A Magnificat Festival, April 30 and May 1, 2011

From Betsy Tuel (husband Bill is singing):

This spring the combined choirs of Ulster Choral Society and Camerata Chorale will present a "Magnificat Festival", consisting of three settings of the famous biblical text by JS Bach, Vivaldi, and JC Bach.  We will be joined by professional soloists and the Bach-Handel Festival Orchestra.
The concert dates are:

• Saturday, April 30, 8:00 PM at the Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church
• Sunday, May 1, 4:00 PM at the Overlook United Methodist Church in Woodstock

Advance tickets are $15.

WORLD PREMIERE - “SCATTERED STARS” - BY JANE BARSUMIAN

From Vivi Hlavsa:

Jane Barsumian

On a program full of “lovable” music the world premiere performance of a new work by Jane Barsumian will be of outstanding interest to area concert goers. The WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by Artistic Director David Leighton, will present its final concerts of the 2010-2011 season, featuring Jane Barsumian’s newest work, “Scattered Stars.”  The program also includes “Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1” by Ottorino Respighi, “Adagietto” from the Symphony No. 5 of Gustav Mahler, “Czech Suite” by Antonin Dvorak and “Overture to The Wasps” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

 Performances: 

• 8 pm Friday, April 29 at Olin Hall, Bard College, 
• 8 pm Saturday, April 30 at Pointe of Praise Family Life Center, 243 Hurley Avenue, Kingston, and 
• 3 pm Sunday, May 1 at Saugerties Reformed Church, Main Street, Saugerties: 

Tickets: adults $20.00, college students $5, K-12 with accompanying adult, free. Subscription sets are available (4 tickets good for any concert).
Jane Barsumian, a resident of the Hudson Valley for some thirty-three years, is well known for her remarkable skills as violinist, pianist, organist, vocalist and composer.  “Scattered Stars” is her first work for chamber orchestra and audiences will have an opportunity to hear her music in full panoply of orchestrated imagination.  Her style is charming, witty and actually beautiful.  Yes, you read that correctly – this is contemporary music you will enjoy.  Born into a musical family, father was a concert violinist, composer and conductor, mother a church organist for seventy five years, Jane Barsumian studied piano with Frank McConnell, Edgar Roberts and Antoinette Lind, violin with Norman Black of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Henk Schram of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and composition with Grammy-winning composer Joan Tower.  For the 2002 Woodstock Cycle Jane composed music and text for the Cantata "Healing." She is the 2006 winner of the Hymn Competition of the Eastern North Carolina Religious Arts Festival, and has written service music for the Episcopal Church.

The WOODSTOCK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, formed in 1980 by musicians from the Woodstock area, now is comprised of professional musicians from the entire Hudson Valley. The WCO regularly commissions music by local and regional composers and each season performs in Woodstock, Kingston, Saugerties, and at Bard College.

Ulster County Recycling Event

It’s that time again. 

Tell your neighbors, family members and friends about the upcoming 

FREE Household Hazardous Waste, Pharmaceutical Waste and Electronics Recycling Event 

 

Saturday, April 16, 8 am to 2 pm

  999 Flatbush Road, Kingston, NY

You must have an appointment!!

By offering alternatives for the safe disposal of household hazardous waste, Ulster County is taking a proactive role in protecting the environment by preventing these items from ending up in landfills or contaminating water sources and waste water treatment plants.
 

This FREE collection provides a safe disposal alternative for: 

• hazardous pesticides, solvents and household chemicals. 
• lead and oil based paint, paint solvents (Note: latex paint will not be accepted as it is not a hazardous material)
• fertilizers, pesticides, 
• household cleaners, hobby chemicals, etc.

Also being accepted at the event for FREE are electronics for recycling including: 

• computers and their components,  keyboards, printers
• VCRs/DVD players
• monitors/TVs. 

Ulster County residents will also have the opportunity to discard their unused and/or expired medications at the event for FREE. Bring any prescription or over-the-counter pills, ointments, lotions and liquids for disposal. 

The Agency is pleased to be able to provide an opportunity for residents to properly dispose of hazardous waste and to recycle electronic waste.  For a complete list of acceptable items for this event, visit www.ucrra.org/recycling/hhw.htm

How to schedule an appointment:
You must schedule an appointment if if you are interested in participating in the event. Please visit our website at www.ucrra.org or call the Recycling Hotline at (845) 336-3336 to request more information or to make an appointment.

Ulster County Residents ONLY.
No businesses.  No organizations.  No farms.  No institutions.

Until the Violence Stops

Please join us:

Sunday February 13, 2010,  2:00 pm

 Upstate Films, 132 Tinker Street, Woodstock

 A V-Day Benefit Screening of

 “Until The Violence Stops”

an Eve Ensler Film

 

To benefit The Washbourne House

Ulster County’s Battered Women’s Shelter

 A program of Family of Woodstock Inc.

                

  Tickets $12.00 in Advance or $15.00 at the door

 Call 845 331-7080 ext.127

 or mail your check to The Washbourne House

PO Box 3817,  Kingston, New York 12402

Attn.Kathy Moretti

Journey to Freedom - songs and stories of Sojourner Truth - March 5, 2011

Music of Sojourner Truth in Concert

Save the Date!

Cynthia Lowe, Ulster County Community Foundation, Esopus Town Supervisor John Coutant, Anne Gordon  AAUW member, and Pastor Evelyn Clarke at the dedication of the Sojourner Truth Memorial Park in Port Ewen.

On Saturday, March 5, Journey to Freedom - songs and stories of Sojourner Truth will be presented by the Sojourner Truth Memorial Fund and Heritage Folk Music, Inc at St James Methodist Church in Kingston. A variety of local singers and storytellers will give a 2 hour program, beginning at 7 pm. Admission is $10.

The concert will include songs written by Truth, spirituals, and songs from the Abolitionist movement and the Civil War. Storytellers Evelyn Clarke and Terry Gittens will be joined by singes, Betty & the Baby Boomers, the Veterans in a New Field, and several others. Refreshments will be served, accompanied by fiddlers, Earl and Mimi Pardini.

St. James Methodist Church is a fitting location for the concert. In 1827, the congregation welcomed as a member, Isabella Van Wagonen, a freed slave who later took the name Sojourner Truth. As a dynamic speaker advocating the end of slavery, voting rights for women, and basic human rights for all, she became one of the most notable women in the 19th century.

There is a statue of her in the National Women's Hall of Fame, and most recently, a statue of her was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol by the First Lady, Michelle Obama. The proceeds from this concert will be used to erect a statue of her in The Ulster County town, Esopus, where she was born and lived for the first 30 years of her life.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

7:00 pm

Journey to Freedom - songs and stories of Sojourner Truth

St James Methodist Church, Kingston 

Reading Her Own Works -- Vivi Hlavsa -- May 20, 2010

Poetry Reading with Vivi Hlavsa

Thursday, May 20,
4:00pm, Reference Room

Stone Ridge Library

Join us for a gathering of Vivi reading her own works. 

Before she retired, Dr. Virginia Hlavsa taught English at Queens College and tutored young adults with learning disabilities. She has three books of poetry, many articles, a 1991 book, Faulkner and the Thoroughly Modern Novel, and she edited a special edition of Women’s Studies on the subject of “Faulkner and Women.” Currently, ViVi runs trips and leads discussions on books, films and social issues for various organizations.

Kaatsbaan 2010 Performances

From Joyce Greenberg:

KAATSBAAN 2010 CALENDAR
Performances, Residencies, Arts In Education

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Residency ~ April 12 - May, 2 Performances - Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 2, at 2:30 p.m., Reserved Regular Seating $25 & Cabaret Tablau Front Tables $30

Flamenco - Arts in Education
Master Class - FLAMENCO DANCE - Studio 1 $25 / person Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 p.m.-3:00 pm
Master Class – FLAMENCO CANTE (Singing) Studio 2 $25 / person Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 p.m.-3:00 pm
Master Class – FLAMENCO GUITAR Studio 3 $25 / person Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 p.m.-3:00 pm

Open Rehearsal at Kaatsbaan
Studio Theatre Thursday, April 29 at 2:00 pm Free & Open to the Public

Mystical Immortals ~ Isadora Duncun, Ruth St. Denis, Loie Fuller
(Bresciani, Vanaver & Sperling Dance)
Performances - Saturday, June 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 13, at 2:30 p.m.

EXTREME BALLET SUMMER SHOWCASE
Free & Open to the Public
Session I Saturday, July 10 12Noon Session II Saturday, July 31 12Noon Session III Saturday, August 21 12Noon

Shadowlands in Ellenville offers great entertainment at great price

Support the Hunger Banquet 2010

UlsterCorps: Volunteerism and Community Service in Ulster County, New York:

What is a Hunger Banquet?

The Hunger Banquet allows participants to experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world.

Guests draw tickets at random that assign them each to either a high-, middle-, or low-income tier-based on the latest statistics about the number of people living in poverty. Each income level receives a corresponding meal.

The first 15 percent represent those living in the high-income tier and are served a sumptuous meal catered by celebrated chef Samir Hrichi of Ship to Shore; the next 35 percent represent the largest demographic addressing hunger and food insecurity in our own community; our children. These guests will dine on an offering from the Kingston Consolidated school lunch menu; and the remaining guests, representing the 50% of the world population facing hunger and poverty daily, help themselves to small portions of rice and water. Although all guests pay the same price for admission, as in life we never know how fate is decided."

Sunday, March 28, 2010
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

The Hudson Valley Hunger Banquet 2010 will benefit the following organizations:

Queens Galley, Family of Woodstock, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen, Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, Ulster Corps, Angel Food East, Saint James Food Pantry, Rosendale Food Pantry, People’s Place, Chiz’s Heart Street, God Given Bread Food Pantry and Libertyview Farm hunger relief project.

- 12 organizations

- 1 Mission

– Thousands served.

For more information, to volunteer, or to purchase tickets, visit the UlsterCorps site.

Community Discussion of Mammography Screening, Wed., Feb 3

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What’s the Buzz?

A Discussion about Mammography Screenings

FREE and open to the public

Wed. Feb. 3, 7pm
(snow date Thu. Feb. 4)

 Please join us for an informative panel presentation
cosponsored by the Oncology Support Program and Breast Cancer Options.

Presenters include local breast surgeons
Dr. Zoe Weinstein and Dr. Samira Khera,
breast cancer survivors and advocates
Hope Nemiroff and Barbara Sarah and
Chairman of Radiology Dr. Bruce Moor.

Light refreshments

Benedictine Hospital

Administrative Services Building – Auditorium
105 Mary’s Avenue, Kingston , NY

For more information or to register, please contact the Oncology Support Program at 339-2071 ext. 100 or email dblaha@benedictine.org

 

Fundraiser for Rosendale Theater Collective Sunday, Jan. 31

A Music and Cartoon Bash
with
Dog on Fleas
and
Looney Tunes

to benefit the
Rosendale Theater Collective

 

Sunday, January 31
2-3:30pm
Kids free; Adults $10
Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Benefit Concert Sunday, December 13th

From Ellen Osgood: 

To Benefit

The Good Neighbor Food Pantry 

and the Woodstock Area Meals on Wheels

Admission to this event is non-perishable food items or a cash donation

Special Guests for this performance are:

Jonathan Donahue & Grasshopper
from the alternative rock band Mercury Rev






Singer/songwriter Kelleigh McKenzie





and a special appearance from
Classical violinist Miriam Rose

Giving to others is what this time of year is about and your donations can help make a real difference for those having a hard time putting a hot nutritious meal on the table. So,take a break from the holiday chaos and  enjoy a wonderful show while helping your neighbors in need at the same time!

The Good Neighbor Food Pantry, located on the ground floor of the Reformed Church of Woodstock, serves an average of 100 people a week. The pantry is open each Thursday morning from 9 to 11 am and by appointment (call 843.399.3967).

Contributions for the pantry may be sent to:"Good Neighbor Food Pantry" c/o Woodstock Reformed Church, Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498. 

Meals on Wheels has served the Woodstock area since 1975. Located in the Dutch Reformed Church on Tinker Street in Woodstock, they prepare and deliver nutritious hot meals seven days a week to people of all ages unable to cook or shop for themselves. If you would like to volunteer, or refer someone for this service, please call the kitchen weekdays from 8:30 - 11:00 am at 845.679.4656

Contributions for the Meals on Wheels:to make a tax deductible donation please send checks to:"Woodstock Area Meals on Wheels Inc." Attention: Treasurer, 16 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498

For more information call 518.943.0085

Help Keep the Rosendale Theatre Alive

Dear friends, This is about the most important project I've had the pleasure to support. Please give it your attention, as it is so important to our little, but great community. Thank you very much. 

Sincerely, Betsy Tuel

Rosendale Theatre Collective
Give yourself the holiday gift of keeping the Rosendale Theatre alive.We're more than halfway to our goal of $20,000! The Cacchio family has generously given us another week -- until December 15th -- to raise the $20,000 needed for the binder. No gift is too small or too large!

The Rosendale Theatre is one of the few family-owned, single-screen movie theatres still operating in the United States. In addition to providing high-quality art films, the theatre has been a community space for many local organizations to fundraise, meet, inform, inspire and educate. It has a rich history of supporting independent filmmakers, artists, and civil and human rights organizations worldwide.
 

The Cacchio family made this gift to our community for 60 years. They have now decided it's time to sell.

A recently formed community group, currently called the Rosendale Theatre Collective, is negotiating with the Cacchio family to purchase the theatre. We're fundraising under the fiscal umbrella of the Children's Media Project. This relationship with the Children’s Media Project means that all donations are tax-deductable to the full extent of the law.

To make a donation, you can click on the PayPal button on the Chlidren's Media Project site and indicate Rosendale Theatre Collective in your donation instructions. Or make out a check to Children’s Media Project. Please write Rosendale Theatre Collective in the memo space on your check.

Please mail checks to: Rosendale Theatre Collective PO Box 250 Rosendale, NY 12472

Thank you for joining us in this exciting and important project!

Please share this with anyone you know who loves the Rosendale Theatre!

Current members of the Rosendale Theatre Collective include (in no particular order): F-stop Fitzgerald, Ron Parenti, Nicole Quinn, Gale McGovern, Fre Atlast, Ellen Sribnick, Beverly Keith, Amy Trompetter, Jan Melchior, Yuval Sterer, Lisa Sterer, Abba Johnnes, Dan Guenther, Brian Mathews, Betty Greenwald, Dana Rudikoff, Livia Vanaver, Bill Vanaver, Linda Park, Jane Hollinger, Marty Molitoris, Anissa Kapsales, Bill Brooks, Sophia Raab Downs, Laura Shaine, Bob Godwin, Nicole Fenichel-Hewitt, Ali Gruber, Louis Torchio, Annette and Max Finestone, Carol Garfinkel, Jane Hollinger, Eve Waltermaurer.

All Souls' Day Concert, Nov. 1 at 7 pm

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From Marjorie Regan:

On  Sunday, Nov. 1, our Schola will give a concert for All Soul's Day at 7pm at St. Joseph's Church, Main & Wall Streets, Kingston. The purpose is to console those who have had a loss.

The music is beautiful. It includes Ashokan Farewell and The Canticle of the Turning. I think you will be touched by it. It will last one hour.

I hope you can come.

Recycle Your Old Computers/CRTs/Copiers* Nov 5 & 6

Recycle Your Old Computers/CRTs/Copiers*
and Help Benefit the Work of Sustainable Hudson Valley

An electronics take-back event for businesses and individuals hosted by The Mac Works, in partnership with Advanced Recovery,

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Inc., Ryan & Ryan Insurance Agency, American Cancer Society, and Deegan Development Group, is hosting .

WHEN

Businesses: Fri. November 6th, 2009, 12PM–4 PM

Individuals: Sat. November 7th, 2009, 9AM–1PM

WHERE 400 Stockade Drive, Kingston Off Schwenk Drive, across from Kingston Plaza

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COST TO TURN IN ELECTRONICS
Individuals: $10 per carload. No pre-registration required.

Businesses, school districts and government agencies: will be invoiced
based on inventory of equipment recycled. Registration Required.
Please contact Bob Travers at Advanced Recovery, Inc.
845-858-8813 or btravers@advancedrecovery.com

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* Items Accepted

Monitors, Printers, Keyboards, VCRs, Batteries, Cell Phones, Terminals, Cables,
Fax Machines, Radios, Modems, CRTs, Telephones, TVs, CPUs, Copiers,
Scanners, DVD Players, Typewriters & Stereo Equipment

As an expression of appreciation, every business, and every driver of a carload of individual recycling, will receive incentives from area businesses including a 10% discount on the services of The Mac Works. Special workshops will be offered at Sustainable Hudson Valley’s office, 400 Stockade, the location of the collection site: “Green Living for Busy People” with Melissa Everett, at 3 pm Friday and “Ask the Mac Doctor” with Cheryl Schneider, 1 pm each day.

Aug. 16th: Miriam's Well Books & Art Fair

From Joan Monk:

Walk the labyrinth and meander the beautiful grounds; books -- new and used; children's activities; art, jewelry, crafts; food and drink. Book signings. Join us for a lovely day.

AAUW member Joan Monk is the volunteer coordinator. For more information about this event and Miriam's Well: www.MiriamsWell.org

4/23 Lecture: Living from the Soul

Details for this lecture, Living from the Soul, seven steps to healing body, mind and heart when serious illness strikes, can be found here.

4/16 Macrobiotics: A Lifestyle for Health & Healing

For a pdf of this poster click here.

4/14/09 - FLOW - a film screening & discussion

From Betsy Tuel:

FLOW

How Did A Handful of Corporations Steal Our Water?

Film Screening and Discussion

Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists are included.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Rosendale Community Center

A representative of Save The Lakes will speak briefly about the connection between the themes in the movie and the threat to our local water by Canopy Development's proposed resort and residential development at Williams Lake / Binnewater Lakes in Rosendale. This project can threaten a public aquifer and negatively affect the ecosystems, water levels, and water quality of the lakes through over-use for the benefit of a wealthy, private gated community and its corporate backers. Donations of time and money to Save The Lakes will be accepted. For further information about STL go to www.SaveTheLakes.us

This event is being sponsored by Save The Lakes.

Connection, Momentum & Hope: March 6th

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From Irene Miller:

The Hudson Valley Progressive Coalition
invites you to an evening of
Connection,Momentum and Hope!

Friday, March 6th
7:00-9:00 PM
Backstage Studio Productions
323 Wall Street, Kingston, NY 12401

Federal Stimulus,Local Strategies: Building a Green Economy in the Mid Hudson Valley
Guest Speakers:
Melissa Everett, Ph.D. & Michael O’Hara, Sustainable Hudson Valley
Patrice Courtney-Strong, Mid-Hudson Energy $mart Communities
Jessica Barry, Prism Solar Technologies

Forum topics:

• What are green jobs, where are they, and how can you get one?
• How can the new Green jobs pledge help galvanize economic innovation at the local level?
• What roles can we play at the grassroots level?

There will also be a cash bar, hors d'oeuvres and a chance to socialize!

RSVP to anahatasun@aol.com by March 5. Thanks!

Contact: hudsonvalleyprogress@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Hudson Valley Progressive Coalition (founding members: Hudson Valley for Obama, New Paltz & Vicinity for Obama, New Paltz Women in Black and Arts for Peace), with additional support from the UCCC (Ulster MoveOn Council) and the Ulster County Democratic Committee.