Marathon reading of The Odyssey in Saugerties
Sunday, April 22: Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s epic poem will be read by local poets, artists and actors.
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Dobro great Jerry Douglas plays Bearsville
Saturday, April 21: Perhaps the greatest (and certainly the most employed) living player of the Dobro resonator guitar, the 14-time Grammy-winner has played with…let’s call it everybody and move on.
Cup of the Valley Coffee & Tea Festival at Culinary institute
Sunday, April 22: Products from some favorite local coffee roasters and tea blenders will be highlighted, including Irving Farms and Harney and Sons Fine Teas. There will also be a variety of coffee- and tea-themed desserts, all made in the Hudson Valley.
“Hudson River and Its Canals” exhibit at Maritime Museum in Kingston
Opens on Saturday, April 21: Visitors will have the opportunity to hear the voice of a woman who grew up driving a mule along the D & H Canal from the interior of a canalboat cabin. Children can operate small canalboats through a scale-model canal with mechanical locks and an aqueduct. A large 3-D topographical map showcases how the geography of the state influenced canal routes.
Rock Academy to hold Zombie Crawl and Prom in Woodstock
Get dressed up like a zombie and walk, crawl, creep through the streets of Woodstock with the students of Rock Academy Friday, April 27 from 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Assemblymember Frank Skartados passes away
NYS Assemblyman Frank K. Skartados, 62 of Milton, died on Sunday, April 15 from pancreatic cancer at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. He is survived by his daughter Alyssa and brothers Russos and George.
New York Air Show 2018 at Stewart Airport
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will headline this year’s New York Air Show, Sept. 15-16 at Stewart Airport in New Windsor.
Kingston Times letters (4/12-18)
Against the proposed Ulster power plant; public transportation possibilities; a lot is happening.
Kingston’s Wiltwyck Golf Club now open to the public
The club, which had faced the possibility of closure last year before a sale to a new group of investors, will also be open to the public for the first time this season.
Police find body of missing Rifton man in Wallkill River
State Police announced today that the body of a kayaker missing since February has been found.