Ulster County Events November 2013
Ellenville
Artist Phil Sigunick. Phil Sigunick's paintings will be on
solo exhibition. Ellenville Regional Hospital. 10 Healthy Way, Ellenville.
www.philsigunick.com. 845-210-3043 or 845-647-6400. Through November 15.
8am-8pm.
Community Blood Drive. The Red Cross blood drive will take
place in a traveling donor center outside of the hospital in their parking lot.
Your donation could help save the life of a person in your community. All
presenting donors during November can enter the Turky-A-Day raffle for a chance
to win a $50 grocery card. Walk-ins are always welcome but scheduling an
appointment is encouraged. Ellenville Regional Hospital. 10 Healthy Way,
Ellenville. redcrossblood.org. 1-800-RED-CROSS, 1-800-733-2767 or 845-647-6400
x 226. Friday, November 1. 9-2pm.
Kingston
Kingston Turkey Trot. Inaugural Turkey Trot with courses for
a 5K and 2-Mile Fun Run. All proceeds from this race will support rebuilding
the Kingston Kinderland playground. Rain or shine. Prizes to the male and
female winner of each age group. Complimentary parking available at Dietz
Stadium. Forsyth Park. Lucas Avenue, Kingston. juniorleaguekingston.org.
Thursday, November 28. 8am registration. 9am race.
11th Annual Kingston Historic Bluestone
Festival. Free.
Music by the Percussion Orchestra of Kingston (POOK), singer Pat Lamanna,
poetry reading by Robert Reidy, bluestone masons, and artists. Hudson River
Maritime Museum's Homeport and Education Center. 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston.
bluestonefestival@yahoo.com. Sunday, November 3. 12-6pm.
Antique Postcard Show. In commemoration of the 100th
anniversary of the start of the filling of Ashokan Reservoir on September 9,
1913. There will be an exhibit of construction postcards and postcards of the
towns displaced by construction. Sponsored by Kaaterskill Postcard Club.
Midtown Neighborhood Center. 475 Broadway, Kingston. 845-254-4104. Sunday,
November 3. 9-4pm.
Kingston Professional Firefighters
Annual Tree Lighting. Hosted
by Local 461. Free. Santa, Mrs. Claus, Frosty and all their friends will arrive
aboard a fire truck. Six bikes will be given away (raffle filled out that
night). The Salvation Army will serve hot chocolate. 50/50 raffle. Cookies
served by the Bruderhof. Caroling lead by Coach House Players. Special sneak
peak performance from The Catskill Ballet. Academy Green Park. Clinton Avenue,
Kingston. 845-331-7517. Friday, November 29. 6-8:30pm.
Marlboro
Re>Think Local to Host Celebration
and Fundraiser. Celebrating
their one-year anniversary and all things local. Sustainably-minded business
owners and people interested in the emerging Localism movement will gather to
enjoy a silent auction of the Hudson Valley's finest. Live music and dancing
with local favorite Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fi's. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres
(with cash bar), and a host of fun surprises throughout the evening. $15. $10
members. The Falcon. 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.
www.rethinklocal.org/events/falcon or events@rethinklocal.org. 845-790-8110.
Tuesday, November 12. 6-9pm.
New Paltz
Climate Change and Regional Water
Resources Conference. The
conference will address reducing and managing the risk of flooding, water
quality issues, managing water resources to ensure adequate supplies, and
creating community-based, sustainable water resources planning and management
strategies. Then keynote speaker will be Dr. William Solecki, director of the
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Professor of Geography at Hunter
College-CUNY. Local Planning and Zoning Board members can get training credits
for this conference after it is approved by their municipality. Registration of
$50 ($25 student) may be made online or by check payable to "Mohonk
Consultations", Attn. Water Resources Conference 2013. Mohonk
Consultations. 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz.
mohonk-consultations.org/programs/events. Monday, November 11. 9-4pm.
10th Annual New Paltz Turkey Trot: 5K
Race, Walk and Fun Run. Free
Mashed Potato Kids 1/2 mile fun run (10 and under). Turkey Trot 5K race, fun
run, and walk. Awards Ceremony, entertainment, 50/50 raffle, face painting,
photos, Moxie Cupcakes sale. Water Street Market. Main Street, New Paltz.
newpaltzturkeytrot.com. Thursday, November 28. 8am registration. 9am kids fun
run. 9:30am Turkey Trot. 10:30am awards ceremony.
Downtown New Paltz Unwrapped. Visit downtown in all its holiday
finery and enjoy special discounts and giveaways at participating stores.
Passport coupons valid at businesses for the whole weekend. Holiday windows are
unveiled. Enjoy cider, cookies, goodies, and events in stores. Take a
self-guided walking tour of the participating downtown shops using information
picked up at downtown stores. facebook.com/NewPaltzDowntownUnwrapped. Friday,
November 29. 6pm.
"New Beginnings" Hardie
Truesdale. Large
format photography. New Paltz's own intrepid adventurer has been exploring our
region and the New England Coast. New vistas, new technology, new experiences
bring the viewer a rich environment—one that exemplifies the artist's awareness
of light and color, composition, and affinity for his subject. Hardie's complex
blending of skill, talent and character allow him to create new images that
capture the universal imagination. Mark Gruber Gallery. 17 New Paltz Plaza, New
Paltz. markgrubergallery.com. 845-255-1241. Through November 30. Mondays,
11-5:30pm. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10-5:30pm. Saturdays, 10-5pm. Sundays by
appointment.
Waterways Reskilling. Co-Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic
Transition Hub (MATH) and SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force. Enjoy
learning heirloom waterways-related skills, engaging demonstrations, exhibits,
and information sessions about micro-hydropower, sail freight, sustainable
fisheries, woodworking, boat-building, music, food and films. Share your
materials and passion for our majestic waterways with colleagues and the
public. Educate, advertise, exhibit, participate and consider transitioning to
a superb-quality, carbon neutral future among friends. SUNY New Paltz Lecture
Center. register.transitionmidatlantic.org or
transitionmidatlantic.pbs@gmail.com. 646-241-8386. November 23 and 24. 10-5pm.
Small Works-Holiday Fare. Oils, acrylics, small sculptures and
beautiful reproductions by well known artists. Unframed Artists Gallery. 173
Huguenot Street, New Paltz. unframedartistsgallery.com. 845-255-5482. Through
December 22. Saturdays and Sundays. 1-5pm. Also by appointment.
Phoenicia
"Dracula." by Steven Dietz, directed by Phil
Mansfield. Bram Stoker's classic tale of horror brought to fresh new life by a
gorgeous cast of vixens, virgins, lunatics, and the iconic vampire we've
relished our fear of for more than a century. Bram Stoker penned
"Dracula" in the same decade STS Playhouse was built. STS Playhouse.
10 Church Street, Phoenicia. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 8, 9, 15, and
16. 8pm. Sunday, November 3, and 17. 2pm.
Pine Hill
Dia de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead. Adrienne DeSalvo, psychic medium and
spirit communicator. Come and learn how and why spirits communicate. Adrienne
will be discussing the afterlife, receiving messages from the other side and
communicating them to audience members. Let go of fear and increase your faith
in eternal life as Adrienne shares her insight with humor, sensitivity,
compassion and love. Come in costume and bring photos and trinkets of your
departed loved ones. The first twenty guests will receive a free skeleton. $10
per person. Pine Hill Community Center. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. Saturday,
November 2. 7pm.
Big Indian Native American Cultural
Center Gathering. A
big event with vendors and a drum group, the Nimham singers. Everyone is
welcome at these gatherings. Bring a dish to share and join in the dancing,
drumming, story telling, etc. 287 Main Street, Pine Hill.
pinehillcommunitycenter.org. 845-254-5469. Saturday, November 16. 12-4pm.
Port Ewen
Susan Silverman Watercolors. Duck Pond Gallery at Town of Esopus
Library. 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. 845-338-5580. Opening Reception.
Saturday, November 2. 5-8pm. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 10-5:30pm.
Wednesday.10-8pm. Friday. 10-7pm. Saturday. 10-4pm.
Rosendale
The Art of Japanese Pickling. With Eri Yamaguchi, author and
co-founder of the Rosendale Pickle Festival. Learn about the healthy, delicious
aspects of pickling. The author of
"The Well-Flavored Vegetable" will talk about the history of
Japanese pickling and share secrets, recipes and samples. Miso, soy sauce and
koge are types of pickling Americans are familiar with. Eri will bring her new
book, "Chattering Pickled Vegetables". Book signing. Rosendale Public
Library. 264 Main Street, Rosendale. rosendalelibrary.org. 845-658-9013.
November 13.
Trash Dance. The garbage truck ballet. A comical,
wacky, and uplifting film that documents choreographer Allison Orr of Austin,
Texas as she presents to the world the beauty in garbage trucks and the
sanitation workers who pick up our trash. The New York Times called it
"Magical." Trash Dance allows the audience's imagination to run wild
in anticipation for the "big reveal": how trucks can dance! $10 for
adults, $6 for children 12 and under. Rosendale Theatre. Main Street, Rosendale.
rosendaletheatre.org. 845-658-8989. Sunday, November 10. 2pm.
Saugerties
Saugerties Pro Musica Concert. The best of the best musicians enrolled
at Bard College Conservatory of Music perform. Four vocalists and an
accompanist will present a rare afternoon of solo, duo and ensemble
performances. Opera, popular, lieder and other art songs are all possible as
this focused mix of female vocalists sing their hearts out. $12 adults, seniors
$10, students free. Saugerties United Methodist Church. saugertiespromusica.org.
845-246-5021 or 845-679-5733. Sunday, November 17. 3pm.
Stone Ridge
Breakfast Buffet and Country Fair. No admission for fair. Grandma's Attic,
baked goods, quilt raffle, jewelry and accessory table, cookie decorating for
children. Nine item buffet by guest chef Anya of Little Rooster Café,
Manchester, VT. $8, $7 seniors, $4 children 12-5. Reserve tickets by calling
687-7701. Marbletown Reformed Church. 3750 Route 209, Stone Ridge.
845-657-5893. 9-1pm. November 9.
West Shokan
"Almost Maine." Directed by Linda Burkhardt.
"Almost Maine" is a comedy consisting of "a series of nine
amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic
realism. This is a beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most
but not all of them happy) and passing references to characters from other
vignettes, which slyly tell us more about them." (New York Times, February 17, 2013). $12, $10 seniors and students.
Olive Free Library. 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan. 845-657-2482. Fridays and Saturdays,
November 1, 2, 8, and 9. 8pm. Sundays (November 3 and 10). 2pm.
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