Sunday, Mar. 3: Competitors from local restaurants and organizations as well as local amateurs will be serving up their very best macaroni and cheese to benefit Angel Food East. Cajun/Creole music will be provided by the Bunkhouse Boys.
Saturday, Mar. 2: The annual showcase features a dozen companies and many different styles of dance.
The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is now available for free through the 21 public libraries in Ulster County.
Thursday, Mar. 7: By attempting to name secrets and lies that he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding in Heavy, Laymon asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to love responsibly, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.
Episcopal churches in Ulster and Dutchess are, for Ash Wednesday, leaving their sanctuaries and setting up places where people can partake in the ritual of the imposition of ashes.
The Gilded Otter brew pub and casual restaurant, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in New Paltz last year, was at the forefront of the craft beer revolution when it first opened its doors.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation is advising local residents to be prepared for a late weekend wind storm, expected to arrive on Sunday afternoon and continue through Monday. Forecasters predict strong wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, bringing the potential for falling trees and resulting electric service interruptions.
Sunday, Feb. 24: Fellow arts impresarios Chris Silva and Mark Morganstern will face off in “word-to-word and arm-to-arm combat” at the Rosendale Cafe to benefit UlsterUnited4Vets.
For the next two weekends: When Mark Haddon wrote this novel in 2003, he was careful to avoid using the words “autism” or “Asperger’s syndrome” in describing his protagonist. Yet the novel, along with Simon Stephens’ 2012 stage adaptation, went on to garner high praise from the spectrum community for their sensitive depiction of the world as seen by a young man who is neurologically atypical.
Sunday, Feb. 24: Their politicized groove rock in the late ’70s and early ’80s changed the terms of punk, its musical bearings and political critique.