Week of September 26 - October 2, 2022
This Saturday, October 1 at 10am, enjoy an autumn hike across Cary Institute's fields, forests, and streams to explore how plants and animals adapt to changing seasons. Free. Register here.
Week of September 26 - October 2, 2022
Virtual: First annual Hike for the Hudson
Through September 30, participants will log minutes towards individual and/or team goals. At the end of the month the results will be tallied and celebrated on October 2 at the Elks Lodge in Beacon • Register online for $15.30 and set a goal for minutes walked. (Riverkeeper suggests 153 minutes, a nod to the 153 miles the Hudson River estuary flows both ways, from the Troy damn to the Battery in NYC.) • Register here
23rd Annual Woodstock Film Festival
September 28 - October 2, 2022 • Cost: $10 • Locations in Woodstock, Kingston, Rosendale and Saugerties • The fiercely independent Woodstock Film Festival returns to venues throughout the bucolic Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Kingston, Rosendale and Saugerties, and online for its 23rd Anniversary, September 28 - October 2, 2022. Hailed as a “True American Maverick Among Festivals,” and named among the top 50 film festivals worldwide, the Woodstock Film Festival continues its tradition of hosting the most talented, emerging and outstanding film professionals in the industry. This year’s five-day festival highlights 48 exceptional feature films as well as 98 impressive shorts, intimate filmmaker panel discussions with prominent industry figures, a live musical performance, and a glowing awards ceremony. This is the first year that short films that win at The Woodstock Film Festival in the categories of Best Short Narrative, Best Animated Short, and Best Short Documentary will automatically be eligible to be nominated for an Academy Award® in their respective categories. • https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/events/2022/9/28/the-23rd-annual-woodstock-film-festival
Animals After Hours
Friday, September 30, 2022 • 4-7pm • Trevor Zoo, Millbrook • Grab dinner from the Cider Bros Food Truck onsite and experience the zoo after hours • Link
Dracula at the Widow Jane Mine
Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7pm and Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2 at 3pm • Widow Jane Mine, Rosendale • Written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston, has been described by Newsweek as “as evening of high class fun” • General admission tickets are $21 and $16 for Century House members and can be purchased by visiting centuryhouse.org. For information call 845-658-9900 or 845-475-7973.
Unfinished Business: Documentary on the WNBA + The NY Liberty
Friday, September 30, 2022 • 7:30pm • Philipstown Depot Theatre • Depot Docs – the longest-running and most-finely curated documentary film series in the area – returns with Unfinished Business, about the origin and legacy of the WNBA and one of the league's premier teams, the New York Liberty. Director Alison Klayman will be on hand to discuss the film after its screening. • Click here for tickets.
Herb Fair
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 9am - 4pm • Cost: Free • 400 Jay St., Katonah • Organized by the N.Y. Unit of the Herb Society of America, the 71st Herb Fair will feature a great variety of herbs and home goods for purchase. This year's program will include an Herb Table, Bake Table, and Ways and Means Table, as well as other local vendors selling soaps, teas, jams and sauces, stationary, jewelry, textiles and pottery. Page Dickey, garden author and original designer of the John Jay Herb Garden, will be kicking off the day with a special garden tour at 10am. Later, Deborah Needleman will discuss the art of blending herbs to make teas, and how to use herbs within your home landscape during a 2pm lecture. Several guided tours of the John Jay Herb Garden will be offered throughout the day. • johnjayhomestead.org/events-calendar/herb-fair.
Preparing for Fall Forest Ecology Walk
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 10am • The walk will begin at the Cary East (Gifford House) parking area, located at 2917 Sharon Turnpike (Rte. 44) in Millbrook • Free and open to all • Join Cary Institute Wildlife Biologist Mike Fargione on an autumn hike across Cary Institute's fields, forests, and streams to explore how plants and animals adapt to changing seasons. For people, adapting to changing seasons can be as simple as switching our wardrobe but local flora and fauna have evolved many strategies to help them transition from the bounty of summer to the trials of our northern winter. • Participants are encouraged to wear long pants and hiking boots, and bring drinking water • This event is free and open to all. Reservations are required: Register
FALL FINDINGS
October 1-2, 2022 • 10am - 5pm • Stone Ridge Orchard • The event will feature antique dealers and local makers from the Catskills, Hudson Valley and beyond. Award-winning farmer & cider master Elizabeth Ryan is proud to bring Fall Findings to Stone Ridge Orchard for the first time after much success with Spring Findings. Findings offers the very best in antiquities, handcrafted items and farm fresh goods. • General admission is $10. Two-day admission is discounted to $15. Advanced tickets are required. Children 12 and under are free of charge. Dogs too! • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-findings-at-stone-ridge-orchard-tickets-414711682807
John Jay's Not-So-Big City: A Walk Through the History of Old New
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 11am - 1pm • Cost: $20 • 400 Jay Street (Route 22), Katonah • Founding Father John Jay was a native son of New York City, but the city he knew was not the metropolis we know today. This tour takes us along many of the same streets John Jay walked as we visit locations where he lived, worked, played, and prayed. Plan to walk approximately 2 miles during this 3-hour tour of NYC. Advance registration is required. Tickets are $20 per person and $15 for members of Friends of John Jay Homestead. Details on the tour meeting place in lower Manhattan will be emailed to registrants a few days prior to the tour. • Register: johnjayhomestead.org/events-calendar/john-jays-not-so-big-city-a-walk-through-the-history-of-old-new-york-3/
A Nutritionist & a Cook Walk Into AOOA
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 2 - 4pm • Cost: $50 • All One One All Farm, 221 Craigville Road, Goshen • Our food philosophy at AOOA can be boiled down to these three tenets: (1) it must be delicious and thoroughly enjoyed (ideally in good company!), (2) food should be nourishing and nutrient-dense, and (3) your plate should showcase local, responsibly grown whole foods. If you can stick to just these three guidelines, something amazing will happen: you will effortlessly become healthier without sacrificing the pleasure of eating food. And an added bonus: you’ll be making better choices for the planet. Join Hudson Valley Magazine Editor-in-Chief and certified nutritionist Linda Fears and AOOA Foundation Director and culinary maven Ariane Daguin for a talk and small plates tasting. Learn about the many reasons why being in touch with the seasons and buying from local farms - plentiful in the Hudson Valley - can improve your health while truly satisfying your taste buds. See how eating healthily and indulging in really great-tasting food do not have to be mutually exclusive. • Register in advance at: alloneoneall.com/event-details/a-nutritionist-a-cook-walk-into-aooa
Fall Forum: "Franklin and Eleanor, and the Power of Words: A Conversation with Paul Sparrow"
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 4pm • Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Library, Hyde Park • A conversation with FDR Library Director Emeritus Paul Sparrow and Acting Director William Harris. • Registration is required to attend this free event in-person. • Live stream: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook
The Gene Krupa Story led by Arthor Von Blomberg
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • Doors at 3pm, performance starts at 4pm • Red Hook High School Auditorium • Unreserved general admission tickets are available for a $50 donation. Discounted tickets for High School students 18 yrs and under are available for $20 • vfw7765.org/bigbandbenefit
Thomas Sarrantonio: Field Works Opening Reception
Saturday, October 1, 2022 • 4-6pm • Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz • On view through December 4, 2022 • Sarrantonio's paintings are landscapes cloaked in the sensation of time captured in light, the urgency of the examination of life nearby, the dedication to revisit and wander open spaces. Studies of nature and self, oil on panel and prepared paper, they are meditations that connect realms of external perception and internal reflection. • unisonarts.org
Kaatsbaan Fall Festival
Continues Saturday, October 1, 2022 • Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli • Performances include The Glass Etudes at Kaatsbaan celebrating Philip Glass's 85th Birthday, a Mixed Dance Bill featuring Trisha Brown Dance Company, Dorrance Dance, and Mark Morris Dance Group, West Side Story Film, Performance & Dance Party, and more • kaatsbaan.org/festivals
Faces of Beacon
Weekends, October 1 - November 12, 2022 • Howland, Beacon • A one-woman exhibition of portraits painted by Beatrice Vann • howlandculturalcenter.org/events-whats-happening.html
Warwick Valley Applefest
Sunday, October 2, 2022 • 9am to 5pm • Cost: Free • South Street, Warwick • Applefest began in 1989 as a simple harvest celebration. Named one of the “Top 100 Events” in the country, over 30,000 visitors now attend the one-day event, traveling from neighboring states to experience the extraordinary variety of Warwick’s apples, culture, and entertainment. The festival is produced by the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce. Festival proceeds benefit the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce, and some 50 local non-profit organizations, for whom the event is their biggest annual fundraiser. • warwickapplefest.com
Hudson Valley Free Day at Dia Beacon
The last Sunday of every month • Dia Beacon offers free admission for residents of the Hudson Valley. (The following counties: Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington, and Westchester.) Additionally, City of Beacon residents (including the adjacent Hudson Valley communities of Chelsea, Fishkill, and Glenham) receive free admission to Dia Beacon every Saturday and Sunday. Please present identification and proof of residence at the admissions desk. • diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/dia-beacon-beacon-united-states
22nd Hudson River Valley Ramble
Every day from September through October 2nd • Celebrates the history, culture, and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and across the region. Whether you are looking for a hike, bike ride, or paddle, an inspiring walk through the grounds and homes of some of the Valley's most notable artists, authors, and American leaders, a trip back in time to experience the significant role the region played in the Revolutionary War, or a family-fun festival or river exploration event. Check out the digital guidebook (PDF) or view the website for a full listing of events.
Bethel Woods 2022 Harvest Festival
Sundays through October 2, 2022 • 11am to 4pm • Corner of Hurd and West Shore Road, Bethel • The harvest festival celebrates the bounty of farms across Sullivan County and the surrounding areas, with fun fall-themed attractions like hay and corn mazes, and more. Guests can also enjoy live music, food, and shopping from over 100 different vendors, and guests can relax in the Bier Garden, or put their speed and appetites to the test with the site’s first-ever pie-eating contest. • Admission is free, parking is $5 • bethelwoodscenter.org/harvest
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Newburgh Market
Sundays, through October 23, 2022 • 10am-3pm • Newburgh Mall parking lot, 1401 NY 300, Newburgh • The Newburgh Market is a little different than most markets as they intertwine themes within their market. Cosplay in the Burg, Mom-a-thon, and Mutt Strut are just a few of the themes they will be implementing throughout their season. Local Hudson Valley food trucks, artists, candle makers, and local clothing designers round out the lively spirit of this quirky little market that looks more like a party in the parking lot. • facebook.com/newburghmarket
Ernest Withers: The Picture Taker
On view through October 23, 2022 • Rezny Gallery, 76 Prince street, Kingston • The Woodstock Film Festival is thrilled to announce a special pre-festival event featuring the work of Ernest C. Withers, a renowned chronicler of the African American experience in the segregated South and subject of the documentary film The Picture Taker, which will have its world premiere screening at the upcoming Woodstock Film Festival, September 28 - October 2. The film’s director Phil Bertelsen will be in attendance to discuss Withers’ ground-breaking work and fascinating career. • woodstockfilmfestival.org
Farm Days
Saturdays, through October 29, 2022 • 9am - 2pm • 400 Jay Street (Route 22), Katonah • Shop from local farmers, bakers, and craftsmen who provide a variety of fruit, organic produce, meats, fish, dairy products, baked goods, and handcrafted products.
• johnjayhomestead.org/events/farm-market/
Cemetery Crawl
Ongoing through Sunday, October 30, 2022 • Cost: Free • 7562 N Broadway, Red Hook • Historic Red Hook is kicking off the spooky season early this year with their second annual Cemetery Crawl! This event is both a seasonal Scavenger Hunt and a year-round, self-guided tour of six Red Hook cemeteries that offers highlights of the lives of interesting individuals and their memorials. All you need is your smartphone and some good weather and you’ve got a lovely way to spend the fall season enjoying local history. You can find Historic Red Hook’s booth on Hardscrabble Day, on September 17 from 10am to 4pm in the Village of Red Hook, where they will officially launch the event. The Crawl will conclude with an award ceremony on October 30th at the Elmendorph Inn at 1pm. Bookmark the Cemetery Crawl page at historicredhook.org/cemeterycrawl and you’re off!
The 13th Season of ‘Bridge Music’
Through October 31, 2022 • 8am-8pm • Free • Mid Hudson Bridge (Towers), U.S. 44-55, NY, Poughkeepsie/Highland • Bridge Music, Joseph Bertolozzi's musical opus celebrating the iconic Mid Hudson Bridge (and sister project to Tower Music from the Eiffel Tower in Paris) opens its 13th season April 1. Free and open to the public, this sound-art installation is located at each of the bridge's towers, accessed from the Mid Hudson Bridge's pedestrian sidewalks at Johnson-Iorio Park, in Highland. The sidewalks are open from dawn to dusk April 1 through October 31. Additionally, the same music plays year-round, 24/7 in the park on 95.3FM. For map & info go to bridgemusic.info
Environmentalists on Olana
Through November 5, 2022 • Tickets are $15 per person, $10 for members of Olana. Advanced registration is required. For more information and a full list of detailed offerings, dates and times, please contact education@olana.org or visit OLANA.org.
Upcoming Programs:
October 8 - “Exploring the Future of the Hudson River” with Tracy Brown from Riverkeeper
October 15 - “Thinking in Systems: What Church and His Contemporaries Knew About Climate Change” with Matt Stinchcomb and Bob Dandrew from Partners for Climate Action
October 22 - “Inspiring Partnerships to Protect Inspiring Views” with Cari Watkins-Bates and Jeffrey Anzevino from Scenic Hudson
November 5 - “A Farm for the Past, Present, and Future: Exploring Agrarian Practice in the Hudson Valley” with Amy Gavaris from Churchtown Dairy
THE ENIGMATIC ARTISTS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY
On view through November 20, 2022 • Hudson Hall • From observing the surreal systems of fireflies or the slow degradation of the riverfront to an exploration of the interconnectedness of all life on earth, three Hudson Valley artists take inspiration from our local environment to create unique works of art that embody the complexity of the natural world. • More info
Blaze: Hudson Valley
Ongoing through November 20, 2022 • Van Cortlandt Manor • The region's most electrifying fall event returns to Van Cortlandt Manor! Walk this 18th-century estate surrounded by 7,000 hand carved pumpkins. Treat yourself at our cafe or grab a local souvenir at the expanded shop! • Get Tickets
Hudson Valley Artists 2022: The Material, The Thing
On view through November 22, 2022 • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and North Gallery, SUNY New Paltz • 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz • 15th annual Hudson Valley Artists exhibition, considering how artists understand and reimagine the material culture we live in. Music and refreshments outdoors • Link
Sunset Sensations
Through December 8, 2022 • Locust Grove Estate, 2683 South Road (Route 9), Poughkeepsie • On the second Thursday of each month enjoy great wines paired with delicious culinary creations inspired by fresh vegetables from Locust Grove's Kitchen Garden. Three samplings created by the chef of the month will be paired with wines curated by local wine experts; then explore the estate gardens with Director of Horticulture Claire Davis. Tickets are $30/person ($35 in December) and are now on sale. Call 845-454-4500 for tickets.
& Art Fair: Special Exhibit
Through December 31, 2022 • The Museum at Bethel Woods • Interactive and innovative exhibition offering a unique window to art and culture in the '60s • Admission to the Special Exhibit is included in the ticket to The Museum at Bethel Woods, or $5 standalone. • BethelWoodsCenter.org
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Hudson Valley Main Streets: Envisioning What’s Possible
Thursday, October 6, 2022 • 9am - 2:30pm • Paramount Theatre, Middletown • Local communities from across the Hudson Valley will share the step-by-step details behind successful plans and projects including adaptive reuse of downtown buildings, urban trails, street art and more • Register at pattern-for-progress.org or call 845-565-4900.
Theatre on the Road and the Old Dutch Church in Kingston present a new living history tour, THE CITY AWAKENS
Saturdays in October • 7pm • The Old Dutch Church Cemetery, 272 Wall Street, Kingston • During the one-hour tour guests will meet George Clinton, a Revolutionary War hero who became the first Governor of New York. Visitors will also meet American abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth. John Jay the first Supreme Court Justice will make an appearance, along with James Lindsley, the first mayor of Kingston. Matthewis Persen, a local tavern owner during the time of Revolution will talk about the history of his infamous house and Mama Nuchwe, a member of the Esopus tribe, tell you what life was like in the area before the Dutch arrived in 1658. • Tickets are $15 per adult, $10 students and seniors, 12 and under are free and must be purchased by visiting livinghistoryny.com. For information: 845-475-7973.
The Shadow Soiree: A Halloween Paranormal Formal Event
Friday, October 7, 2022 • 7pm - midnight • Cost: $36 • Pine Bush UFO & Paranormal Museum, 86 Main Street, Pine Bush • In the mid-Victorian era Halloween gatherings would celebrate the Harvest Season with mysteriously chilling activities. Séances to talk to the spirit world, and horror theater presentations of ghosts and goblins with Phantasmagoria Lantern Shows were popular in the 1800’s. This Halloween Paranormal Formal re-imagines that time by blending modern tech with antique ghostly exhibitions. Famed Paranormal Author, Linda Zimmerman lends narration to Hudson Valley ghost stories shown with a Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern performance with live music and is presented by Stephanie Smith from The Haunted Shanley Hotel. Ron Yacovetti and Lourdes Gonzalez return for an encore presentation of his Digital Séance Initiative and gives Shadow Soiree guests the opportunity to communicate with the Other Side through his ITC technology. Everyone is invited to be part of the experience by attending in 1800’s attire or Halloween formalwear to create a mystical evening like none other. Dressing up in your best Victorian-style garb is highly encouraged! Light refreshments will be available, along with the change to win some paranormal prizes! It will be phantasmaglorious! • pinebushmuseum.com
Uptown Kingston’s Second Saturday
Saturday, October 8, November 12, and December 10, 2022 • Participating local businesses will remain open late (until 8pm) on the second Saturday of every month in 2022.
History Hike: The Stone Chambers of Mead Farm
Saturday, October 8, 2022 • A Path Through History Event; Colonial constructions, ancient sacred sites, or UFO bases? We will seek out three mysterious stone chambers of unknown origin or date of construction, located on NYC watershed lands. We'll also visit a balanced rock and the enigmatic Hawk Rock glacial erratic. Led by PHM Staff and David A. Steinberg, author, "Hiking the Road to Ruins." • More details and registration here.
Pumpkin Bombing
October 8-9 and October 15-16, 2022 • Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, 9 Norton Road, Red Hook • Come see pumpkin bombing from the Aerodrome’s open cockpit planes during the last two weekends of the 2022 season • oldrhinebeck.org/events/
Historical Reenactor: Keeping it Fresh: Colonial Food Preservation
Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 11am - 1pm • Cost: Free • 400 Jay Street (Route 22), Katonah • Are you interested in learning more about what life was like in New York during the colonial era? Then make sure to stop by John Jay Homestead on Saturday, October 8, between 11am and 1pm for a presentation from reenactor Tom Hunt about what it was like to prepare for winter in the 18th and 19th centuries. From pickling to drying to salting and smoking, Tom will discuss and demonstrate many of the techniques used in early American food preservation. Admission is free. • This family-friendly event will be held alongside the Homestead’s weekly Farm Market and is a great opportunity for history lovers of all ages to learn more about how our ancestors survived the frigid winters in New York State • johnjayhomestead.org
Exploring the Future of the Hudson River
Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 1PM • Olana State Historic Site, Hudson • Join Riverkeeper's president Tracy Brown for a guided walk focusing on the future prospects of the Hudson River • $15 person, $10 members. Advanced registration required. • olana.org/programs-events/
Special Exhibition Program: Wangechi Mutu
Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 3PM • Storm King Art Center • Join Wangechi Mutu for an artist walk of select outdoor works included in her special exhibition. This public program is free with admission. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. It is recommended guests should arrive to Storm King by 2PM to allow for parking, travel to the program location, and use of amenities. • More info
D'Arcy Simpson Art Works Presents New Work by Gretchen Kelly
Saturday, October 8, 2022 • 5-8pm • D'Arcy Simpson Art Works, 409 Warren Street, Hudson • Part of Hudson’s Second Saturday Gallery Crawl, “Motion Capture,” a new show by Gretchen Kelly, explores the human body’s delicate balance of fluidity and solidity. She writes, “I have no desire to work on a painting over and over--for me, the art I make is about what I can do in that moment in time, what I can capture in seconds. The human figure is always moving, feeling, changing-it is never totally still. The potential of the human body to express is what I am interested in.” • darcysimpsonartworks.com/
Segregation & Staatsburgh: From Black Service to White Servants
Monday, October 10, 2022 • 1pm • Cost: Free • 75 Mills Mansion Drive, Staatsburg • Staatsburgh’s founder, Governor Morgan Lewis, enslaved people of African descent at Staatsburgh. Yet, when his great-granddaughter, Ruth Livingston Mills, lived at Staatsburgh at the turn of the 20th Century, the staff was exclusively White and of European descent. At the same time, a free Black community was able to grow and thrive in the surrounding hamlet. • Join site staff for a conversation exploring the transition from a Black presence at Staatsburgh during the early 19th Century to the apparent absence of Black people at the estate during the Gilded Age. This one-hour program will include historic photographs and documents related to this history, notably a letter from Staatsburgh’s archives detailing the sale by Morgan Lewis, of Peter Williams into slavery, to fellow “Founding Father,” John Jay. The presentation will focus on recent research into the Black people living and working in both the Staatsburgh estate and in the hamlet of Staatsburg, bringing in the larger context of racial oppression and Jim Crow, to present audiences with a new perspective on Staatsburgh. • The program is free, but reservations are required at www.Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.
Water Chestnut on the Hudson River: Impacts, Management, and a New Emerging Species
Tuesday, October, 11 2022 • 2-4pm • New DEC webinar series delves into detail about particular species that pose an emerging threat to the Hudson River watershed. • https://hrnerr.org/events/
Rose Garden Ceremony & Birthday Cake for Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 • 3pm • Rose Garden and Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Historic Site, Hyde Park • The National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden ceremony to commemorate Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday. Afterwards, the FDR Presidential Library will invite visitors to the Wallace Center for birthday cake and refreshments. This is a free public event. • fdrlibrary.org/events-calendar
NYS DEC Climate Smart Communities Grants & Cayuga Creek Floodplain Restoration (Webinar)
Thursday, October 13, 2022 • 8:30-9:30am • Cost: Free • Virtual • Myra Fedyniak from NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Office of Climate Change will present on Climate Smart Communities Grants. The Climate Smart Communities Grant Program is a competitive 50/50 matching grant program for municipalities to implement projects focused on climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation. Project types also include certain planning and assessment projects that are part of a strategy to achieve Climate Smart Communities Certification. Emily Root from Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper will share their work with the Town of Niagara to restore and reconnect the floodplain of the Cayuga Creek, with funding in part from the Climate Smart Communities Grant program. This project restores habitat, mitigates downstream flooding, and improves community access. This program is supported by funding from the Hudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, in cooperation with NEIWPCC. • Link
14th Annual International Hannah Arendt Center Conference: “Rage and Reason: Democracy Under the Tyranny of Social Media”
October 13-14, 2022 • Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson • Presented by OSUN, Hannah Arendt Center, and Center for Civic Engagement, the conference responds to the undeniable fact that rage and emotions are increasingly a force in our political and cultural lives. Participants include Author Pankaj Mishra, Political and Sociological Theorist William Davies, CEO at PEN America Suzanne Nossel, Political Scientist Uday Mehta, Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen, and Afghan Writer Jamil Jan Kochai. The conference asks: How can democratic rage be harnessed in social and political movements? Is rage essential to call out systemic and ingrained injustice? How can a politics of rage acknowledge rational and expert authority? If humans are tribal beings, how can they live in multicultural liberal societies? Are experts and elites themselves simply one tribe defending their self-interests? Must social media contribute to the fracturing of society into raging tribes? Is there a common interest in society knowable through reason? Above all, how can we uphold our liberal institutions and our common world in the midst of the polarization and fracturing of that world? • Register here.
Common Ground
October 13-16, 2022 • Fisher Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson • This fall marks the return of the Fisher Center LAB Biennial, a thematic festival that invites and commissions artists to create new works that grapple with some of the most pressing questions of our time. The 2022–23 edition, Common Ground, is a year-long international program focusing on the politics of land and food and taking place on four continents. The festival includes two four-day festivals at and around the Fisher Center—one at harvest time (October 13–16, 2022), and one in the growing season (May 4–7, 2023). Tickets for the fall events, Cooking Sections and The Belly is a Garden are on sale now • More info
Tito Puente Jr with The Latin Jazz Express & the Dojo Dancers for a Latin Jazz Dance Party Outside at the Hudson House Distillery
Friday, October 14, 2022 • 6-9:30pm • Cost: $35 • Hudson House Distillery, 1835 Broadway, West Park, New York 12493, 1835 Broadway, West Park • The Robert Burns Scholarship Fund presents Tito Puente Jr with The Latin Jazz Express & the Dojo Dancers for a Latin jazz dance party outside on the deck at the Hudson House Distillery • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mambo-harvest-dance-party-wtito-puente-jr-the-latin-jazz-ensemble-tickets-403617519867
6th Annual Meadows & Trails 5K
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall • Race Packet Pickup & Same-day Registration: 9am, Race Begins: 11am, Virtual 5k all month long! • Enjoy majestic scenery as you run or walk on trails through grassy fields, past lively ponds, over rolling hills, and through beautiful forest cloaked in fall colors. Early Bird entry fee for ages 19 and up thru Friday, September 30 is $30; Entry fee for ages 19 and up beginning Saturday, October 1 is $40; The first 100 students ages 18 and under to register will run for free. All proceeds from this event benefit the Nature Education programs and Animal Ambassadors at the Nature Museum • More info + registration
Historic Barn Tour with Winnakee Land Trust
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 10am - 6pm • Cost: $50 • Event check-in: Old Stone Church 6987 Route 9, Rhinebeck • Get an up close view of the farm life that so richly contributes to the rural character and natural beauty of our region. Learn the history of each barn from our docents on this self-directed tour, culminating in a reception with live music, farm fresh foods, local beer, wine and hard cider - and a community pie contest • winnakee.org/winnakees-tour-of-historic-barns-and-working-farms-returns-this-fall/
Handmade Pendant Lights - Fall Factory Sale
Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 9am to 4pm and Sunday, October 16, 2022 from 10am to 2pm • 310 Fishkill Ave, Unit 11, Beacon • After a two-year hiatus, Niche Modern is excited to open their doors and invite the public in for a behind-the-scenes look. Shop a wide selection of hand-crafted glass shapes, colors, and sizes. Watch live glass-blowing demonstrations and see how their talented team creates their signature designs. • go.nichemodern.com/rsvp-factory-sale
18th Century Autumnfest
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 11am - 4pm • Cost: Free • Senate House State Historic Site, 296 Fair Street, Kingston • The Annual 18th Century Autumnfest: Demonstrations of 18th century fall activities, such as apple pressing, candle dipping, and blacksmithing. There will also be pumpkin painting crafts for all ages, and 18th century re-enactors on the site grounds. • Outdoor activities are free! Tours of Senate House will also be available for $7 for each adult, $5 for each senior, and children ages 12 and under are free. • parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/senatehouse/details.aspx
The Great Give Back Milkweed Release
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 11am • Burger Hill, Rhinebeck • Join Morton and Staatsburg Libraries as they partner with the Pollinator Patrol and Winnakee Land Trust at Burger Hill for a morning of identifying milkweed, talking about monarchs, spreading seed, and having kiddos help put some milkweed packets together to give away. Can't join that day? There will be seed packets available after the event to share, these can be picked up at Morton or Staatsburg Libraries. • This event is free and open to all • Registration requested.
Hulda: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Saturday, October 15, 2022 - Sunday, October 30, 2022 • 1pm and 3:15pm • Cost: $25 • The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, 430 Broadway, Sleepy Hollow • Each fall, thousands of people from around the world flock to Sleepy Hollow to visit the burial ground made famous in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The famous graveyard was also known for another resident, Hulda of Bohemia, the “High German witch doctor” who, according to Irving, is said to have bewitched Sleepy Hollow so that a “drowsy, dreamy influence seems to hang over the land.” Edgar Mayhew Bacon’s 1897 book Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow mentions Hulda as the woman whose basket weaving and healing abilities led to her being shunned as witch, while her skills as a sharpshooter made her a Revolutionary War hero. The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow has honored Hulda with a gravestone, as well as a live presentation of Hulda: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which opens October 15th. It will be performed by storyteller Carla Lynne Hall with a live original score performed by Jim Keyes. • tickets.hudsonvalley.org/events
Thinking in Systems: What Church and His Contemporaries Knew About Climate Change with Partners for Climate Action
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 1pm • Olana State Historic Site • Learn more about how scientific thinking in Frederic Church's era connects to our own contemporary climate crisis. • olana.org/programs-events/
The Bedford Music Festival
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 3:30 - 9:30pm • Cost: $20 • 400 Jay Street (Route 22), Katonah • Enjoy the fall weather and some great music at the Bedford Music Festival! Hosted by destination 39.3, a newfound organization created to foster a greater sense of community in the Bedford area, the outdoor festival features performances from several local bands, with the Grammy-nominated band Spin Doctors headlining the show. In addition to music, John Jay Homestead will also be hosting A Taste of Bedford, a menagerie of local restaurants and vendors showcasing their fare. • There is a $20 per car parking fee. • Visit destination393.org for complete details
“Boots by the Bandshell”
Saturday, October 15, 2022 • 3:30-8:30pm • Free • Bowdoin Park, 85 Sheafe Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The event, hosted in partnership with The Wolf and Wakin' Up with CJ and Jess Show and Townsquare Media Group, will feature line dancing provided by CJ McIntyre and Frank Alexander, Country music by Thunder Ridge Band, free family activities, food trucks, and a fireworks display. • This event will be held rain or shine. Updates will be posted on the Parks division website, dutchessny.gov/parks and the Dutchess County Parks and Dutchess County Government social media pages. For more information call Dutchess County Parks at (845) 298-4600.
Beacon Sloop Club Annual Pumpkin Festival
Sunday, October 16, 2022 • noon - 5pm • At Riverfront Park, 1 Flynn Drive, Beacon • Free • Pumpkins, pies and other fall treats, free sails on the Sloop Woody Guthrie, children's activities, environmental displays, live music. Many food & craft vendors • beaconsloopclub.org.
Virtual Lecture: The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age
Thursday, October 20, 2022 • 7pm • Virtual • Starting about 25,000 years ago, an immense sheet of ice advanced out of Labrador and swept southward across much of North America. A good deal of that ice entered the Hudson Valley and continued all the way to today’s Long Island. During this advance, the ice scoured all of our Hudson Valley and created much of its landscape, especially the Wall of Manitou – the Catskill Front. Later the climate warmed and the ice melted back to the north. Vast quantities of meltwater poured out of the retreating ice and sculpted by erosion a great deal more of our valley’s landscape. Several cycles of glacial advance and retreat occurred, and their combined erosive processes shaped our picturesque scenery. • Register: here.
Hudson Valley Picture Show: Do The Right Thing
Friday, October 21, 2022 • Community Theatre in Catskill • 7:30pm • $14, $10 members • Continues October 28 with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Community Theatre in Catskill • Link
Free Historic Walking Tour in Wiltwyck Cemetery
Saturday, October 22, 2022 • 1 - 2pm • Cost: Free • 205 West O'Reilly Street, Kingston • History Walking Tour through the Cemetery on Saturday October 22nd starting at 1:00pm at our Mausoleum. (Rain date Sunday October 23rd). The tour will last approximately 1 hour. At the conclusion of the tour, refreshments will be served outside of the community mausoleum. This event is free to the public but RSVP is requested by calling 845-331-0199. Any donations toward the tree planting program are appreciated. • facebook.com/events/1149240129300119
Love It or Swap It Sinterklaas Clothes Swap
Sunday, October 23, 2022 • 1-4pm • Father Brogan Center, corner of 35 South Street and East Market Street, Rhinebeck • Swap up to 20 items (women’s clothes, jewelry, accessories, handbags or shoes) All items in very good condition on hangers. No T-shirts. Early drop-off: October 22, 1-4pm • sinterswapstore@gmail.com • sinterklaashudsonvalley.com
ELEGY FOR AN APPETITE : Author and chef Shaina Loew-Banayan (Cafe Mutton) in conversation with author Tamar Adler
Thursday, October 27, 2022 • 6pm • Hudson Hall • Free with reservations recommended • Elegy for an Appetite (PANK Books, 2022) is the story of a young cook’s tumultuous relationship with their body and eating. This short, poetic memoir, which mostly takes place in a series of professional kitchens, follows the author’s journey from voracious childhood to starving teen years and then to challenging early adulthood. The book explores the author’s search for identity, validity, and healing through a series of both dark and ridiculous kitchen tales. This event is followed by a reception with complementary snacks courtesy of Cafe Mutton and Tamar Adler. • Reserve Tickets
King Kong (1933) at The Rosendale Theatre
Saturday, October 29, 2022 • 10 - 11:40pm • The Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale • The original King Kong (1933)! Here’s a chance to see King Kong in its original theatre format with full sound! One of the most beloved classics of any genre, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong give performances that remain as exciting and relevant today as they were in 1933. Bring the kids! Bring the grandkids! King Kong on the BIG SCREEN is going to make for an extra memorable night at The Rosendale Theatre • 845-658-8989, info@rosendaletheatre.org,
rosendaletheatre.org • Tickets: Link
Free Educational Open House of Wiltwyck Crematory
Thursday, November 10, 2022 • 5 - 7pm • Cost: Free • 205 West O'Reilly Street, Kingston • The opportunity to see and learn about the crematory and the cremation process. As more and more people choose cremation, this event will help to remove the mystery of this process, explain the many options available, and answer any questions you and your loved ones may have. Tours will take place at 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm, and 6:30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Please call the office to RSVP by Tuesday, November 8: 1-845-331-0199 • b.me/e/3RlwjWcjf
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2022 Winter Walk
Saturday, December 3, 2022 • 5-8 pm • City of Hudson • A magical evening of family friendly attractions, performances, beautifully decorated shop windows, unique holiday shopping, delicious local food, fireworks, and a sleigh-full of community spirit, Winter Walk is Hudson’s largest, liveliest, and most colorful event of the year. • hudsonhall.org/event/winter-walk-25th-anniversary
BEAVERLAND: Launch event with author Leila Philip
Friday, December 9, 2022 • 6pm • Hudson Hall • Free with reservations recommended • “Leila Philip’s Beaverland is an engaging story centered on a nerdy anti-hero, the beaver. While she states that beavers are weird, she makes a strong case that people in the beaver world are even weirder. This book weaves humor and storytelling with profound thoughts about nature. Don’t miss the beavers parachuting into the Idaho wilderness.”— Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Cod and Salt. Join the launch event of Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America (Grand Central Publishing 2022) by award-winning writer Leila Philip. Beaverland is a revelatory dive into the world of the beaver: the wonderfully weird rodent that has shaped American history in often surprising ways — and may save its ecological future. • Reserve tickets
Pictures With Santa
Saturday, December 10, 2022 • 11am - 3pm • $10 • 2401 State Rte 52 Pine Bush • Hudson Valley's Most Popular Pictures with Santa is Back! Pine Bush Tractor Supply Co. is hosting Bleu's K9 Rescue Inc. For Our 6th Annual Pet Pictures with Santa Fundraiser. This Family Picture day is Organized to Help Raise Awareness and Funds for the Many Local Dogs in Need of a Home. Featuring Wonderful Raffles, Baked Goods, Adopting and Fostering Information. • $10 per printed photo • Note: ALL PETS ARE WELCOME. Pets need to be brought in a carrier or on leash/ harness. You know your pets best – if they will be too stressed by coming to a strange place and potentially waiting near strange people and other pets, please be mindful of this and consider leaving these pets at home. You may want to bring favorite toys or treats along with you to the event to keep your pets calm and entertained. Depending on the time there may be a short wait in line for photos. • https://www.facebook.com/events/748688633231496
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