Friday, January 31: Worse things can happen to a motion picture than to become permanently associated with an annual holiday. Such was the fate of the charming 1993 romantic comedy Groundhog Day, the tale of a curmudgeon’s expiation, reform and rebirth.
A pedestrian was transported to a local hospital after being hit by a car in New Paltz on Wednesday, January 29 at approximately 7:54 a.m.
Friday-Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2: Saturday features music from the Mammals, David Amram, Jay & Molly, Jeffrey Lewis, Gustafer Yellowgold, Ginny’s Kitchen, Mikhail Horowitz & Gilles Malkine as well as nature hikes, blacksmithing, kids’ activities, square dancing and a late-night Vinyl Meltdown.
Saturday, Feb. 1: You don’t need any experience as a potter to participate in one of the three one-hour guided sessions.
Saturday, Feb. 15: At the Sankofa event, attendees can participate in the making of a strip-weave community quilt or learn the secrets of traditional basketmaking from three generations of Gullah Geechee women. Another workshop will teach natural dyeing of upcycled fabrics using local plants and West African techniques. Community loom-weaving will go on all day.
Jan. 31-Feb. 6: For most of us, even fairly serious cinephiles, the toughest categories tend to be short films, which don’t get wide distribution. But as always, Upstate Films is there to help fill in the gaps in your Academy Award nominee familiarity.
Saturday, Feb. 1: The award-winning Woodstock-based chorus will present a program titled Frets, Keys & Pipes.
Monday, Feb. 3: In Yellow Earth, the site of Three Nations reservations on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota, Sayles introduces us to Harleigh Killdeer, chairman of the Tribal Business Council. “An activist in his way, a product of the Casino Era,” Killdeer, who is contracted by oil firm Case and Crosby, spearheads the new Three Nations Petroleum Company.
The Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter will hold its tenth annual Subzero Heroes ice jump on Saturday, February 8 at Berean Lake in Highland.
A free community dinner celebrating Black History Month will be held on January 31 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at