaved on the Staatsburgh estate. In 1910, there were no recorded Black employees working inside Staatsburgh. What happened? Join Staatsburgh staff for a conversation about their new research into this transition from a Black presence at Staatsburgh during the early 19th century to a total absence during the Gilded Age. Reservations required. bookeo.com/staatsburghshs

Oh Hudson! Benefit Performance for Clearwater
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8pm
Old Dutch Church, Kingston
A music and poetry celebration of the Hudson Valley drawing on the music of Pete Seeger by David Gonzalez with Koehler and Kelly. eventbrite.com/e/oh-hudson-benefit-performance-for-clearwater-tickets-863143313887

Hudson Valley History Reading Festival
Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 10am - 3pm
Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Presidential Home and Library, Hyde Park
The Roosevelt Library and the Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District will host the annual Hudson Valley History Reading Festival. In four sessions, beginning at 10:00 a.m., authors of books on Hudson Valley history – including Susan Stessin-Cohn and Robert & Johanna Titus – will present author talks followed by book signings in the Wallace Center. Registration is not required.

Mini Horse Mania
Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 10:30am
Cost: Free
117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson
First, 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: mini horses from Little Brook Farm! Get to know and show your love to this handsome pair of minis. All activities are free and will be outdoors (tents will be used in the event of rain). Free admission to the museum will also be offered to all who attend this special event. Reservations are not required. fasnyfiremuseum.com/events/mini-horse-mania-2024/

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, New Jersey
April 19-April 21, 2024
Friday & Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm
Cost: $25
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 NY-308, Rhinebeck
Follow four Elizabethan theatre artists who are commissioned by a mysterious, wealthy patron to devise an original, hit comedy. Clashing personalities and delusions of grandeur slow the rehearsal process to a crawl, until they are interrupted by two unexpected intruders who make them an offer they can’t refuse. Content warning: Contains coarse language, depictions of gun violence and descriptions of sexual assault. centerforperformingarts.org/whats-playing/the-two-gentlemen-of-verona-new-jersey

The Lifted Project
Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 1pm
Paula’s Runway Cafe, Hudson Valley Airport, Wappingers Falls
A group of some of the Hudson Valley’s best musicians and special guests will gather to perform and record live. homefromhereshow.com/the-lifted-project

History Hike: The West Point Foundry
Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 3pm
Cost: $15
80 Kemble Ave, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring
Join the Putnam History Museum and hike through the ruins of the foundry! Established in 1818 by Gouverneur Kemble and others, the West Point Foundry became a major industrial site in the United States and manufactured iron products. Its most famous production was the Parrott cannon. It was designed by Robert Parker Parrott and was a dramatic improvement in the Union Army’s weapons technology during the Civil War. The remains of this incredible industrial plant have worn down over the years, but they still tell an amazing story of what was once the center of America’s Industrial Revolution. Join PHM Staff on a guided tour and learn about the history of this incredible site, now preserved as Scenic Hudson’s West Point Foundry Preserve, a National Historic Landmark. putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/west-point-foundry-history-hike/

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Sunday, April 21, 2024 from 3-5pm
Cost: $25
291 Tinker Street, Woodstock
At an outdoor café a Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Roll back ten years, and we find a younger Changez fresh from Princeton, seeking fortune and glory on Wall Street. The American Dream seems well within his grasp, complete with a smart and gorgeous artist girlfriend, Erica (Kate Hudson). But when the Twin Towers are attacked, a cultural divide slowly begins to crack open between Changez and Erica. Changez’s dream soon begins to slip into nightmare: profiled, wrongfully arrested, strip-searched and interrogated, he is transformed from a well-educated, upwardly mobile businessman to a scapegoat and perceived enemy. With time, he begins to hear the call of his own homeland. Taking us through the culturally rich and beguiling worlds of New York, Lahore and Istanbul, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a story about conflicting ideologies where perception and suspicion have the power to determine life or death. woodstockfilmfestival.org/events/2024/4/21/reluctant-fundamentalist

Lunch and Learn: The Native History of the Catskills
Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 12:30pm
Clinton Community Library
For centuries, native people traveled through the Catskill Mountains on well-known paths and visited select locations for hunting elk, passenger pigeons and other game. By the 18th century, secluded valleys became a refuge for families retreating from Euro-American settlement. This presentation will explore the identity of these communities and tell their stories. clintoncommunitylibrary.org

2024 Tulip Walk
April 27 and May 4, 2024
Cost: $15, free for kids under 12
Meadowbrook Farm, Catskills
Over 15,000 flowering bulbs, plus music, children's activities, crafts and bulbs for sale. meadowbrookfarmcatskill.com

Alternatives to Lawns
Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 10:30am
Clinton Community Library
Presented by Wendy Tremper-Wollerton. Come learn the history of how Americans went from gardens and livestock areas at their homes to mega-lawns! The presentation will teach you about various plant selection choices to help eliminate lawn areas. Attendees will also receive information to take home of suggested books from MHLS catalog and information on plant selections. clintoncommunitylibrary.org

Annual Spring Wassail Balkan Dance Party
April 27-28, 2024 at 2pm
Cost: $30-$35, free under 6
Stone Ridge Orchard, 3012 Route 213, Stone Ridge
Sing to the apple trees and partake in traditional folk-style dancing to live Balkan and Macedonian Romani music to celebrate the coming of spring and the promise of a bountiful harvest with Zlatne Uste, Seido Salifoski and friends. clover.com/online-ordering/Event-Tickets

Trail Mix: Hudson Valley Nature Writers
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 3pm
Cost: $10 suggested donation
The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale
Multimedia event featuring readings (Akiko Busch, Leslie Sharpe, Nina Shengold, Gail Straub), film (Dillon Dellinger), original art work (Kate McLoughlin), and live music (Tim Kapeluck and Geoffrey Harden). https://rosendaletheatre.org

Mohonk Tulip Festival
May 3-5, and May 10, 2024
Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz
20,000 tulips grace the site’s show garden with tours, workshops, and tastings. https://www.mohonk.com/events/tulip-festival-2

Columbia County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 8am to noon
Columbia County Commerce Park, 50 Grandinetti Drive, Ghent
solidwaste.columbiacountyny.com/events

Arlene Shechet: Girl Group
Opening May 4, 2024
Storm King Art Center
Girl Group will debut six new large-scale commissions—spanning heights of ten to twenty feet and lengths of up to thirty feet—along with complementary indoor works in wood, steel, and ceramic. The exhibition asserts a feminine sensibility across Storm King’s hills, fields, and galleries. This series of sculptures adapts the monumental vocabulary of the Art Center to Shechet’s unique voice. Recognized as a leading sculptor who has radicalized ceramics, Shechet now takes on industrial materials and inaugurates a new phase of her work. She brings an array of vibrant colors—pinks, oranges, yellows, greens, blues, and purples—to Storm King's terrain for the first time. Learn More

Findings
May 4-5, 2024
Cost: $10
Stone Ridge Orchard
Rare plants, garden antiquities, local makers, farm fresh goods and more. stoneridgeorchard.com

Norah Jones
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 8pm
Bardavon, Poughkeepsie
A “rare, intimate theatre show” with the nine-time Grammy Award winner. Tickets on sale Tuesday, January 23 for members, and Friday, January 26 at 10am for the general public. Tickets

In-Person Lecture: Taking Our Water for the City
Thursday May 9, 2024 at 7pm
Cost: $10
Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring
Dr. April M. Beisaw will speak about the research behind her new book Taking Our Water for the City. For more than a decade, April hiked the New York City owned lands of Putnam and Ulster County to understand how city reservoirs changed the landscape and the peoples living upon it. In this talk, she will highlight her Putnam County work and its findings. Maps illustrating landscape changes over time will be shared and available for attendees to take home. April M. Beisaw is a professor of anthropology at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. There she teaches courses on archaeology, museums, forensics, and Native American culture. April is an archaeologist of the relatively recent past. Her active research projects use archaeological methods and theories to investigate the New York City water system and the New York State county poorhouses. This work brings April, and her Vassar students, into communities to collaboratively explore how the past shapes the present. Register here: putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/in-person-lecture-taking-our-water-for-the-city/

“Gone in 60 Seconds” (1974)
Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 7pm
Cost: $10, $6 members
The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale
rosendaletheatre.org/series/classic-film-series/

Germantown Yard Sale Day,
Saturday May 18, 2024 9am-4pm (rain date Sunday May 19
The Germantown Garden Club Plant Sale will also be taking place from 8am-1pm at Palatine Park. Register to get on the map!

Ruges Annual Go Topless Day
Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 10am to 2pm
6882 Route 9, Rhinebeck
Approximately 150 Jeeps will be on display as part of a worldwide Jeep tradition. Free hotdogs, music and giveaways. Leashed dogs are welcome. rugescdj.com

Michael Franti and Spearhead with special guest Stephen Marley
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Hutton Brickyards, Kingston
https://www.tixr.com/groups/impactconcerts/events/michael-franti-spearhead-and-stephen-marley-94033

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